William Smith and Annie Reed

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Husband William Smith ¹

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           Born: Abt 1790
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           Died: 1867 - near Marion, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Smith (      -1822) 1
         Mother: 

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Wife Annie Reed ¹

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Children

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1 F Nancy A. Smith ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1880
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         Spouse: Alex. Hopkins (1822-      ) 1
           Marr: 1846 2

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2 F [Unk] Smith

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           Died: Aft 1880
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         Spouse: Peter Kinter (      -      ) 1

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3 F Mary Smith ¹

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           Died: Aft 1880
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Helen Smith ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1880
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Joseph R. Smith ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1816 1
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           Died: Aft 1880
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         Spouse: Cynthia Reed (1842-      ) 4
           Marr: 13 Aug 1861 3

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6 M John T. Smith ¹

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           Died: Aft 1880
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General Notes: Husband - William Smith

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He resided on the old family homestead till 1829, when he located on a farm two miles southeast of the borough of Marion, and continued to reside there until his death, which occurred at the age of seventy-seven years. He was the father of fourteen children, six, four daughters and two sons, were still living in 1880. In 1833 his entire family, except himself and his son Joseph R. Smith, were stricken down with a most malignant type of scarlet fever, and four of the children died in the space of two weeks. This was the first appearance of the disease in that portion of the county, and the neighbors were greatly alarmed, and it was with difficulty that sufficient assistance could be procured to bury the dead.
When he first located in the northern part of the county, wild game was very abundant, and deer and wild turkeys were seen almost daily near the house. So plenty were they that it was with difficulty the growing crops were protected from their incursions. On one occasion his son John T. Smith and another young man went to the woods to cut some timber. When a short distance from the house, they discovered two large bucks with horns so interlaced as to prevent them from getting loose, and the young men despatched them with their axes. During the same year a pack of wolves entered the field near the house and attacked the calves therein, and were with difficulty driven away. On another occasion several bears visited a pile of corn stored near the barn, and destroyed a large quantity of it.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 339.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 519.

3 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 54.

4 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 51.