Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Smedley DARLINGTON
Darlington, Smedley, representative, was born in Pocopson township, Chester county, Pa., Jan. 24, 1827; son of Richard and Edith (Smedley ), grandson of George, great-grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Brinton) and great-great-grandson of Abraham and Elizabeth (Hillborn) Darlington . He attended the common schools and the Friends central school, Philadelphia, and was a teacher in the latter school for several years, meanwhile making stenographic reports of sermons and speeches for the papers. In 1851 he established in Ercildoun a school for boys, which in 1854 he changed to one for girls and presided over it for nine years. In 1864 he removed to West Chester, Pa. He was a Republican representative in the 50th and 51st congresses, 1887-91. He died in West Chester, Pa., June 24, 1899.
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