Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Daniel Smail and Elizabeth Altshouse




Husband Daniel Smail 1 2

           Born: 2 Dec 1825 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1863 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Forks Zion Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Jacob Smail (1792-1857/1857) 3 4
         Mother: Magdalena Klingensmith (1795-Abt 1850/1857) 4


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Catherine Helery (      -1864) 1 2 - 12 Nov 1850 2



Wife Elizabeth Altshouse 1 2

           Born:  - on the Atlantic Ocean
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Forks Zion Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA


Children
1 F Magdalena Smail 5

            AKA: Malinda Smail 5
           Born: 6 Jul 1847 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Daniel Smail


He was born in Germany, and was but a child when brought by his father to America [sic]. He was reared in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and farming was his life work. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company I, 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Captain Elwood, of Pittsburgh, was wounded in battle by a shell and taken to a hospital, later being sent home, where he died from the effects of his injuries. [HAC 1914, 440]


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Altshouse


She was born on a sailing ship coming to America from Germany.


Notes: Marriage

They had two children, both of whom died young. [HAC 1914, 440] But one of their children did survive to adulthood, Magdalena.

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Sources


1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 440.

2 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 242.

3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 346, 440.

4 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 38.

5 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 243.


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