Joseph Hearst PRESSLY

Birth:
16 Apr 1817
Due West, Abbeville, South Carolina
Death:
3 Nov 1874
Marriage:
24 May 1847
Notes:
                   Education: Jefferson College, Canonsburg, PA, 1838. Studied theology at at Allegheny Theological Seminary. D.D. conferred upon him by Monmouth College in 1871.
Licensed: 13 Apr 1841 by the Monongahela Presbytery (AR Church), and ordained 20Aug 1845.
Pastor: Erie PA.
Physical Appearance: 5'9", dark hair and eyes.
                  
Ann Eliza SMITH
Birth:
18 Jan 1829
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
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.
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
5 Mar 1848
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
Marr:
10 Sep 1885
 
Notes:
                   Education: Public schools in Erie and Allegheny.
Residence: Most of the time in Erie, although lived a short time in Buffalo.
Occupation: Farming, then contracting.
Physical Appearance: 6', florid complexion.
                  
2
Thomas Smith PRESSLY
Birth:
28 Dec 1849
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
22 Dec 1852
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Died of scarlet fever.
                  
3
Birth:
16 Nov 1851
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
Marr:
14 Aug 1877
 
Notes:
                   Education: Erie Academy, Duff's College, Pittsburgh.
Religion: First U.P. Church
Occupation: Pump manufacturer, ran a sawmill.
Residence: Erie, PA. Had lived in Philadelphia, Sheffield, East Saginaw, MI, andback to Erie again. Was living there in 1904.
Physical Appearance: fair complexion and hair. 5'9".
                  
4
Robert Steele PRESSLY
Birth:
8 May 1854
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Education: Erie Academy and State Normal School, Edinboro, PA.
Religion: None
Occupation: Machinist
Residence: Erie, PA
Physical Appearance: 5'8", dark hair and eyes.
Unmarried.
                  
5
Anna Harris PRESSLY
Birth:
8 Dec 1856
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
27 Feb 1858
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Died of bowel inflammation.
                  
6
Jane Weir PRESSLY
Birth:
19 Oct 1858
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Education: Erie Academy and Beaver Seminary - graduated in 1879.
Religion: First U.P. Church
Residence: with her mother
Physical Appearance: 5' 3 1/2 ", auburn hair and dark eyes.
Unmarried
                  
7
Birth:
29 Oct 1860
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
Marr:
1 Oct 1897
Pratt, Kansas 
Notes:
                   Appearance: fair complexion, light hair, dark eyes. Height 5'10", weight 135.
Education: Public schools in Erie and Allegheny, PA. Graduated from WestministerCollege, New Wilmington, PA in 1882, with an A.B.
Occupation: Plumber in Erie.
Address: Meade, Meade Co., Kansas.
No children known.
                  
8
Birth:
13 May 1863
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
18 Sep 1903
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Marr:
12 Oct 1893
 
Notes:
                   Appearance: 5' 4", dark hair and eyes.
Religion: Member of the First U.P. Church, Erie, PA., and a leader in the Women's Missionary Society.
Education: Public schools of Erie, graduated in 1883.
Died at the residence of her uncle, R.S.Smith, 5598 Baum St. Pittsburgh,PA. Diedfrom catarrhal pneumonia.
                  
9
Birth:
5 Sep 1864
Death:
Marr:
10 Aug 1899
 
Notes:
                   Education: Erie public schools, graduated in 1884. Graduated from a Normal School in 1886.
Occupation: taught public school in Erie until 1899.
Religion: Westminister Presbyterian Church of Buffalo.
Appearance: 5'7", about 140 lbs, dark hair and brown eyes.
Lived in Buffalo, N.Y.
                  
10
Birth:
7 Jul 1866
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania
Death:
Marr:
26 Oct 1893
 
Notes:
                   Appearance: fair complexion, dark hair and eyes, about 5' 10", about 160 lbs.
Education: Erie public schools.
Occupation: machinist.
Religion: First U.P. Church in Erie, PA.
Residence: Erie, PA.
                  
11
PRESSLY
Birth:
7 Jan 1869
Death:
1869
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Died an infant.
                  
12
Birth:
17 Oct 1869
Death:
Marr:
20 Aug 1896
 
Notes:
                   Appearance: Fair complexion, brown hair and eyes, 5' 4", about 120 lbs.
Education: Erie public schools.
Religion: First U.P. Church, Erie, PA.
                  
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Joseph Hearst Pressly - Ann Eliza Smith

Joseph Hearst Pressly was born at Due West, Abbeville, South Carolina 16 Apr 1817. His parents were John Taylor Pressly and Jane Hearst.

He married Ann Eliza Smith 24 May 1847 . Ann Eliza Smith was born at Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 18 Jan 1829 daughter of Thomas Smith and Margaret Harris Stewart .

They were the parents of 12 children:
John Taylor Pressly born 5 Mar 1848.
Thomas Smith Pressly born 28 Dec 1849.
Joseph Hearst Pressly born 16 Nov 1851.
Robert Steele Pressly born 8 May 1854.
Anna Harris Pressly born 8 Dec 1856.
Jane Weir Pressly born 19 Oct 1858.
William Wilson Pressly born 29 Oct 1860.
Margaret Louisa Pressly born 13 May 1863.
Mary Malinda Pressly born 5 Sep 1864.
Harry Seymour Pressly born 7 Jul 1866.
Pressly born 7 Jan 1869.
Sarah Isabel Pressly born 17 Oct 1869.

Joseph Hearst Pressly died 3 Nov 1874 .