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James A. Bayard Smith

Birth
Death
5 Jan 1891 (aged 83–84)
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Boothwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Son of James & Rebbecca.
Husband of Sarah Pennell.
Father of Mary E Smith, Alfred Smith, Rebecca H Smith, Joseph Ellwood Smith, Sarah Emmeline "Emma" Smith (wife of Emmor L Barlow), Atmore Smith, Attwood Smith, William Wilson Smith and Margaret Pennell Smith (wife of George W. Jones). (The History of Delaware County Pennsylvania, by John Woolf Jordan, also lists as sons Francis Smith, Simon Smith and Harry Smith)
Later widowed he married Rebecca Zebley.
Was a farmer in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware and was also active in local politics.
He was the secretary of, and with a James Smith (likely his father) and Isaac Smith, was among the founding members of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, now Grace Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware on Dec 30, 1835.
Cause of death pneumonia. (His date of death was listed as 1893 in the History of Delaware County Pennsylvania, but based on his age at death, I believe 1891-date from family bible-is correct)
Son of James & Rebbecca.
Husband of Sarah Pennell.
Father of Mary E Smith, Alfred Smith, Rebecca H Smith, Joseph Ellwood Smith, Sarah Emmeline "Emma" Smith (wife of Emmor L Barlow), Atmore Smith, Attwood Smith, William Wilson Smith and Margaret Pennell Smith (wife of George W. Jones). (The History of Delaware County Pennsylvania, by John Woolf Jordan, also lists as sons Francis Smith, Simon Smith and Harry Smith)
Later widowed he married Rebecca Zebley.
Was a farmer in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware and was also active in local politics.
He was the secretary of, and with a James Smith (likely his father) and Isaac Smith, was among the founding members of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, now Grace Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware on Dec 30, 1835.
Cause of death pneumonia. (His date of death was listed as 1893 in the History of Delaware County Pennsylvania, but based on his age at death, I believe 1891-date from family bible-is correct)


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