monroe co., pa.
smale, william h., of polk twp. was born nov. 28, 1854 in chestnut hill. his paternal grandfather, abraham smale, was a native of monroe co. he married catharine renner, who was born at nazareth. children; eliza, w/o solomon coles, solomon, george, susan, john, abraham, and mary, w/o samuel frantz.
john smale, father of william, was born at nazareth. he died may 10, 1886, age 76y, 7m, he is buried at pleasant vally cem. he married elizabeth serfass, who was born july 10, 1810. children; emma, w/o rudolph hawk, of polk, john of chestnut hill married 1st susannah shupp and 2nd ann rhode, joseph married 1st to amanda hawk, 2nd to elisabeth kresge, sarah married 1st nathan trodendorf, 2nd august walker, christiana, w/o james muffley of allentown, catharine w/o george best, mary, w/o amos burger, of scranton, peter of scranton, he married maggie hines, william h., jacob, married ella fehnel and lived in allentown.
mrs. elizabeth (serfass) william's mothers was born june 2, 1814 in chestnut hil. her grandfather, john serfass was a native of germany, he came to this country in early manhood. he died in 1839 in polk twp, age 76. his wife sarah hone, native of lehigh co. died a few years later, just about the same age. children; john married miss kunkel, adam, christina berger, joseph, eliza kunkel, william died unmarried, david married sally everitt, peter married kate storm, hannah, w/o william kresge, susanna married john livigood, mary w/o powell soldt, elizabeth, w/o philip moyer, christina, w/o conrad dreisbach,kate w/o george kresge and sally, wf of george hawk.(note. go to genforum/kresge).
adam serfass (note, go to genfourm/serfass) mrs. smale's father, he died in 1875 age 72, and his wife in 1873, buried at gilbert's cem. children; fannie, w/o aaron hinery, charlotte, w/o double balou, ephraim died unmarried, arom married eliza hawk, joel married elisabeth kress, elizabeth, w/o john smale, linford married 1st sallie beers and 2nd polly getz, manavile married 1st lucinda erhardt, 2nd sarah shupp, 3rd elisa kleintop.
william h. married jan. 1874, at bath, northampton co. to amanda hickman. children; thomas, amelia, george, eugene, mary, preston, carry, hattie, elmer and eva.
mrs. smale was born oct. 29, 1835 in moore twp, d/o thomas hickman and granddau. of abraham hickman, a lifelong resident of lehigh co. her father was in that twp, where he died in 1891, age 83 and he was interred at morristown. his wife catharine (fogle) who died in 1890, age 81, she was born in lehigh co., d/o abraham fogel. mrs. smale is the youngest in a large family of children, the others being, hannah married william powell, of n.j., steven married kate landenback, mary married conrad hoover, of bethlehem, caroline, w/o david mercer, hellena married frank donick, thomas of lebanon, married a miss berg, ellavesta, widow of john daub, of phillisburg, amelia w/o jacob stott of clearfield, manilious married sarah weiss, joseph never married, kate, w/o anthony ietchledge of martin's creek.