MY UNCLE NOW DECEASED( DR. JOSEPH ANTHONY SMAHA) MADE 2 TRIPS TO LEBANON. ON HIS FIRST TRIP HE STATED HE LEARNED AT THE SMAHA FAMILY WERE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE WHO OWNED LAND CONTAINING CAVERNS WHERE WATER WOULD BE TURNED TO ICE AND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS THEY WOULD LET NEIGHBORS AND TRAVELORS USE THE ICE AND THEIR NAME SMAHA MEANT GOOD SAMARTIAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT OR NOT. MY GRANDMOTHER CAME FROM ZAHLE, LEBANON ALSO A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS HONDUME MONSOUB,DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH MONSOUB. WISH WE COULD FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE OLD COUNTRY. JOE SMAHA