William Smith and Margaret Piper

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Husband William Smith ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1747-1764 1
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           Died: Apr 1786 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Smith (      -1775) 1 3
         Mother: Mary Smith (      -1808) 1 4

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       Marriage: 2 Sep 1783 1 2

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Wife Margaret Piper ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Apr 1765 1 2
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           Died: 20 Feb 1852 1 2
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         Father: William Piper (1735-1793) 5 6
         Mother: Sarah McDowell (1738-1805) 5 6

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   Other Spouse: James Irwin (1758-1843) 2 7 - 5 Dec 1787 1

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Children

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1 F Sarah Smith ^{8 9 10}

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           Born: Jun 1784 - Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 9 10
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           Died: 25 Jul 1859 9 10
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         Spouse: Maj. John Brownson (1768-1836) 8 9 10
           Marr: 7 Oct 1807 9 10

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General Notes: Husband - William Smith

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He inherited the site of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, which he was engaged in laying out as a town when he died. He was lieutenant of Capt. William Huston's company in Col. Samuel Culbertson's battalion, Cumberland County Associators, in 1780.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Piper

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She was the subject of a charming description in the diary of the Rev. Mr. Fithian, a Presbyterian minister. "There is no one in the society," he wrote July 13, 1775, "but my little Wain that can tell you what is effectual calling. Indeed this little Wain is a lovely girl. She is an only child just ten years old. She seems to me to be remarkably intelligent; reads very clear, attends well to the quantity of words; has a sweet, nervous accent. Indeed I have not been so lately pleased as with this rosy-cheeked Miss Peggy Piper."

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 91.

2 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 460.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 456.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 452.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 84.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 370.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 84, 85, 91.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 74.

9 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94.

10 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 466.