Thomas SMITH

Birth:
15 Jan 1799
Ahanghal, County Antrim, Ireland
Death:
26 Jul 1880
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Uniondale Cemetery, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
14 Mar 1826
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Of Tuscarora.
Silversmith by trade. Learned his art in Baltimore.
Was considered a veteran of the War of 1812, for this service he received a grant of 160 acres of public land. Farming was his business in the Tuscarora Valley and in Allegheny County. He collected taxes for the city and county of Alleghenyas toll collector on the Feseral Street Bridge connecting Pittsburgh and Allegheny.
Religion: Associate Reformed Church in Tuscarora and Allegheny.
Physically: Medium height and rather stout. He had several slight strokes.
Met with an accident in 1879 which confined him to bed.
Lived on North Ave. Allegheny.
Margaret Harris STEWART
Birth:
16 Jun 1796
Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania
Death:
14 Mar 1883
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Uniondale Cemetery, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   This was originally called Mifflin County. Born in a stone house on the banks ofthe Juniata River. She lived in Mifflin, Allegheny, and Butler Counties as a young girl. She lived in the town of Allegheny (then called Allegheny Town), almost all of her life except when she lived in Tuscarora Valley between 1826- 1828.
Religion: Presbyterian. Joined the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg in 1822.In 1826, she transferred her membership to the Associate Reformed Church of Tuscarora. 1828, she joined the First A.R. Church in Pittsburgh. 1831 she joined the First A.R. Church in Allegheny, which remained her home until her death in 1883.
She was 5'5 1/2 ", fair complexion, brown hair and blue eyes.
She died at # 202 North Ave., Allegheny. She had lived there for 54 years. She died from a  complication of diseases.
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Jane SMITH
Birth:
28 Feb 1827
Tuscarora Valley, Juniata, Pennsylvania
Death:
10 Aug 1828
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Died from Cholera Infantum.
2
Ann Eliza SMITH
Birth:
18 Jan 1829
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
Joseph Hearst PRESSLY 
Marr:
24 May 1847
 
Notes:
                   Lived her young life in Allegheny.
Religion: At 14 years joined the First A.R. (now U.P.) Church.
Physical Appearance: Brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. 4'11" tall.
3
Wilson Stewart SMITH
Birth:
18 Jan 1831
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
Maria Louisa DEHAVEN 
Marr:
23 Nov 1853
 
Notes:
                   I had this before Fran Smith confirmed.

Appearance: 5' 9", 125 lbs, sandy complexion, hazel eyes and auburn hair.
Education: Public schools, Allegheny, PA.
Religion: A.R. and U.P. Churches.
Residences: Most of his married life he lived next door to his parents on North Ave. Allegheny. Oct 1891, moved to Wilkinsburg, PA and lived at 610 Kelly Ave. Wilkinsburg.
Occupation: Kept a grocery and feed store at the corner of South and Wests Diamond Sts, Allegheny. From 1874-1891, he was an undertaker on Ohio St. in Allegheny. In Wilkinsburg he worked for the Duquesne Forge Co.  of Rankin, PA.
Married by Rev. R.A. Black.
4
William Henry SMITH
Birth:
28 Jun 1834
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
Mary Helen WAREHAM 
Marr:
9 Oct 1889
 
Notes:
                   Appearance: fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.
Education: city schools.
Occupation: clerk, farmed in Shaler township, with his father; Allegheny Savingsbank; farmer; mercantil business; forgin business.
Religion: psalm singing church (A.R. or U.P.) wherever he was.
Residence: Shaler township (1852); Sewickley (1867); Welda, Kansas (1878); Allegheny (1885); Wilkinsburg (1889); Colorado Springs (1 Sep 1903); Los Angeles (1 Mar 1904); Morgan Hill (11 May 1904).
Married to Eliza by his brother in law, Dr. J.H. Pressly.
5
Robert Stewart SMITH
Birth:
18 Aug 1836
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
Mary Ann MCCASLIN 
Marr:
16 Apr 1872
 
Notes:
                   Appearance: fair skin, blue eyes, brown hair, 5'9", 120 lbs.
Education: Second WArd public schools, Allegheny. Religious training under Rev. Dr. Pressly of the A.R.(Afterwards U.P.)church of Allegheny.
Religion: U.P. Church, was an elder
Occupation: clerk in a bank, prominent partner in the Duquesne Forge Co. and Rankin, PA.
Politics: Republican
Apparently lived at 5598 Baum St. Pittsburgh, PA, in 1903.
6
Mary Jane SMITH
Birth:
24 Feb 1839
Tuscarora Valley, Juniata, Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Lived all of her life in the Tuscarora/Allegheny area.  Final know residence was617 Florence Ave. Avalon, PA. (A suburb of Allegheny)
Appearance: dark complexion, dark hair, dark hazel eyes, 4'10 1/2", 103 lbs.
Education: Second Ward public schools.
Religion: First A.R. (now U.P.) Church in 1858.
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Thomas Smith - Margaret Harris Stewart

Thomas Smith was born at Ahanghal, County Antrim, Ireland 15 Jan 1799.

He married Margaret Harris Stewart 14 Mar 1826 . Margaret Harris Stewart was born at Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania 16 Jun 1796 daughter of Robert Stewart and Mary Wilson .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Mary Jane Smith born 28 Feb 1827.
Ann Eliza Smith born 18 Jan 1829.
Wilson Stewart Smith born 18 Jan 1831.
William Henry Smith born 28 Jun 1834.
Robert Stewart Smith born 18 Aug 1836.
Mary Jane Smith born 24 Feb 1839.

Thomas Smith died 26 Jul 1880 at Allegheny, Pennsylvania .

Margaret Harris Stewart died 14 Mar 1883 at Allegheny, Pennsylvania .