Smith, George Washington – Smith, Hoke
Smith, George Washington
author, was born Aug. 4, 1800, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a founder of the Pennsylvania Historical society; for many years one of its councillors, and at his death senior vice-president. He possessed a large estate, of which he gave liberally to benevolent objects. He published Facts and Arguments in Favor of Adopting Railroads in Preference to Canals; Defence of the Pennsylvania System in Favor of Solitary Confinement of Prisoners; and edited Nicholas Wood's treatise on Railroads. He died April 22, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Smith, George William
governor.
He was governor of Virginia from 1811 to 1812, and lost his life at the burning of the Richmond theater, Dec. 26, 1811.
Smith, George Williamson
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 21, 1836, in Catskill, N. Y. He was ordained deacon in 1860, and priest in 1864, in the protestant episcopal church, and was an assistant at various churches in Washington, D. C. He was acting professor of mathematics in the United States naval academy at Newport, R. I., in 1864-65, chaplain at the Annapolis academy in 1865-68, and chaplain on the United States steamship Franklin in 1868-71. He was rector of Grace church, Jamaica, L. I., in 1872- 81, of the Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1880-83, and since the latter date has been president of Trinity college. He has published occasional sermons, and is the author of a Memoir of Rev. John H. Van Ingen.
Smith, Gerrit
philanthropist, congressman, author, was born March 6, 1797, in Utica, N. Y. He was one of the leaders of the Anti-Slavery society, and was noted for his philanthropy. Having inherited one of the largest landed estates in the country, he distributed nearly two hundred thousand acres of it among the poor. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1853 to 1855. He was the author of Speeches in Congress; Sermons and Speeches; The Religion of Reason; The Theologies; and Nature the Basis of a Free Theology. He died Dec. 28, 1874, in New York city.
Smith, Gertrude
author, was born in 1860 in California. She is a Boston writer, whose early life was spent in the west. She is the author of The Rousing of Mrs. Potter, and Other Stories; The Arabelia and Araminta Stories; and Dedora Heywood.
Smith, Giles Alexander
soldier, was born Sept. 29, 1829, in Jefferson county, N. Y. He became captain in the eighth Missouri volunteers in 1861, and in 1863 was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Nov. 8, 1876, in Bloomington, Ill.
Smith, Green Clay
soldier, clergyman, congressman, was born July 2, 1830, in Richmond, Ky. He was a school commissioner from 1853 to 1857, establishing a great number of schools. He served as second lieutenant in the Mexican war, and after the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861 had command of the fourth Kentucky cavalry. He was elected to the state legislature; was appointed a brigadier-general in 1862; was subsequently promoted to the rank of majorgeneral; and was present at the battle of Ball's Bluff and about fifty other engagements. In 1863 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirtyeighth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress. In 1866, while still in congress he was appointed governor of Montana. He subsequently became a preacher in the baptist church in Frankfort, Ky. In 1876 he was the candidate of the prohibition party for the presidency of the United States.
Smith, Gustavus Woodson
soldier, author, was born Jan. 1, 1822, in Scott county, Ky. He was a confederate general who lived in New York city from 1876. He was the author of Notes on Life Insurance; and Confederate War Papers.
He died in 1896.
Smith, H. Boardman
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 18, 1826, in Whitingham, Vt. He was appointed judge of the Chemung county courts in 1859, and was elected to the same office.
He was elected to the forty-second congress, and was re-elected to the fortythird congress as a republican.
Smith, Hamilton Lanphere
educator, author, was born Nov. 5, 1819, in New London, Conn. He is an educator who has been professor of natural philosophy at Hobart college since 1868. He is the author of Natural Philosophy; and First Lessons in Astronomy and Geology.
Smith, Harry H
public official, author, was born July 31, 1842, in Fairport, N. Y. In 1870 he was special marshal of the Michigan census. us. He has been United States national bank examiner.
He is the author and compiler of a Digest and Manual; and is a parliamentary author, writer and expert; bank and tariff statistical expert, and magazine writer.
