Daniel Smith and Jane Sibbet

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Husband Daniel Smith ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1767 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1851 3 4
         Buried:  - Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Joseph Smith (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Jenny McClure (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Blaine (      -      ) 4

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Wife Jane Sibbet ^{2 4 5}

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            AKA: Jane Copely 3
           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Sibbet (      -      )
         Mother: 

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   Other Spouse: Samuel Copley (      -1813) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Harriet Smith ^{2 4 7 8}

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           Born: 25 Sep 1818 2 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1878 8 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Fair (1819/1819-1900) 2 4 7 8
           Marr: 9 Mar 1841 or 1842 2

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General Notes: Husband - Daniel Smith

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Black Lick, Indiana Co, PA - a farmer and stock dealer

He was born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and migrated to what is now Black-lick township, Indiana County, about the beginning of the 1800s. Black-lick station was located on Daniel Smith's homestead.

He was a sickle and scythe maker, and some time prior to 1794 moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania. From Washington County he moved to the vicinity of Blairsville, Indiana County, where he prospered, and in course of time became one of the wealthiest men of that section.

The source does not make clear which of his children were born to which of his wives.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Sibbet

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Noted for independence and ardent patriotism, she was possessed of a strong religious nature, and it is to her teachings and example that much of the pure Christian sentiment of her son Josiah may be traced. Though she died while he was a boy, he wrote of her: "She was a woman of strong and original cast of mind; gentle, but firm ; sensitive, yet patient. She was one of the pleasantest and most impressive readers I ever knew; and much of what may be called the keys of knowledge, the first germs of thought, I gained from hearing her read, especially the Scriptures. She read poetry admirably, and no one I ever knew surpassed her in reading or reciting poetry and ballads, or in singing Scotch ballads, with which her memory was well stored." In the same memoir he continues, referring to the period of his father's failure and death: "These were days of trial and sorrow, while we all worked diligently and felt the necessity of doing so. . . . It was a time of stern necessity, yet the memory of it is sweet; for there was more light than darkness, more joy than sorrow; and it was during this trying period, more than any other, that my sainted mother was made perfect through suffering."

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 370, 442.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 141.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 370.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 95.

5 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 218.

6 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 395.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 370, 380, 442.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 600.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 142.