Smith, Dabney Howard – Smith, Erasmus Peshine
Smith, Dabney Howard
state auditor, was born Nov. 24, 1821, near Georgetown, Ky. In 1849 he was elected to the Kentucky state legislature, and in 1853 he was elected state senator, without opposition, from the district composed of the counties of Scott and Fayette, the latter being the home of Henry Clay.
Smith, Daniel
United States senator, was born about 1740 in Fauquier county, Va. He was one of the earliest emigrants to Tennessee, and was a general of militia. He was a senator in congress from Tennessee during the year 1798, and was again a senator from 1805 to 1809. He died in July, 1818.
Smith, Daniel
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 16, 1806, in Salisbury, Conn.
He was a methodist clergyman of New York state, and very active in the temperance cause. He was the author of Wisdom in Miniature; Gems of Female Biography; Anecdotes for the Young; Teachers' Assistant; Lectures to Young Men; Book of Manners; and Anecdotes of the Christian Ministry. He died June 23, 1852, in Kingston, N. Y.
Smith, David Highbaugh
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 19, 1854, in Hart county, Ky. He has been practicing law since 1876, and was elected county attorney for Larue county in 1878, for the term of four years.
He was elected superintendent of common schools for Larue county in 1878. In 1881 he was elected to represent Larue county in the house of representatives of the general assembly for two years, and in 1885 was elected to the state senate for the term of four years, and re-elected in 1889. At the first meeting of the senate he elected for the term of two years, at the end of which term he was again elected for a second term of two years, and was president of the senate. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat. was
Smith, David M
inventor, state legislator, was born in 1809, in Hartland, Vt. The awl-haft as manufactured by him was similar if not identical with the one now known as the Aiken awl. In 1840- 41 he represented the town of Gilsum in the New Hampshire legislature, after which he removed to Springfield, Vt. He patented a combination-lock in 1849, of which an English expert named Hobbs, who had opened all the locks that were brought to him in London, said, It cannot be picked. He died Nov. 10, 1881, in Springfield, Vt.
Smith, Delazon
journalist, United States senator, was born Oct. 5, 1816, in New Berlin, N. Y. He studied law, became a writer for the press, and was associated with the Rochester True Jeffersonian and the Western Empire of Dayton, Ohio.
In 1846 he removed to Iowa territory, where he remained until 1852, when he moved to Oregon territory.
In 1854 he was elected to the assembly of Oregon, and was re-elected in 1855 and 1856. In 1857 he was a member of the convention which framed a state constitution, and in 1858 was chosen one of the senators in congress for the prospective state, and took his seat as such in 1859.
He was also the editor of the Oregon Democrat. He died Nov. 17, 1860, in Portland, Ore.
Smith, Dexter
author, poet, was born in 1842 in Salem, Mass. More than one thousand poems from the pen of this poet have been set to music, and some of his songs have attained circulations running well into millions of copies, notably the lyrics, Ring the Bell Softly, There's Crape on the Door; Cross and Crown; Put Me in My Little Bed; Darling Minnie Lee; and others. Ring the Bell Softly has been translated into several foreign languages. Since 1865 he has edited continuously various musical journals, among them the Orpheus and the Boston Musical Record, which he now conducts. A volume of his poems appeared in 1867.
Smith, Dietrich C
soldier, manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born April 4, 1840, in Hanover. He entered the union army in 1861, and served throughout the war, attaining the rank of captain. He engaged in banking and manufacturing in Pekin, Ill.; was a representative in the legislature of Illinois, and was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-seventh congress.
Smith, Edward Delafield
lawyer, author, poet, was born May 8, 1826, in Rochester, N. Y. He was a lawyer of New York city, and the author of Avidæ, a poem; Destiny, a poem; Oratory, a poem; Reports of Cases in the New York Court of Common Pleas; and Addresses to Juries in Slave Trade Trials. He died April 13, 1878, in Shrewsbury, N. J.
Smith, Edward Henry
farmer, congressman, was born in 1809, in Smithtown, N. Y. In 1860 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress.
