Jessie Smiley

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Wife Jessie Smiley ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 13 Nov 1877 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Edwin Wilson Smiley (1845-1904) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Jane Kilgore (Abt 1843-      ) 2 6 7

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General Notes: Wife - Jessie Smiley

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She was educated in the local schools, with a finishing course at Mrs. Sutton's School for Girls in West Philadelphia. From her earliest days she was interested in woman suffrage, and in equal opportunities for men and women. Her work for the cause of woman suffrage in Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1915 was successful, and the vote carried by five hundred plurality. She worked equally hard for the cause throughout the nation, attending the convention of woman suffrage as national delegate. Later her attention turned to other progressive measures. In 1920 she was appointed by the mayor to the City Planning Committee, as the first woman member. In 1921 she and a group of other women succeeded in having a woman elected to the School Board. She was appointed a member of the board of trustees of Polk Institute by Governor Pinchot, and was secretary. Her political sympathies were with the Republican party, and she served on the county committee. Miss Smiley was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and popular in her two clubs: The Wednesday and the Wanango Country.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 485.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 131.

3 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 26.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 801.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 483.

6 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 25.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 484.