Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Squire William Smith and Elizabeth Van Eman




Husband Squire William Smith 1




           Born: 28 Jun 1804 - Mingo Creek, Washington Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882
         Buried: 


         Father: William Smith (Abt 1758-1840) 3
         Mother: Mary Caldwell (Abt 1759-1844) 4


       Marriage: 2 Feb 1832 5

   Other Spouse: Eleanor Boyd (      -      ) 6 - 9 Nov 1875 5



Wife Elizabeth Van Eman 7

           Born: 14 Apr 1803 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Apr 1874 5
         Buried:  - Pigeon Creek, Somerset Twp, Washington Co, PA


         Father: Andrew Van Eman (      -      ) 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Riddle (      -      ) 5




Children
1 M James Smith 5

           Born: 9 May 1834 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Oct 1834 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M Andrew Wylie Smith 10

           Born: 5 Nov 1835 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Ann Doak (      -      ) 5


3 F Mary C. Smith 5

           Born: 1 Jan 1839 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Laken L. Whitely (      -      ) 5


4 F Elizabeth R. Smith 5

           Born: 10 Dec 1841 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Apr 1859 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Margaret Smith 5

           Born: 3 May 1843 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John K. Davis (      -      ) 11 12


6 M William James Smith 5 13




           Born: 17 Jun 1845 - South Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane "Jennie" McNary (      -      ) 5 13
           Marr: 1867 13


7 F Sarah Jane Smith 5

           Born: 20 Jun 1847 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Andrew N. Haggerty (      -      ) 6



General Notes: Husband - Squire William Smith


He lived at the family homestead until twenty-eight years of age. His schooling was limited to attendance at the old log school-house in the neighborhood. The management of the home farm devolved upon him after reaching his majority, his father withdrawing from its oversight. From savings during his stay on the home farm he purchased a farm of seventy acres in Somerset township, and after marriage moved to it, continuing, however, the management of the home farm, which came into his possession upon the death of his father.
In 1854 he purchased of James McDowell the grist-and saw-mills on the East Branch of Chartiers Creek, rebuilt and remodeled them, and carried them on. But farming was the principal business of his life and he dealt extensively in Spanish merino sheep and in Durham cattle. He added from time to time to his original purchase of seventy acres until he had, nearly in one body, six hundred acres of land.
In politics a lifelong Democrat, but no seeker of office. He united with the Pigeon Creek Church in 1832, and was an elder and also a trustee in the same for many years.
After his second marriage they settled on a place in Somerset township, near his mill property, and he withdrew from active business.
He was among the earliest advocates of the temperance cause.

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Sources


1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 873, 947, 950, 955.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 947, 951.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 947, 950, 955.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 947, 950.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 948, 951.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 948.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 873, 948, 951, 955.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 951.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 272.

10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 873, 948, 951.

11 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 948, 957.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 579.

13 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1351.


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