Smith, Edward M
lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 6, 1838, in Alstead, N. H. He received a thorough education, attended the academy of Alstead; and in 1860 graduated from the Albany Law school, New York.
He has attained success in the profession of law; is one of the foremost lawyers of New England, and still practices in the city of his nativity. He has served with distinction as a member of the New Hampshire state legislature; was superintendent of the school committee for twelve years; has been tax collector for eleven years; and is moderator of Alstead, N. H. He is prominent in the public affairs of his city, county and state; and an active member in several fraternal orders.
Smith, Edward M
railroad president, was born Jan. 5, 1854, in St. Albans, Vt. Since 1896 he has been president of the Central Vermont railroad.
Smith, Edward Parmelee
clergyman, college president, was born June 3, 1827, in South Britain, Conn. In 1871 he was appointed an Indian agent among the Chippewas in Minnesota; in 1873 he was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs, and in 1875 was appointed president of Howard university. He died June 15, 1876, in Africa.
Smith, Edwin Bradbury
lawyer, state legislator, was born in October, 1832, in Kennebunkport, Maine. He practiced law in Saco, Maine; frequently served in the state legislature, and was chosen speaker in 1871. He was subsequently the official reporter of the supreme court, and in 1875 was appointed first assistant in the office of the attorney-general of the United States.
Smith, Eldridge
soldier, poet. He served with distinction as a colonel in the United States army during the civil war; and took part in the defence of Baltimore during the raid of General Early in 1864. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled Songs of the Morning.
His wife is also the author of a volume of poems entitled Beautiful Builders.
Smith, Eli
missionary, author, was born Sept. 13, 1801, in Northfield, Conn.
He was a congregational missionary at Beirut, and the author of Missionary Researches in Armenia; and an Arabic translation of the Bible. He died Jan. 11, 1857, in Syria.
Smith, Eli N
lawyer, was born April 24, 1844, in Woodsfield, Ohio. He received a thorough education, and has attained eminence as a successful criminal lawyer of El Dorado, Kan. He has been prosecuting attorney, mayor of his city, and takes a prominent part in public affairs.
Smith, Elias
clergyman, author, was born June 17, 1769, in Lyme, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Massachusetts, and the author of The Clergyman's Looking-Glass; History of Anti- Christ; and Sermons on the Prophecies.
He died June 29, 1846, in Lynn, Mass.
Smith, Elihu Hubbard
physician, author, poet, was born Sept. 4, 1771, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a physician and poet of New York city. He was the author of Edwin and Angelina, an opera; and American Poems, Original and Selected. He died Dec. 19, 1798, in New York city.
Smith, Elijah
railroad president, was born April 23, 1840, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Since 1895 he has been president of the Oregon Improvement company; and has also been president of the Detroit, Hillsdale and South-Western railroad.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes
author, poet, was born Aug. 12, 1806, in North Yarmouth, Maine. She was a prominent writer of prose and poetry, and was the first woman lecturer in America.
Her later years were passed in Hollywood, S. C. Among her many works are, The Sinless Child, and Other Poems; The Newsboy, which first directed public attention to a hitherto neglected class; Riches Without Wings; Old New York, or Jacob Leisler, a tragedy; Woman and Her Needs; Bertha and Lily; and The Western Captive. She died in 1893.
Smith, Emmett Werter
educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 1, 1866, in Sexton, Texas. In 1888 he graduated with honors from the Southwestern university; was principal of the high school in East Texas for three years, and in 1892 graduated from the law department of the university of Texas. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Nacogdoches, Texas, where he is also associate editor of The Star-News. He is the author of a number of articles on various topics, which have appeared in current literature.
Smith, Erasmus Darwin
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 10, 1806, in De Ruyter, N. Y. He became a master in chancery in 1832, and was a justice of the supreme court of New York from 1855 till 1877, when he was retired on account of age. He served on the court of appeals in 1862 and 1870, and was general term justice in 1872-77. He died Nov. 11, 1883, in Rochester, N. Y.
Smith, Erasmus Peshine
lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 2, 1814, in New York city. He was a jurist and political economist; and the author of Manual of Political Economy. He died Oct. 21, 1882, in Rochester, N. Y.