Peter Mills Smith

1790 - 1853  (63 years)

• Name	Peter Mills Smith
  Born	13 Feb 1790	Orange Co, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Mar 1853	Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Buried	Aft 16 Mar 1853	Orange Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin Township, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I1283	Decker Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	A.G. Smith
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	. Mary
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Bodle,   b. 22 Sep 1786, Orange Co, New York, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1845, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Children	1. Theodore Lewis Smith,   b. 8 Jan 1817, Orange Co, New York, USA ,   d. 10 Apr 1888, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 71 years)  [natural]   2. S.R. Smith   3. Mary Catherine Smith,   bur. Orange Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin Township, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   4. Nancy Jane Smith,   bur. Orange Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin Township, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   5. D.B. Smith   6. H. Smith   7. James A. Smith,   bur. Orange Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin Township, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   8. A.V.T. Smith
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aged 63 yrs, 1 mos, & 3 days. Husband to Amy Bodle. Their children: Theodore Lewis, Nancy Jane, Daniel B., Harriet, James A., Mary Catherine, Samuel Riley, and Arthur Van Type Smith. His parents: Abel Gale Smith and Mary Smith. Peter Mills Smith went to Northmoreland Twp. (now Franklin Twp. ) Luzerne County, PA about 1828. Peer was a farmer. His brother Jacob Denton Smith was there earlier and his brother Samuel Gale Smith came there about 1833. Peter purchased 100 acres of unseated land lot #14 in Northmoreland from the Commissioner of Luzerne County (unseated lands for taxes #14), 5 February 1828. He paid $13.54. Peter M., his wife Amy Bodle, daughters Nancy Jane Wilcox, Mary Catharine, James A. Smith and wife Eliza and some of his children along with Theodore L. Smith and his wife Anne are all buried in Orange Methodist Church Cem. also know as Brace Cemetery, Orange, Franklin Twp., Luzerne Co., PA. Sara Watson mother of Anne Watson Smith is also buried there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Gravestone.