Joseph Harrison Smith and Eliza Margaret Davis

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Husband Joseph Harrison Smith ¹

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           Born: 20 Mar 1825 - Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Smith (1784-1848) 1
         Mother: Martha Harrison (Cir 1793-1856/1859) 1

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       Marriage: 16 May 1847 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA

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Wife Eliza Margaret Davis ¹

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            AKA: Elizabeth Margaret Davis 2
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         Father: Lemuel Davis (Abt 1789-1856) 1
         Mother: Margaret Elliott (Cir 1782-1868) 1

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1 M William Pitt Smith ¹

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2 F Flora A. Smith ^{2 3 4}

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           Born:  - Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Hon. George Stuart Criswell (1850-Aft 1926) 5 6 7 8
           Marr: 26 Nov 1879 2 4 5

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3 F Mary Ella Smith ¹

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4 M Elisha W. Smith ¹

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5 M Charles Wesley Smith ¹

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6 M Edward E. Smith ¹

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7 M James H. Smith ¹

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8 M Cassius Clay Smith ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Harrison Smith

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He was brought up in the area of Davis' Corners, Rockland township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and received a common school education, also deriving much benefit in his early manhood from the Rockland literary society. At the age of twenty-five he entered the employ of Charles Shippen as clerk at Stapley furnace, continuing at this three years. After a year in Illinois he became clerk for Davis Brothers at Rockland furnace. In 1862 he acquired an interest in the American Citizen at Franklin as a member of the firm of Burgwin & Smith. In 1866 he was elected prothonotary of Venango county, serving a full term of three years. After a partnership of several years with H. M. Davis in general merchandising at Rockland he embarked in the book and stationary business at Franklin in 1872; from that date he was con-nected with this line of business at Franklin and was recognized as one of the best authorities in the book trade in northwestern Pennsylvania. In politics Mr. Smith was a Republican, and beside the important official position referred to he was also a member of the Franklin school board and president of that body. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and served as Sunday school superintend-ent, class leader, or steward of the organization at Franklin. [HVC 1890, 824]

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 824.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 433.

3 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 810, 824.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 63.

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 810.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 432.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 266.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 62.