Delaware County (Pa.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Smedley Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-221
Abstract
The Smedley family in America is descended from a George Smedley, a Quaker, who arrived in Pennsylvania about 1682, purchasing property from William Penn in what is now Middletown Township, Delaware County. The collection represents the descendants of Thomas Smedley and his brother Edward G. Smedley. The property was purchased by a nephew, Walter Smedley, a well-known Philadelphia Quaker architect. His widow married C. Canby Balderston, a business executive. The family sold the...
Dates:
ca. 1875-1979
