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Note: N3062 HUGH SMITH, a descendant of the earliest settlers of Greene County, and among its most prominent citizens, was born on Smith Creek in Franklin Township, January 26, 1832. His grandfather, Thomas Smith, was the first settler on the creek which bears his name. Mr Hugh Smith is a son of Vincent Smith and Elizabeth (Bell) Smith, the former a native of this county and the latter of Virginia. His father, who was of Irish descent, was born in 1791 and died in 1884. His family consisted of ten children, of whom the subject of our sketch is the youngest of those now living. He was reared on the farm, and has made a successful farmer. He is the owner of a fine farm of 400 acres where he now resides. Mr. Smith was married in his native county to Miss Mary E., daughter of John Lemley and Jane (Hennen) Lemley. Mrs SmithÕs parents were descendants of the early settlers of the county, and of German and English origin. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two childrenÑClara Smith and Maggie Smith.
ÒBiographical History of Greene CountyÓ, Samuel P. Bates, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co., Chicago, 1888, pg. 758
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Information from the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Death Register 1903-1915, page 150, line 02 (Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org) indicates the following: Hugh Smith was a white male, who was 74 years of age at his death. He was born in Franklin Township and was married at the time of his death. He was a farmer. He died in Waynesburg on August 24, 1906, from Brights disease, the duration of which was 3 months. He was buried in Oakmont cemetery on August 26, 1906.
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Monument in Oakmont Cemetery (Section 2), Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania from "Greene County, Pennsylvania Cemeteries CD-ROM Volume 1" - James Fordyce (2002).
HUGH SMITH
JAN. 26, 1832 - AUG. 24, 1906
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MARY E. SMITH
OCT. 18, 1853 - JUNE 19, 1931
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