Early one morning before daylight and before Pittsburgh had street lights, she was walking along in the dark and fell into a cellar-way which had been left open. She broke or dislodged her hip from which she was crippled for life.
*Biography information supplied in part through the Robert Smith Family Association and the family book "Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Smith". There is so much more to Jean's story that can be found in this book on pages 37-40. We are decendents.
Jean's first name is spelled Jene on her gravestone marker.
Jean (Jene) Smith is buried with her husband Robert Smith II. To the right of Robert's gravestone are several small gravestones of infants who were born to William and Sarah Smith. William was the 9th child born to Robert and Jean Smith. William and Sarah lost seven of their ten children in infancy.
To the left of Jene (Jean) Smith's gravestone is a gravestone with the name Polly. Sources say that Polly's marker is unreadable except for her name. Robert and Jean did have a daughter named Polly but her actual name was Mary and she is buried in the Melrose Cemetery, PA as Mary Smith Lesnett. The Polly buried here may have been a child of William and Sarah Smith?
Early one morning before daylight and before Pittsburgh had street lights, she was walking along in the dark and fell into a cellar-way which had been left open. She broke or dislodged her hip from which she was crippled for life.
*Biography information supplied in part through the Robert Smith Family Association and the family book "Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Smith". There is so much more to Jean's story that can be found in this book on pages 37-40. We are decendents.
Jean's first name is spelled Jene on her gravestone marker.
Jean (Jene) Smith is buried with her husband Robert Smith II. To the right of Robert's gravestone are several small gravestones of infants who were born to William and Sarah Smith. William was the 9th child born to Robert and Jean Smith. William and Sarah lost seven of their ten children in infancy.
To the left of Jene (Jean) Smith's gravestone is a gravestone with the name Polly. Sources say that Polly's marker is unreadable except for her name. Robert and Jean did have a daughter named Polly but her actual name was Mary and she is buried in the Melrose Cemetery, PA as Mary Smith Lesnett. The Polly buried here may have been a child of William and Sarah Smith?
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of
JENE SMITH
loving wife of
ROBERT SMITH
who died
May 22, 1862
in the 91st year
of her age
Gravesite Details
A GAR (General Army of the Republic) marker with the dates 1862-1865 was placed next to Jene Smith's gravestone.
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