Oliver Perry Smith and Mary A. Brinker

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Husband Oliver Perry Smith ¹

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           Born: 2 Oct 1847 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Smith (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Esther Wentzel (      -Bef 1907) 1

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       Marriage: 4 Feb 1868 2

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Wife Mary A. Brinker ²

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           Born: Abt 1848 - Mutual, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: Abram Brinker (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Laura Hershey (      -      ) 2

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1 M John N. Smith ²

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2 F Alice Smith ²

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         Spouse: C. L. Holtzer (      -      ) 2

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3 M Caleb Smith ²

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4 M Richard M. Smith ²

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5 M Frank Smith ²

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6 F May Smith ²

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         Spouse: Edward Reed (      -      ) 2

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7 M Oliver Perry Smith, Jr. ²

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8 M Thomas G. Smith ²

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9 F Bertha Smith ²

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         Spouse: H. D. McChesney (      -      ) 2

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10 F Mary Smith ²

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11 M Robert E. Smith ²

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General Notes: Husband - Oliver Perry Smith

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He was born in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about four and three-quarter miles from the city of Greensburg. He passed the years of his childhood in his native region and there received his education at the local public schools. He was but fourteen years of age at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War, but shortly after enlisted in the army with his father, both becoming privates in Company H, Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. They joined their regiment at Culpepper Court House, Virginia, but shortly afterwards the father was discharged from the service on account of physical disability. He returned to the farm in Salem township, where he eventually died from exposure while farming. His son, on the contrary, served throughout the remainder of the war and was finally discharged with his regiment, July 7, 1865. The regiment had already taken part in the Grand Review held at Washington, May 28, 1865, and he and his companions, as veterans, took part in the anniversary reviews in Washington in 1892 and 1915. On these occasions he was one of the many old soldiers who took part in the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, but he never joined the local Grand Army post.
Throughout the entire war Mr. Smith saw active service and was present at a number of the most important actions that took place during that period. At the battle of Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864, he was struck in the shoulder by a ball and about one minute afterwards received another in the thigh. These wounds, of course, incapacitated him for a time, but on August 17, 1864, he returned to the ranks. During the time that his father was also a member of the company, the two Mr. Smiths stood at the opposite ends of the line, Mr. Smith, Sr. at the right, Oliver Perry Smith at the left, but the elder and younger man were messmates. After the war Mr. Smith attended several of the most important reunions of the veterans, including those at Boston, Toledo, Philadelphia and Gettysburg. Upon returning home after the war, he rejoined his father, who gave him a portion of his property, consisting of ninety-one acres, and there he made his home up to the time of his death. He was actively engaged in farming operations, and met with great success. In 1882 Mr. Smith erected a substantial barn on his farm, but in 1890 it was burned to the ground as the result of being struck by lightning, and later another structure was erected.
Besides the general farming which he carried on, his property proved another source of wealth to him, and upon the discovery of coal underlying it, he was able to dispose of the rights to mine there at the rate of six hundred dollars per acre to the Jamison Coal Company, the property being situated only about one mile from the Jamison Mine No. 6.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 888, 1035.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 889.