Box 6
Contains 20 Results:
Deborah Smedley Allen (b. 1886) to Ida Roberts Smedley Balderston , 1971
Deborah Smedley Allen was the daughter of George and Deborah Smedley Allen. She wrote to Ida enclosing Smedley photos circa 1890 since Ida was collecting family history. Also a copy of a letter from her mother to good friend Hannah W. Roberts concerning recent death of her brother Thomas (1875).
Pocket diary, 1885
Small diary with daily entries, possibly Harriett J. Smedley (1859-1893), a teacher? She mentions teaching, Quaker meetings, visiting the Souths (her sister Lydia married Edward South). Harriett married William Kirkbride in 1888.
Edith Smedley correspondence, 1881-1885, 1893
Correspondencewith her aunts and uncle William Sharpless. In 1883, William's letter described his visit to brother Thomas Sharpless ((1838-1914) who spent a time in Colorado as superintendent of a mining company. In 1893 Edith visited Boston in the company of Rebecca Kite.
Edith Smedley (1869-1915) and Mary Allen correspondence, 1894, 1901-1903
In 1901 and 1903, Edith was on vacation in the Poconos. Mary Allen (1871-1938) was her cousin, daughter of George and Deborah Allen.
Susanna Smedley to sister Edith Smedley, circa 1885-1898, 1907-1908
An 1893 letter is typed by Susanna, sent from Westtown. Neither sister married, Edith worked as a bookkeeper and Susanna as a bookkeeper and archivist at Westtown.
Susanna Smedley, Westtown reports and correspondence, Susanna Smedley Westtown reports and correspondence 1882-1902 6 Westtown report cards, 1903 class letter, correspondence concerning sister Edith's death in 1902. Also 1880 report card Middletown Friends School for Edith.
Westtown report cards, 1903 class letter, correspondence concerning sister Edith's death in 1902. Also 1880 report card from Middletown Friends School for Edith.
Edith Smedley to sister Susanna Smedley, 1902
Susanna Smedley essay on Middletown meetinghouse, 1935
"Historical sketch prepared for the 100th anniversary of the building of the Middletown Meeting House." Susanna Smedley worked as a bookkeeper and archivist at Westtown School. She wrote this informal essay about the history of the meeting and the Smedley family which reflects her interest in family and local history.
Susanna Smedley Genealogical research and collected papers , 1935 and undated
Susanna was an approved Elder in Chester Monthly Meeting. Her parents, Edward G. and Elizabeth S. Smedley, had resided in the house on the Middletown farm when she was young, and she included a floorplan of the house when she lived there, Smedley reminiscences, etc. Includes a copy of Jacob Lightfoot's Will, Maiden Creek, 1789.
Susanna Smedley's history of Penn Crest, 1957
Remarks given at the Smedley Gathering at Penn Crest, with a history of the family members who resided on the farmstead. She and cousins Elizabeth Satterthwaite and Deborah S. Allen, daughters of Deborah L. Smedley Allen, and Walter's children were the surviving Smedley descendants who had lived on the farm.
