Husband Samuel Smith 1
Born: 1831 - Ayr, Scotland
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Died: Mar 1906 - ? Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
Father: [Father] Smith ( - )
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Marriage: 5 Jan 1860 - Armstrong Co, PA 3
Wife Elizabeth G. McNutt 3
Born: Abt 1839 - Donegal, Ireland
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Died: 1914
Buried: - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
Father: [Unk] McNutt ( - )
Mother: Margaret [Unk] (1807-1902)
Children
1 M William Smith 3
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2 M Robert Smith 3
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3 F Margaret H. Smith 3
AKA: Margaret M. Smith
Born: 1860
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Died: 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Spouse: William M. Phillips ( -Bef 1919) 3
Marr: 1887 - ? Venango Co, PA
4 F Elizabeth Smith 3
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Died: Bef 1919
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Samuel Smith 3
Born: 4 Feb 1868 - Mercer Co, PA 3
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Died: 1944
Buried: - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
Spouse: Blanche M. Waid (1876-1938) 3
6 M Henry Smith 3
Born: 1869 - Venango Co, PA 3
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Died: 28 Feb 1892 - Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
7 F Mary J. Smith 3
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Spouse: Harry M. Sisney ( - ) 3
Marr: 1910 - ? Venango Co, PA
8 M John D. Smith 3
Born: 2 Jun 1874 3
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Died: 6 Oct 1917 3
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Spouse: Nellie M. Cassidy ( - ) 3
Marr: 30 Jun 1904 - ? Venango Co, PA 3
9 M James A. Smith 3
Born: 18 Jul 1876 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
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Died: 1945
Buried: - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
Spouse: Elizabeth Courrier ( - ) 3
Marr: 1 Jan 1901 3
10 F Nellie R. Smith
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Status: Adopted
Spouse: Wilton J. Crowther ( - )
Marr: 1910 - ? Venango Co, PA
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Smith
He was a native of Scotland, born at Ayr, and was very young when his parents died. Hence it was that, when eight years old, he came to America with an uncle, William McFarland, with whom he remained until he reached early manhood, passing this period on a large farm in Kansas, where Mr. McFarland settled. He had one sister, Elizabeth, older than himself, married to James Thompson and living in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and it may be that this was the reason he moved to that region. He had learned weaving, but did not follow the trade long, finding employment as a coal miner when he came to Butler County. His early experiences in that occupation were typical of the arbitrary management prevailing among mine owners in those days. He had to take most of his pay in goods from the com-pany stores, in fact there was one time that for a whole year he did not have a dollar in cash. He also lived in Armstrong and Mercer counties before coming to Venango County, engaging in mining at his various locations, and he mined along the Allegheny River for three or four years before he secured his first prop-erty. It was a tract of twenty-three acres situated in Sandy Creek Township, on a hillside a little back from the Allegheny, and he bought it for the coal, opening mines by the process known as drifting in, for which the location possessed peculiar advantages. The development of the Bully Hill oil field, in which this land was located, created a local demand for all the coal which he could produce, and his operations gave employment to from ten to twelve men, being particularly profitable because of the proximity of the market. When it was found that there was oil on the land he leased the rights and had the development work in that line carried on by others, some forty years ago. However, he bought the lease on his own place after a time and turned his attention to the production of oil, though he also continued mining coal for the local trade. Twenty-three wells were sunk on his property, and when ready to extend operations he leased over one hundred acres more. Meantime, as his sons grew up, they assisted him and in time became associated with him in the business, which attained large proportions. He retired and passed his closing years in ease, dying at the age of seventy-four. [CAB, 1056]
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth G. McNutt
The cemetery book gives 1866 as the year of her birth - this seems incorrect.