Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a Biography of
each, together with Portraits and Biographies of Joshua R. Giddings, Benjamin F. Wale,
and a large number of the Early Settlers and Representative
Families of to-day.
Published: Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1893

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GEORGE N. SMITH, whose fine farm is located in Mecca township, Trumbull county, Ohio is a representative of one of the prominent early pioneer families of eastern Ohio.  HE was born in this township, Feb. 17, 1834.  His father, Jonathan Smith, was born at Preston, Connecticut, Sept. 22, 1806, son of William Smith, and grandson of Jonathan Smith, both natives of Connecticut, and the last named a soldier in the Revolutionary war.  The Smith family came from Connecticut at an early day, making the journey by team a portion of the way.  William Smiths wife was before her marriage Miss Betsey Wilber.  They had nine children, namely:  William, Jonathan, Joseph, Isaac, Betsey, Celinna, Hannah, Christy, and Mary.   These venerable pioneers, William and Betsey Smith, died and are buried in Mecca township.  Jonathan Smith was reared and educated in his native State, and was there married to Anna P. Brown.  They were married at Stone Hill, Mar. 17, 1833, and in Ohio they passed the rest of their lives, her death occurring Apr. 21, 1869, at the age of sixty-three years, and his Feb. 19, 1873, in his sixty-seventh year.  He was a carpenter by trade, and for many years was also engaged in farming.  They had two children, George N. and Maria B. Jonathan Smith was for many years a Deacon in the Congregational Church.  Politically, he was a Republican.      George N. Smith was reared and educated in his native township, also attending school at Farmington.  His whole life has been devoted to agricultual pursuits.  He has owned and lived upon several different farms in this township, having been located on his present farm for a number of years.  This place comprises 146 acres of rich soil, and is well improved with commodious house and barn, the former being located on a beautiful building site and surrounded by an attractive lawn dotted over with shrubs, vines and evergreens.  Mr. Smith keeps a dairy, and also for some years has been interested in the oil business.      He was married in Mecca, Jan. 14, 1862, to Miss Anna P. Love, a native of Chautauqua county, New York, daughter of Harvey and Eliza (Maxwell) Love.  Her parents emigrated to Ohio when she was nine years old, and in Trumbull county spent the residue of their lives, the mother dying July 31, 1890, in her seventy-ninth year, and the father still living at the age of eighty-three, he was a member of the Disciple Church, while she was a Congregationalism.  By trade Mr. Love was a shoemaker.  His honest and industrious life and his many sterling traits of character won for him the respect of all who knew him.  Mr. and Mrs. Love reared three children: Rowena Faunce, of Starke county, Indiana; Anna P. Smith; and Avery T., of Johnson, Ohio.      Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both active workers in various local organizations.  Both are members of the Congregational Church, he being Trustee and Treasurer of the church, and she having served as Sabbath-school superintendent, and being a member of the W. C. T. U.  Politically, he is a Republican, and has served as Township Trustee. Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 444

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