Mary W. Smedley

Female18 December 1837–17 July 1880

Brief Life History of Mary W.

When Mary W. Smedley was born on 18 December 1837, in Fulton Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joel Smedley, was 35 and her mother, Martha Wildman, was 32. She married Benjamin Cutler Reynolds on 20 February 1875, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 17 July 1880, at the age of 42.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Cutler Reynolds
1825–1900
Mary W. Smedley
1837–1880
Marriage: 20 February 1875

Sources (6)

  • Mary Smedley in household of Joel Smedley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary W Smedley, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Mary W Smedley, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 February 1875Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (5)

    1846

    Age 9

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 26

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

    Age 26

    The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

    Name Meaning

    English (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire): habitational name, mostly from Smithley in Wombwell (Yorkshire) but also from Smedley (Lancashire). The placenames probably mean ‘wood or woodland clearing of the smiths’, from Old English smitha, genitive plural form of smith ‘smith’, + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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