Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Lewis T. Smith, M.D. and Hattie Speer




Husband Lewis T. Smith, M.D. 1

           Born: 11 Sep 1846 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Smith (1820-1877/1877) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Trauger (1829-Aft 1890) 1 2


       Marriage: 1874 1



Wife Hattie Speer 1

           Born:  - Prussia
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         Father: Alexander F. Speer (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 F Stella M. Smith 1

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2 F Martha K. Smith 1

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3 F Sarah O. Smith 1

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4 M George W. Smith 1

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5 M Charles T. Smith 1

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General Notes: Husband - Lewis T. Smith, M.D.


He was reared on a farm and received his education in Sewickley academy and Muhlenberg college. He was principal of Sewickley academy for two terms and taught school for twelve years. He migrated westward and spent three years on the Pacific coast. He commenced reading medicine in 1869 while in California and attended lectures at Jefferson college, Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated in the class of 1876. Immediately after graduation he located at Youngstown (Ohio?) where he practiced for one year. He then came to Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and continued to practice successfully at that place for over a decade.
He was a democrat in politics. He was a member of the Chosen Friends, Knights of Pythias, Patriotic Sons of America, and was master of the county grange of Patrons of Husbandry and a department commander and State officer in the G. A. F. He is a member and elder of the Evangelical Lutheran church.


General Notes: Wife - Hattie Speer

from Philadelphia, PA

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 514.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 5.

3 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 308.


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