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No. XIII.— Page 542. 



Thomas Duncan Smith. 



Thomas Duncan Smith, second son of Rev. William Smith, D. D., 

 and Rebecca Smith, was born at Philadelphia, on the i8th of November, 

 1760, and was baptized by the Rev. J. Duche, the Rev. Dr. Peters and 

 Mr. Thomas William Moore being sponsors. 



Of his youth we know but little. He was educated at the College and 

 Academy of Philadelphia, where, under the training and watchful care 

 of his father, he became an excellent classical scholar, and graduated 

 with honor at the commencement held in June, 1776. Upon leaving 

 college he studied medicine, and, having completed his studies, settled 

 himself at Huntingdon, then a small town on the Juniata river, which 

 had been laid out by Dr. Smith in 1767. It subsequently became and 

 still remains the county town of Huntingdon county, which was erected 

 in pursuance of an act of the Legislature on the 20th day of September, 

 17S7. The new county had formerly been embraced within the limits 

 of Bedford county, from which it was stricken off in compliance with 

 the necessities and demands of the people; but the measure met at that 

 day the most strenuous opposition, and it was only after a determined 

 struggle that it was accomplished. Immediately after the erection of 

 the county, ofhces were established for the transaction of the public 

 business, and appointments made to fill them. Among others, Thomas 

 Duncan Smith, of the town of Huntingdon, was duly commissioned one 

 of the Justices of the county on the 23d day of November, 1 787. Here 

 in his dual capacity as physician and magistrate he continued to reside 

 until his death, which took place, after a severe attack of fever, on the 

 9th day of July, 1789. As a young physician he is said to have been 

 very successful in his practice, and by his talents and deportment to 

 have enjoyed the confidence of all. As a magistrate he was firm and 

 decisive, requiring from all obedience to the laws, and often adjusting 

 difficulties among neighbors without legal process. A beautiful tribute 

 to his memory, by his father, may be seen in his will, on page 419 of 

 this volume, and his tomb may be found in the large cemetery on the 

 hill overlooking the town of Huntingdon, and from which, looking up 

 and down the Juniata river, can be had one of the finest views along its 



