John Francis Smithwick, DL, JP, CC
1844 - 1913 (69 years)-
Name John Francis Smithwick Suffix DL, JP, CC Born 25 Jan 1844 Drakeland House, Co. Kilkenny, IE 
[1] Gender Male Died 27 Aug 1913 Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE [2, 3] Buried St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Foulkstown, Co. Kilkenny, IE Person ID I1429 Smithwick Family Tree Last Modified 10 Sep 2016
Father Daniel Smithwick, b. 1815, d. 11 Jul 1869, Kilcreen Cottage, Co. Kilkenny, IE (Age 54 years) Mother Ellen Morris, b. 1819, Eastland, Co. Waterford, IE , d. 27 Jan 1886, Kilcreen Cottage, Co. Kilkenny, IE (Age 67 years) Married 17 Apr 1843 St. Mary's, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, IE Family ID F507 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marion Power, b. Eastlands, Co. Waterford, IE , d. 7 Jan 1886, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE Married 13 Aug 1878 Stradbally, Co. Laois, IE Children 1. Daniel Smithwick, b. 15 Jul 1879, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, IE 2. Captain James Arnold Smithwick, b. 10 Jun 1881, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE , d. 9 Nov 1915, London, UK (Age 34 years)3. John Richard Smithwick, b. Abt Jan 1882, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE , d. 10 Apr 1882, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE (Age 0 years)4. Richard Hubert Smithwick, CC, b. 1885, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE , d. 21 May 1924, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE (Age 39 years)5. William Smithwick, b. 1887, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE , d. 31 Oct 1901, Birchfield House, Birchfield, Co. Kilkenny, IE (Age 14 years)Last Modified 10 Sep 2016 Family ID F508 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones 
John F. Smithwick - headstone
John F. Smithwick
Birchfield
Died 27th August 1913
And His Wife
Marion Smithwick
Died 7th January 1886
R. I. P.
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Sources - [S183] Genealogical memoirs of the members of Parliament for the county and city of Kilkenny, George Dames Burtchaell, (Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1888 - Kilkenny (Ireland) ), p. 228.
John Francis Smithwick (City, 1880-85-86) of Drakeland and now of Birchfield, eldest son of Daniel Smithwick of Drakeland, who died 6th July 1869, by Ellen, daughter of James Morris of Waterford and nephew of Richard Smithwick of Birchfield, M.P. for the County 1846-47, was born 26th January 1844. He served as High Sheriff of the City in 1870 and subsequently became an Alderman and was Mayor for the year 1884. On coming forward as a candidate for the City he expressed himself in favour of Home Rule, Denominational Education, Fixity of Tenure at Fair Rents, Amendment of the Grand Jury Laws, and a stringent measure against Absenteeism. He was first elected unopposed, 26th February, 1880, and again twice returned. On being opposed at the general election in 1880, the only occasion on which his seat was contested, he defeated his opponent Mr Doherty by a large majority. He did not again come forward in 1886. He married 13th August 1878 Marion only daughter of James Power JP of Eastland, county Waterford. She died 11th May 1887, leaving issue. - [S39] Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958, (General Registry, Custom House, Dublin.), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRV6-8PX.
- [S65] Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920, (Principal Probate Registry, Dublin), citing 00097, 005014885., https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5J-K5R.
- [S183] Genealogical memoirs of the members of Parliament for the county and city of Kilkenny, George Dames Burtchaell, (Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1888 - Kilkenny (Ireland) ), p. 228.