Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Smith, Isha V.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


ISHA V. SMITH retired farmer, P.O. Morrisville, son of 
Benjamin and Sarah (Van Cleve) Smith, was born near 
Pennington, N. J., November 20, 1832.  His parents were 
natives of New Jersey, and of English origin.  His father 
was a farmer and afterward a merchant in Trenton, N. J.  Our 
subject was the only child.  He was educated in select 
schools at Trenton.  He was a clerk in a Philadelphia dry 
goods store two years, but has made farming his principal 
occupation.  He was one of the originators of the rubber 
works at Morrisville, and served as secretary two years.  He 
sold his farm in 1886 and in 1887 moved to Morrisville.  He 
was married in 1854 to Elizabeth, daughter of William and 
Hannah Atchley, natives of New Jersey and of German origin.  
They had one child, Benjamin, who died at the age of 18.  In 
politics Mr. Smith is a democrat.