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


JOSEPH SMITH deceased, was born in Wrightstown township, 
February 10, 1809, and was a son of William and Margaret 
(Worthington) Smith, natives of Bucks county and of English 
descent.  The grandfather, Joseph Smith, engaged in the 
manufacture of ploughs and pumps, and made the first patent 
plough in Bucks county.  Our subject was a farmer, and 
pump-maker, and carried on both these vocations for several 
years.  After marrying, he moved to Penn's Park, where he 
carried on pump-making for three years, and then moved to 
Newtown, where he bought a farm and lived for sixteen years. 
 In 1857 he moved to Buckingham township and purchased the 
farm where the widow now resides, living here until his 
death May 25, 1882.  He was an honest and intelligent 
citizen.  He was married March 22, 1838, to Sarah, daughter 
of Jacob and Priscilla (Buckman) Twining.  They had seven 
children: Thomas T., Margaretta, wife of Ezra Michener; 
Priscilla A., wife of John Pool; Mary E., Henrietta, wife of 
Edward Slack; Sallie and Rachel.  Mrs. Smith is a member of 
the Friends' meeting.