Valentine Smith and Sarah Arnest

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Husband Valentine Smith ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Oct 1787 - Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Apr 1868 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

       Marriage: 

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• Note: This may be the same person as : V. Smith.
Possibly he was married more than once?

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Wife Sarah Arnest

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            AKA: Sarah Ernst
           Born: 4 Jul 1792 - Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jul 1843
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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Children

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1 M Samuel Smith ^{4 5 6}

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           Born: 1820 - York Co, PA 4 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1880 - ? Venango Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Eliza McMillen (1829-1904) 4 8
           Marr: 1853 4 6

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2 F Mary Smith ⁹

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           Born: Abt 1822 - York Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1862 - Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

         Spouse: Reuben Sutton, Jr. (Cir 1819-1892) 9
           Marr: Abt 1845

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3 F Catharine "Kate" Smith ^{1 11}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1823 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1909 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

         Spouse: Philip Walter (1807-1894) 11 13

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4 M John Smith ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1890
         Buried: 

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5 M William Smith ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1890 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

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6 M David Smith ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1890
         Buried: 

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7 M Francis M. Smith ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
         Buried: 

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8 F Sarah Smith ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1890
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Park (      -      ) 1

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9 F Susan Smith ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1890
         Buried: 

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10 F Eliza Smith ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1890
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Valentine Smith

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He settled with his family in the southern part of Venango County, Pennsylvania, about 1840. He was a native of Germany, and had lived in York County for a number of years prior to his removal to Venango County. Between 1845 and 1850 he settled on the farm in Irwin Township where his grandson Millard F. Smith would later reside, which was then in the woods and which he developed from its primitive state. He gave the place to his son William, who sold it to a Mr. Hovis, and after being out of the family for fifteen or twenty years it was bought back by Samuel Smith, another son of Valentine. Valentine Smith died in Venango County in the latter eighteen-sixties, when past eighty years of age, at the home of his son Samuel, with whom he had spent his declining years. His wife preceded him to the grave. [CAB, 724]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 966.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 704, 724, 880.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 35.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 965, 966.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 725.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 725.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1066.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539, 703.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 107.

11 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1360.

12 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 81.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968.