Peter Smail and Sophia Gungkel
Husband Peter Smail 1 2 3
Born: 11 Jan 1765 - Northampton Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 17 Nov 1845 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 3 Buried: - German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: Peter Smail (Abt 1735-Bef 1799) 4 Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] ( - ) 5
Marriage:
Wife Sophia Gungkel 6
AKA: Sophia [Unk],1 2 Sophia Kunkle 6 Born: 6 Oct 1766 - Northampton Co, PA 6 Christened: Died: 18 Mar 1849 6 Buried: - German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
Children
1 F Susanna Smail 6
Born: 1789 6 Christened: Died: 9 Oct 1877 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 6 Buried:Spouse: Christian Klingensmith (1790-1871) 6
2 M Jacob Smail 7 8
Born: 1792 - Pennsylvania 8 Christened: Died: Nov or Dec 1857 - Armstrong Co, PA 8 Buried: - Smail Cemetery, Bethel Twp, Armstrong Co, PASpouse: Magdalena Klingensmith (1795-Abt 1850/1857) 8Spouse: Nancy J. Elliott (1799-1878) 8 9
3 F Elizabeth Smail 10
Born: 3 Feb 1795 - Pennsylvania 10 Christened: Died: 21 Aug 1842 10 Buried: - Denmark Manor Cemetery, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PASpouse: David Klingensmith (1793-1859) 10
4 M Peter Smail, Jr. 11
Born: 22 Feb 1797 12 Christened: Died: 9 May 1834 12 Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth [Unk] (Abt 1810- ) 13
5 M Johann George Smail 14
Born: 21 Jan 1801 - Westmoreland Co, PA 14 Christened: Died: 6 Apr 1891 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 14 Buried: - Evangelical Lutheran (German) Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PASpouse: Christena Maria Silvis (1805-1890) 14
6 M Capt. John Marion Smail 1 2 16 17
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AKA: [Unk] Smail 15 Born: 15 Feb 1804 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 17 Christened: Died: 14 Jun 1894 17 Buried:Spouse: Catherine Uber (1807-1862) 17 Marr: 17 Nov 1822 or 1825 1 17Spouse: Sophia Herman ( - ) 18Spouse: Hettie Miller ( - ) 15 19 Marr: 1863 20
7 M Philip Smail 18
Born: 2 Aug 1807 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 18 Christened: Died: 11 Jun 1825 18 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M David Smail 18
Born: 26 Mar 1811 or 1812 - Westmoreland Co, PA 18 Christened: Died: Bet 1860 and 1866 Buried:Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Uber (1799-Bet 1860/1866) 18
General Notes: Husband - Peter Smail
He was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He took an oath of allegiance to Pennsylvania in 1778. Two years later he enrolled in the militia at Chestnuthill Township in Northampton County. His tombstone in the German Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, states that he was a soldier in the American Revolution. He left eastern Pennsylvania for Westmoreland County around 1800. In 1801 he bought his father's farm at a sheriff's sale and lived there until his death.
1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 532.
2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 171.
3 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 8.
4 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 1.
5 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 2.
6 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 9.
7 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 346, 440.
8 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 38.
9 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 440.
10 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 382.
11 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 35, 393.
12 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 393.
13 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 35.
14 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 397.
15 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 647.
16 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 116.
17 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 415.
18 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 426.
19 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 126.
20
George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 533.
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