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Born 1803, Fayette county
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
SMITH JOSEPH, Jackson township; post- office, Tj'rone; born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1803; son of James and Mary Smith, and grandson of Thomas and Mary Smith; married, in 1827, to Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of James and Martha Hastings; settled in Jackson township in 1834. Mr. Smith is an old and much respected citizen of Jackson township, and is widely known as " Uncle Jo Smith." He is the father of twelve children, seven of whom are dead and five living. He had one son, George W., who gave up his life for his country. He was a member of Company H, Ninety-seventh 0. V. I.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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