DANIEL SMITH
1769-1829

Daniel Smith, stepfather of Henry Mussman, Sr., was a seaman. He enlisted in the British Navy and while engaged in battle with the Turks, was captured, and imprisoned by them, stripped and handcuffed to a fellow prisoner, the two excaped from prison by knocking down a guard. After hiding in the woods and fields and traveling at night for many weeks, they reached British held territory. Due to exposure, lack of food and other privations, his health was broken. he was sent back to England, later being pensioned by the British Government. He died in 1829 at the age of sixty years.

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