| Name |
Smith, Lafayette |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Lafe Smith |
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phone, Boots, to discuss 'her good news' in post last night (gravestone she'd discovered near Hill Cemetery, just up the hill from her trailer park, then identified by cleaning and rubbing with magic marker:
- Alexander Boulson, pvt Co. C d. 1/9/1894, from a fall helping 'Wheland' build a house). I also asked about the 1936-37 Roulette school photo, 2nd-3rd grades,
School Roulette 1936-37 2nd_3rd gr IDd Hoak Varney FB190113LN.jpg
- Weimer J. Kibbe- Yes, Weimer was his given name. This family were their (Varney's) neighbrs after her graduation.
- Billie Weimer- in trouble as a kid, ended up in juvenile detention facility.
- Ruth Weimer- Family indigenous to Roulette.
- Henry Weimer- deceased.
[Harry Weimer b.1950, FB- thread with Joyce Barr-
- Joyce Barr- Jim Barr's wife.
- Don Hoak's nickname in HS was 'Tiger'.
- James Harper McDonald, Medal of Honor winner from Roulette, saved 26 sailors from the USS Squalus when it sank. -Look this up.
also, pic Boots etal FB180916LNunn.jpg -
howard smith , laverne howard , gordon hallock., shirley brown cimino , lydia varney haskins , dorothy tauscher smith.
Howard and Leslie Smith were brothers, their father being Lafe Smith, who lived on Main Street, Roulette.
- Leslie was the Smith married to Dorothy Tauscher in this photo. Dorothy had first married 'Jaybird' Weimer', already in the service at the time she was pregnant her junior year in HS. The baby died after a couple months and Jaybird held this against her; the marriage ended in divorce.
Dorothy then married Leslie Smith.
- Lavern Howard was a minister for 51 years on Sartwell Creek.
- Shirley Brown Cimino, deceased now, lived in Galeton, worked at the telephone company.
What about Gordon Hallock, also in the '36-'37 photo with Glendon Hallock?
Lydia's grandfather worked at the Stave Mill, before it was moved to ...
He made 8 violins in his lifetime and he gave them all away to family members.
He also worked at a sawmill (Dunlevy's) in Ellisburg, cf. photo:
Dunlevy, EV Saw MIll c1895 Ellisburg FB181003LN.jpg
I only have 3 children for him:
- Carlos
- Hazel
- Merle
There was also:
- Ethel: married Hawger; Ethel did not remarry after he died. Their kids:
- Claire (son)
- Elmer
- Ina: married 5x.
Ina's 1st husband was Clayton Allen, who died.
One husband donated the land for the Fishing Creek Cemetery, in which he is not even buried, but rather just outside it.
Another husband, Owen Dewiss; they lived in Coudy.
BTW, it was Hazel's house in which Will (Boots' grandfather) fell down the stairs and died from the fall. He was living with her.
She married Eastman, which I have.
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| Name |
Lafey |
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Joni Haskins Peer
23 February 2026
· Lafey Smith about 1986, when I had the restaurant in town, I went to Card Creek Cemetery. I was taking information off head stones recording family history. Mr. Smith was there; he was the caretaker at the time. He sat down on a head stone and said is there anything you want to know about anyone here, I know most all of them. We talked for a while about the past and I listened to his great stories. I had my camera with me and asked him if I could take his picture. He walked down by his truck straightened his clothes and gave me a smile. I gave him a picture, and he carried it with him for a while saying his girlfriend gave it to him
Comments
Rena Smith Baker
Lots and lots of good memories with Grampa and Gramma Smith. Never had to shovel cow shit, hay or help in the cemetaries
Penny Bosworth
I remember him and his wife. We got our milk from them. Thank you for sharing this memory.
Brad Jones
I bought his house and fixed it up nice! Loved that place. Had 6 horses @ one time.
Also housed my business there, Pave-n-Save… See more
Brian Gustin
Our neighbors... Howdy, and then another door down ,Lafey - known since I was just a tyke (and getting yelled at for running through their hayfields!) Good memories of those guys and my current neighbor and friend Steve... (the next generation) ... 1986... woulda been my senior year.. feels like Ancient History!
Mike Howell
Brian Gustin ya I went to port around that time I was in 10th grade
Russ Weimer
Dug graves and mowed cemeteries with him. Put in a lot of hay in his barns. The first thing I ever drove was his tractor.
Jim Carpenter
Beautiful memory. He lived next to my grandmother and grandfather Carpenter, and let us kids come over and watch his cows being milked.
Nita Pease Spencer
Jim Carpenter that’s where we live now
Jeff Ryder
And Jim...Nita is a cousin of mine.
Jim Carpenter
Nita Pease Spencer wow, I have a lot of memories in that house. Scary attic.
