Bird, Edward, 1772-1819

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Thomas Smiley was born in modern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1759, the son of John Smiley and Anne Stuart. John and Thomas Smiley served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and both saw action at the Battle of Long Island. In 1808, Thomas Smiley moved to White Deer Hole Valley, Pennsylvania (now White Deer), where he established the area's first Baptist congregation. He and his wife, Nancy Tucker (d. 1838), had at least one son, John (1783-1822). Thomas Smiley died in 1832.

From the guide to the Thomas Smiley letters, Smiley, Thomas letters, 1814, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)

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associatedWith Boswell, James, 1740-1795 person
associatedWith Craig, William Henry, 1835- person
associatedWith Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 person
associatedWith Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903 person
associatedWith Lewis, John. person
associatedWith Oakes, John. person
associatedWith Smiley, Thomas, 1759-1832 person
correspondedWith Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 person
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Lewes, Sussex
Barley, Hertfordshire
Royston, Hertfordshire
Birmingham, Warwickshire
North Shields, Northumberland
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Abergele, Denbighshire
Whitchurch, Shropshire
Skipton, Yorkshire
Gravesend, Kent
Barkway, Hertfordshire
White Deer (Pa. : Township)
Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Newry, Down
Dudley, Worcestershire
Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Tranmere, Cheshire
Liverpool, Lancashire
Cockermouth, Cumberland
Southill, Cornwall
Marnoch, Banffshire
Clitheroe, Lancashire
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Birth 1772

Death 1819-11-02

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