The Cyclopædia of American biography.

SMITH

WOODS

SMITH, George Watson, manufacturer,
b. in Clinton Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, 18 December, 1862, son of Joseph
Schrum and Mary Ann (Watson) Smith. His
earliest American ancestor was his greatgrandfather, George Smith, born in Germany
about 1750, who came to America in 1764,
served in the Revolutionary War for four
years, and in 1780 married a daughter of John
Wonderlay, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mr.
Smith's mother, Mary Ann Watson, was a descendant of John Davis who came from Scotland, and settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1768, and later removed to Butler
County, Pennsylvania. Through her father she
was a descendant of Thomas Watson, a native
of County Down, Ireland, who settled in Butler County in 1770. Her grandfather, James
Watson, born in Ireland in 1759, served in the
Revolutionary Army, was taken prisoner at
the Battle of Brandywine, and was kept on a
British prison ship for three months. He
served under Lieutenant Colonel Bicker in
Captain McGowan's Company, having enlisted
from Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died in Butler County, Pennsylvania in 1845. George Watson Smith entered
upon his business career in 1883, and eventually became president of the Sterling Steel
Foundry Company, and of the Safe Deposit
Bank. For nine years he was a school director
and for four years a councilman of Tarentum
Borough. In 1884 Mr. Smith married Ida May,
daughter of John Nease, a farmer, of Clinton
Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. They
had five children: Mary Annette, Harry
Floyd, Everett Porter, George Clarence, and
Olive May Smith.
SPAULDING, Huntley Norvel, manufacturer, b. at Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts,
30 October, 1869, son of Jonas and Emeline
(Cummings) Spaulding. His father (1833 -1900) was the founder of Jonas Spaulding and
Sons Company, manufacturers of leatherboard specialties, with factories at Rochester,
North Rochester and Milton, New Hampshire;
Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts; Tonawanda, New York; and London, England. Mr.
Spaulding was educated in the elementary
schools of Lawrence, Massachusetts; at the
Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts;
completed the course at Phillips Academy,
Andover, Massachusetts, in 1889; and the next
year began his business career at Townsend
Harbor, Massachusetts. He is President of
the International Leather Company of Boston,
and of the Atlas Leather Company of Caseyville, Illinois; Treasurer of the Spaulding
Fibre Company, Inc., of Rochester, New
Hampshire, and of the Jonas Spaulding and
Sons Company; and is Vice-President of the
Spaulding and Frost Company of Fremont,
New Hampshire. On 14 August, 1917, he was
appointed Federal Food Adiministrator for
New Hampshire for the duration of the World
War. He was Chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Education; received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the
New Hampshire State College, Durham, New
Hampshire, in 1918, and, in 1920, was a candidate for election to the United States Senate
from the State of New Hampshire.

WOODS, John Carter Brown, lawyer, b.
Providence, Rhode Island, 12 June, 1851, son
of Marshall and Anne Brown (Francis)
Woods. He descends from Samuel and Abel
Woods of Princeton, Massachusetts, and Alva
Woods of Providence, Rhode Island; also
from John Marshall of England, and Billerica,
M assachusetts, two
other successhall of Billerica, Josiah
Marshall o f
Boston, and
Almira (Marshall) Woods
of Providence, Rhode
Island.
Through his I
motoher he descends from
Philip Francis of Plymouth, England, John
Francis of Leighlin, Ireland, John Francis of
Lismore, Ireland, Tench Francis of Ireland,
Maryland and Pennsylvania, Tench Francis
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Francis
of Providence, Rhode Island, and John Brown
Francis of Warwick, Rhode Island; also
from John Carter of Ireland and Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, John Carter of Providence,
Rhode Island, and Ann (Carter) Brown of
Providence, Rhode Island; also from Chad
Browne of England and Providence, Rhode
Island, Nicholas and John Brown, brothers, of
Providence, Rhode Island, Nicholas Brown,
(Brown University) of Providence, Rhode
Island, and Anne Carter (Brown) Francis of
Providence, Rhode Island. He received his
early education in the private school of the
Reverend Charles H. Wheeler in Providence,
Rhode Island; entered Brown University, and
was graduated in the class of 1872, with the
degree of A.B., delivering the classical oration.
In 1875 he received the degree of A.M. Choosing the study of law he was graduated at
Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of
LL.B. in 1874. The same year he was admitted to the Rhode Island bar, and in 1876
to the Federal Courts. In addition to his professional duties he carries many business responsibilities, and from 1886 to 1920 was a
director of the Providence National Bank.
From 1877 Mr. Woods occupied prominent
political positions in City and state. His first
appearance in public life was as a member of
the Providence Common Council, an office to
which he was elected 30 January, 1877. He
was continued in the Council through successive re-elections until January, 1885, when he
declined to accept the 'honor again. He was
President of the Council during the years
1881, 1882, 1883, 1884 and served on important
regular, special, and joint committees. A
special committee of which he was chairman
was one to decide upon the future of the

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