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SMITH, JOSEPH, far., Sec. 1; P. O. Warren; owns 146 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; he was born Dec. 14, 1816, in Bavaria, Germany. In 1834, emigrated with parents to the United States, landed at Baltimore, Sept. 3; went to Washington, Washington Co., Penn., where he engaged in shoe-making; was well acquainted with James G. Blaine, who was then a school boy, and a general favorite with all who knew him. Mr. Smith married Miss Henrietta Wittich Jan. 17, 1839; she was born April 25, 1816, in Hesse Cassel, Germany; her parents came to Washington Co., Penn., in 1838. Mr. Smith emigrated to Charleston Tp., this county, in the spring of 1854, and commenced farming for the first in his life. In February, 1869, he came on to his present farm. Their living children are John W., Henrietta C., Mary E., Rosanna W., Hannah L., Frederick W., Samuel B., Jennie O. and Jennette W. S.; lost one daughter, Agnes, who was the wife of John D. Anderson, died Dec. 29, 1868; their son John W., enlisted in Co. A, 1st I. V. C., June, 1861; re-enlisted in 1864; served through the war, but in the latter part of the service, lost his health while in Texas, reached home barely alive, but by the best of care he was saved. Mr. Smith has frequently served as juror in the county courts, School Director, and a former member of the M. E. Church. Republican.