Restore Bishop Smedley Sr.

  General Notes:

The 1900 United States Federal Census for Willistown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania (District 135, page 236B) dated June 13, 1900 records Restore B. Smedley (July 1880) living with his parents John E. (July 1834) and Mary E. (May 1844) and brother James H. (June 1878). John and Mary are farming and have been married for 24 years and have had 2 children. Nearby are other Smedley families:
Lewis V. (49 / July 1850) and Selina C. (50 / July 1849) with children Lauretta T. (26 / April 1874), Authur C. (22 / July 1877), Anna L. (18 / June 1881), Lewis C. (16 / Nov 1883), and Helen (12 / Sept 1887); Chalkly (68 / Dec 1831) and Mary J. (68 / Aug 1831) with daughter Anna P. (31 / June 1868). The Smedleys are all farmers and all family members and their parents are born in Pennsylvania.

The 1910 United States Federal Census for Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania (District 87, page 21A) dated April 16, 1910 records Restore B. Smedley (29) with his wife Katherine (30) and daughter Mary C. (6/12). Restore has been married for 2 years and has had 1 child. He is a Dairy Farmer.

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Restore Bishop Smedley recprds his date of birth as July 7, 1881. He is a self employed farmer living on Route B, West Chester, PA with his wife Katherine Smedley. His physical description is medium height and build with brown eyes and light brown hair.

See general notes on his father-in-law for 1920 census facts.

The 1930 United States Federal Census for Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania (District 108, page 215B) records Restore B. (49 - PA/PA/PA) and Katherine C. (49 - PA/PA/PA) Smedley and their children Mary C. (19 - PA), Katherine C. (17 - PA), and Restore B. (15 - PA). Restore is farming along the North Chester Pike.

The WWII Draft Registration Card (for men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) for Restore B. Smedley dated April 27, 1942 lists his date of birth as July 7, 1881 in Willistown Township, Chester Co., PA. He is living with his wife, Mrs. Restore Smedley, on the Philadelphia Pike, Chester Co., PA. He is his own employer with a mailing address of West Chester, RD# 3, Chester Co., PA and his physical description is 5' 10", 135 lbs with blue eyes, brown hair and light complexion.


Death date and burial from http://gendata.usgensites.com/getperson.php?personID=I547340399&tree=primary ... This site contains the most recent information for the many family lines researched by Mary Briggeman

Restore married Katherine (Katie) C. Schneider (Snyder), daughter of William Schneider (Snyder) Sr. and Caroline, circa 1908 in Pennsylvania. (Katherine (Katie) C. Schneider (Snyder) was born on 19 Oct 1875 in Borough of Coatesville, Chester, PA, died on 3 Aug 1959 in Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania and was buried in Willistown Friends, Willistown, Chester Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Hypertensive Heart Disease.