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ALBERT CARSON SMITH, carpenter, Wilkinsburg, was born in Centre township, Indiana county, Pa., Jan. 25, 1853. His grandfather, James Smith, came from Ireland and settled in Indiana county early in this century. Samuel, a carpenter by trade, son of the latter, and born in Centre township, in 1829, married Susan Carson, and died in May, 1862. Both his father and he were active members of the U. P. Church, and republicans. William Carson, father of Susan, was also a native of Ireland, and lived in Juniata county, where she was born in 1832. She now resides in Indiana county. This family were Presbyterians. A. C. Smith is the eldest of five children born to Samuel and Susan Smith. He was reared in his native town, and when seventeen years old went to learn the carpenter’s trade with an uncle. For five years he was employed in the oil country, and came to Wilkinsburg in 1882. Four years later he became a member of the contracting firm of L. A. Raisig & Co., and now looks after the lumber-yard. Mr. Smith married, in June, 1881, Eliza Peterman, a native of Indiana county, Pa., and daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Clark) Peterman, of German descent. Two children were born to this union: Carl Edgar and Ernest Leroy, latter deceased in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is connected with the Jr. O. U. A. M., and is a republican.