Getting to Know the Signers: James Smith

FAMILY LORE DEBUNKED BY MODERN TECHNOLOGY!

I know you are all waiting anxiously for the story of our fourth and final Declaration signer, and I hate to disappoint you, but guess what? As I began researching, it became clear that our James Smith was not a signer. 

Our history, in the opposite order from other posts because I think it may more clear, is:
Natalie Dale Walker, the daughter of 
Florence Letitia Dale, who was the daughter of
Fred V. Dale, who was the son of
Nancy Louise Smith, who was the daughter of  
James Smith II, who was the son of James Smith who did NOT sign the Declaration

Although I'm sure the family story began way before the SAGA was written by Natalie Dale Walker Watters, the current generations first read it here:

Here's a little personal family background on the James Smith who signed the Declaration of Independence. Born in Ireland, he came to Pennsylvania as a young boy. His family settled in York County, Pennsylvania. When he was 41, Smith married a Delaware woman, Eleanor Armor, and they would have five children. Of those five, only one would marry and have a child, and that child was named Mary. Mary married James Kelly and they had five children, four of whom either died at a young age, were unmarried, or had no children. If you are interested, I have the remainder of the lineage but documentation shows that there are no descendants of James Smith, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, living today.

We know little-to-nothing about our James Smith, and with such a common name, it's unlikely that I'll be devoting additional hours to research. 

On to another story, hopefully with a happier ending!