Joseph Smith and Debbie A. Francis

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Husband Joseph Smith ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Jan 1837 - Smithton, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Samuel Smith (1802-1870) 1 2
         Mother: Jane Hanna (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1868 1 3

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Wife Debbie A. Francis ^{1 3}

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Children

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1 M Robert F. Smith ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 10 Jun 1869 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Lucy M. Hough (1871-      ) 3 4 5
           Marr: 21 Oct or 25 Oct 1894 3 4

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2 F Leonora Smith ^{1 3}

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         Spouse: Albert G. Lynn (      -      ) 1 3

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3 F Jessie Smith ^{1 3}

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4 M William W. Smith ^{1 3}

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5 F Margaret Smith ^{1 3}

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6 M John C. Smith ^{1 3}

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Smith

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He was born at Smith's Mills (later Smithton), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the common schools, afterward taking a business course at Duff's College, Pittsburgh. From boyhood up he worked in the mill with his father, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business, and when his father retired, several years prior to his death, Mr. Smith assumed the whole management. Later he gave up the milling business, and for some years was employed in his brother's store (the first established in Smithton), subsequently taking charge of the grain warehouse of William Welch & Company, a Pittsburgh grain firm having a branch at Smithton. When Mr. Welch sold out to D. H. Williams, Mr. Smith retained his position, his connection with the two firms covering a period of ten or twelve years. In 1882 he was elected to the legislature, serving in the memorable session of 1883, which lasted during an entire year. After the expiration of his term he returned home, and for some years was variously employed. In 1892 he was elected justice of the peace. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Universalist church.

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General Notes: Wife - Debbie A. Francis

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from Bethany, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 282.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 319.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 320.

4 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 87.

5 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 260.