BIO:  Robert Smith, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 126

ROBERT SMITH, one of the prosperous farmers of the lower end of York County, was 
born on Christmas Day, 1820, in Lower Chanceford Township.  He is a son of James 
H. and Jane (Smith) Smith.  At the age of four years he was adopted by his uncle, 
Robert Smith, and at this death inherited the excellent farm near Airville, which 
he now owns.  November 16, 1843, he married Sarah R., daughter of Henry Manifold, 
of Hopewell.  They have five children living:  Robert H., J. Hume, Lizzie T., 
Samuel H. and J. Charles.  The subject of this sketch is a son of Capt. James 
Hume Smith, a veteran of the second war with Great Britain, in 1812, who died in 
1834.  The farm which Mr. Smith now owns was originally deeded to his great-
grandfather by the proprietors of Pennsylvania about 1740.  Ever since that time, 
this valuable farm has been owned by a lineal descendant who bore the same name 
as his great grandfather, Robert Smith.  This is one of the very few farms in the 
county owned by a descendant of the first settlers.