He prepared a codification of the rules of the senate, which code was substantially adopted, and Senate Manual, as revised by him was printed. Mr. Smith made two other revisions of the house rules in the fortyninth and fifty-first congresses, in the latter eliminating all filibustering motion, thus permitting a majority to rule. That code, so prepared by him, was substantially adopted, and became known as the Reed rules. He has prepared the parliamentary history of congress, the manuscript of which will be purchased by congress, in accordance with unanimous recommendations of committees of both houses of congress.
Smith, Henry
millwright, congressman, was born July 22, 1838, in Baltimore, Md. The year of his birth he removed with his parents to Massillon, Ohio, and moved to Milwaukee in 1844, where he has since resided. He was a member of the common council of Milwaukee from 1868 till 1872; was a member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1878; and was again a member of the common council from 1880 till 1882. He was city comptroller from 1882 till 1884, and from that date a member of the common council until 1887, when he was elected to the fiftieth congress as the people's party candidate.
Smith, Henry
educator, missionary.
For several years after graduation from Bowdoin college, he taught in the Portsmouth academy. After three years at Andover he became a successful missionary in western New York. For eleven years he filled a pastorate in the presbyterian church of Camden, N. Y. The Theological school of Auburn, N. Y., was largely benefited by the funds which he raised for it. He was also noted for his great philanthropy and kindness to the poor. He died in July, 1826.
Smith, Henry Bernard
clergyman, was born Feb. 16, 1848, in Marietta, Ohio. He graduated from the Marietta college, and has attained distinction as one of the foremost clergymen in the United States. For sixteen years he was pastor of a large church in Nashua, N.
H., and since 1894 has filled a pastorate in Troy, N. Y. For eight years he was chaplain of the second regiment naa tional guard of New Hampshire; and is a prominent Mason.
Smith, Henry Boynton
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 21, 1815, in Portland, Maine. He was a presbyterian clergyman of eminence as a theologian, and professor of systematic theology in Union seminary of New York city in 1854- 74. He was the author of Faith and Philosophy; Apologetics; Chronological History of the Church of Christ; Introduction to Christian Theology; and System of Christian Theology. He died Feb. 7, 1876, in New York city.
Smith, Henry Hollingsworth
surgeon, author, was born Dec. 10, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a surgeon of Philadelphia; and the author of Minor Surgery; System of Operative Surgery; Practice of Surgery; and Professional Visit to London and Paris. He died April 11, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Smith, Henry Maybell
educator, clergyman, was born Feb. 14, 1853, in Athens, Ga. He received his education in the common schools of his native city, and graduated from the Atlanta university. For many years he was engaged in educational work; is an eminent clergyman of the baptist church, and now fills a pastorate in Crawford, Ga.
Smith, Herbert Huntington
scientist, author, was born in 1851 in New York. He is a scientist who has been engaged upon geological surveys in Ohio, New York and Brazil. He is the author of Brazil, the Amazons and the Coast.
Smith, Hezekiah Bradley
inventor, congressman, was born July 24, 1816, in Bridgewater, Vt. He learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, and became an inventor and manufacturer of wood machinery. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-sixth congress. He died Nov. 3, 1887, in Smithville, N. J.
Smith, Hezekiah Wright
éngraver, was born in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His most important plates are a full-length of Daniel Webster, after Chester Harding; a three-quarter length Edward Everett, after Moses Wright; and Washington.
Smith, Hiram Y
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born March 22, 1843, in Piqua, Ohio. He was district attorney of the fifth judicial district of Iowa from 1875 to 1879, and was a member from Des Moines of the state senate of Iowa from 1882 to 1884. He was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-eighth congress, to fill a vacancy.
Smith, Hoke
journalist, cabinet officer, was born Sept. 2, 1855, in Newton, N. C. In 1887 he purchased the Atlanta Journal. Much of the credit for Cleveland's victory in Georgia in 1892 was attributed to the Atlanta Journal and the personal efforts of its proprietor, and in 1893 he was appointed secretary of the interior in President Cleveland's cabinet.