Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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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, PA
         Spouse: Magdalena Klingensmith (1795-Abt 1850/1857) 8
         Spouse: 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, PA
         Spouse: 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, PA
         Spouse: Christena Maria Silvis (1805-1890) 14


6 M Capt. John Marion Smail 1 2 16 17




            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 17
         Spouse: Sophia Herman (      -      ) 18
         Spouse: 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.

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Sources


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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