James Imbrie and Euphemia Smart

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Husband James Imbrie ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born:  - Glasgow, Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1803 3
         Buried: 

       Marriage:  - Philadelphia, PA

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• Note: This may be the same person as : David Imbrie.

There appears to be some confusion between these two men and their families.

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Wife Euphemia Smart ^{2 4}

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           Born:  - Glasgow, Scotland
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           Died: 
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         Father: Robert Smart (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Maria Livingston (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Rev. David Imbrie ^{1 2 3 4 7 8}

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            AKA: Rev. David Emery 5 6
           Born: 22 Aug or 28 Aug 1777 - New York 8 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jun 1842 3 8 9
         Buried:  - Seceders' Cemetery, near Darlington, Beaver Co, PA

         Spouse: Jean Reed (      -1825) 3 10
           Marr: 29 Nov 1804 10

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2 M James Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - near Salem, Marion Co, OR
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Maloney (      -      ) 4

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3 M Robert Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1790 - Philadelphia, PA
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           Died: Abt 1885 - Mahoning Co, OH
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Stewart (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: Isabella [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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4 M John Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Beaver Co, PA
         Buried: 

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5 M George Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Wellesley, OH
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6 F Euphemia Imbrie ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Beaver (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: [Unk] Guinn (      -      ) 4

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7 F Elizabeth Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: [Unk] Guinn (      -      ) 4

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8 F Jane Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Henry Maloney (      -      ) 4

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9 F Mary Imbrie ⁴

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: [Unk] Flack (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - James Imbrie

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He was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and emigrated to America about 1760, landing in New York. There he remained several years; was married and engaged in business as a merchant in New York and Philadelphia. During the Revolutionary War he was arrested by British spies or officers for having an American gun or rifle among his stock of goods and was imprisoned. His wife appealed to Gen. Howe, whose sympathies she won, and obtained her husband's release. In 1787 he returned to his native country, Scotland, and there remained about ten years. He returned to America and located in Philadelphia, where he was engaged in commercial trade. He was then quite wealthy, but the loss of some vessels at sea injured his fortune; fortunately, however, he had money enough left to continue business. Not being able to compete successfully with others after his losses, he sold out and removed to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and from there to Frankfort Springs, Beaver County, where he engaged in business as a drover. He died at the age of seventy years, leaving a family of fourteen children. Three of his sons settled in Beaver County.

He settled in Moon township (then Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where his will is filed) in 1790, there died, and was buried in the old Service graveyard, near his home.

He and his wife left America at the time of the outbreak of the Revolutionary war to return to their native land and take possession of certain property which had been left Mrs. Imbrie by her father. They then again set sail for the United States, but were caught in a shipwreck, and although their lives were spared they lost nearly all their earthly possessions. Mr. Imbrie was in poor health and hired a substitute to serve in his place in the Continental army, but had a narrow escape from falling into the hands of the British soldiers stationed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, hearing that he had been keeping powder in his little store to supply the Colonial troops, searched the place. Mrs. Imbrie, however, was more than a match for the Britishers, for she slipped around by a rear entrance, secured the powder and hid it in a pile of ashes. In later years they moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where both died. [HIC 1913, 828]

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General Notes: Wife - Euphemia Smart

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She met­ her death by being gored by a mad bull in the barnyard.

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Notes: Marriage

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Another source states that they were married in Scotland.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 669.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 877.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 495.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 828.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 860.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1015.

7 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 997.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1236.

9 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 670.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 878.