Belle Smith
May 9, 1881 - August 11, 1962
Belle (nee Benedict) Smith was a daughter of Sanford W. and Margaret (nee Lawrence) Benedict. Sanford Benedict was the oldest son of Adonijah Benedict, a pioneer of York Township and Civil War veteran. Margaret Benedict was a daughter of Harvey and Sophronia (nee Windsor) Lawrence/Bassett; Harvey being a brother to Jesse Lawrence and Sophronia being a daughter to Anson Windsor and a sister to Lorinda Lawrence (Horace A. Lawrence’s first wife), Esther Livingston (Sam Livingston's wife) and Jane Palmer (Joseph Palmer's wife). Belle was a sister to William E. and Rollie Benedict. She married Guy Smith, who was a son of Clarendon and Emma Smith, who were early pioneers of York Township. One of Guy and Belle Smith’s children, Robert Smith is also buried in York Center Cemetery.[cemeteries/footer_gif.html]