Absalom Smith and Lydia Eliza Brigham

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Husband Absalom Smith ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Sep 1839 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Feb 1891 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Capt. John Smith (1804-1869) 4 5
         Mother: Nancy Gordon (1811-1900) 4 5

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       Marriage: 2 Feb 1865 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6

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   Other Spouse: Lilly Catherine Warihica (Abt 1859-1936) 6 - 26 Jul 1879 6

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Wife Lydia Eliza Brigham

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            AKA: Lydia E. L. Brigham 1
           Born: 2 Oct 1835
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jul 1875
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Brigham (1788-1846) 1 7 8
         Mother: Catherine McCormick "Kitty" Power (1803-1884) 1 7 8

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Children

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1 M George Brigham Smith ⁶

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           Born: 5 May 1867 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, KS

         Spouse: Mary Elizabeth "Minnie" Curtis (1863-      ) 9
           Marr: 18 Dec 1904 9

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2 F Fannie D. Smith ⁶

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           Born: 21 Jan 1870 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 May 1870 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Absalom Smith

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Civil War: He served from 21 July, 1861, to 11 June, 1864, in Company C, 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Re­serve Infantry (39th Volunteers).
He died after dropping 40 feet from a scaffold while painting a house.

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General Notes: Wife - Lydia Eliza Brigham

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Another source states that she died July 11.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 762.

2 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 19.

3 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 19q.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 346.

5 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 126.

6 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 19p.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 497.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 660.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 19r.