Nita Pease Spencer
Jim Carpenter really not that bad you were just a kid so I can see why
Brenda Falk
I have that picture (or a copy of it)! Thanks for telling the story about it...a favorite from the past, for sure!
Michael Barr
This is exactly how I remember him. Great guy.
Darren Connelly
Good ol boy from Roulette
Amy Plumstead
Rena Smith Baker nice memory here
Nita Pease Spencer
We lived next door to Lafey until he passed. Used to get a kick out him taking his lawnmower up to the friendly inn.
Joanne Morey
I remember him. Pretty sure he graduated with my dad, Mike Van Bergen.
Russ Weimer
Joanne Morey Your father and my dad Les Smith were the same age. Lafe was dad’s father.
Joanne Morey
Russ Weimer thanks for the clarification. I wasn’t sure!
John C Wetzel
Joanne Morey a Mike van bergen was a class that made of mine in Coudersport, class of 67. That Mike van bergen?
Joanne Morey
John C Wetzel yes you graduated with my brother Michael, he was named after my dad. Many called him Mike, I always called him Michael. Michael lived in Florida after he retired from Tri County in Mansfield. He passed away two years ago???? The one we were talking about was my dad, Mike Van Bergen.
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John C Wetzel
Joanne Morey I'm sorry to hear of his passing.
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Abt 1986 |
Card Creek Cemetery, Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| Mr. Smith was there; he was the caretaker at the time. |
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Joni Haskins Peer
23 February 2026
· Lafey Smith about 1986, when I had the restaurant in town, I went to Card Creek Cemetery. I was taking information off head stones recording family history. Mr. Smith was there; he was the caretaker at the time. He sat down on a head stone and said is there anything you want to know about anyone here, I know most all of them. We talked for a while about the past and I listened to his great stories. I had my camera with me and asked him if I could take his picture. He walked down by his truck straightened his clothes and gave me a smile. I gave him a picture, and he carried it with him for a while saying his girlfriend gave it to him
Comments
Rena Smith Baker
Lots and lots of good memories with Grampa and Gramma Smith. Never had to shovel cow shit, hay or help in the cemetaries
Penny Bosworth
I remember him and his wife. We got our milk from them. Thank you for sharing this memory.
Brad Jones
I bought his house and fixed it up nice! Loved that place. Had 6 horses @ one time.
Also housed my business there, Pave-n-Save… See more
Brian Gustin
Our neighbors... Howdy, and then another door down ,Lafey - known since I was just a tyke (and getting yelled at for running through their hayfields!) Good memories of those guys and my current neighbor and friend Steve... (the next generation) ... 1986... woulda been my senior year.. feels like Ancient History!
Mike Howell
Brian Gustin ya I went to port around that time I was in 10th grade
Russ Weimer
Dug graves and mowed cemeteries with him. Put in a lot of hay in his barns. The first thing I ever drove was his tractor.
Jim Carpenter
Beautiful memory. He lived next to my grandmother and grandfather Carpenter, and let us kids come over and watch his cows being milked.
Nita Pease Spencer
Jim Carpenter that’s where we live now
Jeff Ryder
And Jim...Nita is a cousin of mine.
Jim Carpenter
Nita Pease Spencer wow, I have a lot of memories in that house. Scary attic.
Nita Pease Spencer
Jim Carpenter really not that bad you were just a kid so I can see why
Brenda Falk
I have that picture (or a copy of it)! Thanks for telling the story about it...a favorite from the past, for sure!
Michael Barr
This is exactly how I remember him. Great guy.
Darren Connelly
Good ol boy from Roulette
Amy Plumstead
Rena Smith Baker nice memory here
Nita Pease Spencer
We lived next door to Lafey until he passed. Used to get a kick out him taking his lawnmower up to the friendly inn.
Joanne Morey
I remember him. Pretty sure he graduated with my dad, Mike Van Bergen.
Russ Weimer
Joanne Morey Your father and my dad Les Smith were the same age. Lafe was dad’s father.
Joanne Morey
Russ Weimer thanks for the clarification. I wasn’t sure!
John C Wetzel
Joanne Morey a Mike van bergen was a class that made of mine in Coudersport, class of 67. That Mike van bergen?
Joanne Morey
John C Wetzel yes you graduated with my brother Michael, he was named after my dad. Many called him Mike, I always called him Michael. Michael lived in Florida after he retired from Tri County in Mansfield. He passed away two years ago???? The one we were talking about was my dad, Mike Van Bergen.
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John C Wetzel
Joanne Morey I'm sorry to hear of his passing.
John C Wetzel
Joanne Morey
I just found out that your husband, Ron, was my 10th cousin 1x removed.
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