Smith, Homer J – Smith, Jesse C
Smith, Homer J
educator, clergyman, lecturer, was born Aug. 31, 1846, in Fayette county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and graduated from the Academy of Sciences of Pittsburg, Pa.; from Mount Union college of Alliance, Ohio; from the Illinois Wesleyan university of Bloomington, and has received the degrees of B. A., M. A., D. D., Ph. D. Since 1870 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and was a successful educator, and one of the founders of the Ohio Anti-Saloon league. He is one of the foremost lecturers on scientific and general topics, and now fills a pastorate in Zanesville, Ohio.
Smith, Horace Wemyss
journalist, author, was born Aug. 15, 1825, in Philadelphia county, Pa. He is a Philadelphia journalist whose principal works include:
Nuts for Future Historians to Crack; Yorktown Orderly Book; and Life of Reverend William Smith.
Smith, Hubbard M
physician, poet, was born Sept. 6, 1820, in Winchester, Ky.
Since 1844 he has been engaged in the practice of medicine, and since 1849 in Vincennes, Ind., with the exception of about ten years, in which he was engaged either in editing and publishing the Vincennes Gazette or acting as postmaster. For twelve years he was United States pension surgeon; was one of the charter members of the Western Writers' association of Indiana, and is a member of several medical bodies.
He has contributed valuable articles to the medical press, and his poems have been given a place in Poets of America and other standard works.
Smith, Isaac
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1736 in Trenton, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1795 to 1797, and was appointed a commissioner to treat with the Seneca Indians. He was a judge of the superior court of New Jersey. He died Aug. 29, 1807, in Trenton, N. J.
Smith, Isaac
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1813-15.
Smith, Israel
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born April 4, 1759, in Suöeld, Conn. He was sent to the Vermont state legislature from Rutland, and was a representative in congress from 1791 to 1797, and again in 1800. He was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont in 1797. He was a senator in congress during the years 1801 and 1802, and from 1803 to 1807, when he resigned. He was governor of Vermont in 1807. He died Dec. 2, 1810, in Rutland, Vt.
Smith, Jackson L
lawyer, jurist, was born in Callaway county, Mo. In 1877 he was elected attorney-general; was appointed fish commissioner in 1885, and again in 1889. In 1888 he was elected judge of the Kansas City court of appeals, and in 1892 was re-elected for a full term.
Smith, James
signer of the declaration of independence, was born about 1720 in Ireland. On the approach of war he took an active part in public affairs; raised a company and commanded it in the field; was made a colonel, and also took an active part in raising additional troops. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1776 to 1778; was a signer of the declaration of independence, and in 1780 entered the state legislature.
He wrote The Constitutional Power of Great Britain over the Colonies in America, which materially aided the cause of the patriots. He died July 11, 1806, in York, Pa.
Smith, James
pioneer, author, was born in 1737 in Franklin county, Pa. He was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and the author of Shakerism Developed; Shakerism Detected; Remarkable Adventures in the Life of Colonel James Smith; and Mode and Manner of Indian War. He died in 1812 in Washington county, Ky.
Smith, James
manufacturer, United States senator, was born June 12, 1851, in Newark, N. J. He was nominated for mayor of his native city but declined, and has been tendered nearly every office in the gift of his party in the state, but has always refused office. He is a manufacturer of patent and enameled leather in Newark, and conducts the largest business of the kind in the country. He was elected to the United States senate as a democrat, and took his seat in 1893.
Smith, James Jackson Manning
soldier, architect, builder, poet, was born Nov. 4, 1839, in Oxford, Ga. During the war he served with distinction in the confederate service. For many years he has resided in Burnet, Texas, engaged as an architect and builder. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press, and takes a prominent part in public affairs.
Smith, James M. W
journalist, was born in 1855, in Celina, Tenn. He received a thorough education, and attended Mt. Vale academy. He is the editor and owner of The Spy of Tompkinsville, Ky.; has been city marshal, and filled various other public positions of trust.
Smith, James Milton
soldier, lawyer, governor, was born Oct. 24, 1823, in Twiggs county, Ga. He entered the confederate army in 1861 as major in the thirteenth Georgia regiment, became colonel in 1862, and was a member of the confederate congress from that year until the close of the civil war. He served in the legislature in 1871-72; was speaker, and in 1872 was chosen governor to fill a vacancy, which office he held by re-election till 1874.
Smith, James S
physician, congressman, was born in Orange county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1817 to 1821; and served in the legislature of North Carolina in 1821. a up
Smith, James Thomas
soldier, journalist, was born May 4, 1847, in Ireland. He received his education in the preparatory schools of Connecticut. During 1861-65 he was a lieutenant in the union forces, and up to 1870 served in the regular army. He has been city clerk and city auditor of Denver, Col., and since 1876 has been secretary and director of the state school of mines.
He has also been editor and proprietor of the Rocky Mountain News since 1878.
Smith, James Tinker
poet, was born in 1816, in St. Mary's Parish, La.
He translated into English the Meditations of Lamartine; and also published a volume of poems. He died Aug. 10, 1854, in Franklin, La.
Smith, James Wheaton
clergyman, author, was born June 26, 1823, in Providence, R. I. In 1853 he became pastor of the Spruce street baptist church in Philadelphia, Pa., and he continued in this relation until 1870. He is the author of a Life of John P. Croser.
Smith, James Youngs
manufacturer, governor, was born Sept. 15, 1809, in Groton, Conn. In 1838 he was a cotton manufacturer in Willimantic, Conn., and at Woonsocket, R. I. He was afterward a member of the legislature of Rhode Island for several years. He was mayor of Providence in 1855 and 1857; and was governor of the state from 1863 to 1865.
He died March 26, 1876, in Providence, R. I.
Smith, Jane Luella Dowd
educator, author, poet, was born June 6, 1847, in Sheffield, Mass. At the age of eighteen she graduated from the Westfield Normal school. After teaching school for a year, she entered the Ladies' seminary of North Granville, New York, where she graduated valedictorian of the class in 1868. She attained success in educational work; was principal of the South Hampton High school, Sheffield High school, Stamford High school, and the South Egremont academy. In 1875 she was married to Dr. Henry H. Smith of Hudson, N. Y. She is the author of three volumes of verse, entitled Wayside Leaves; Wind Flowers; and Flowers from Foreign Fields.
Smith, Mrs. Jeanie Oliver
poet, was born in Troy, N. Y. She is a writer of Johnstown, N. Y., and the author of a volume of poems entitled Day Lilies.
Smith, Jedediah K
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1770. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1807 to 1809, and from 1822 to 1825. He held the office of judge and chief judge of the court of common pleas for Hillsborough county from 1810 to 1814, and was also a state councilor. He died in 1828.
Smith, Jeremiah
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1759, in Peterborough, N. H. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire in 1791, and continued there till 1797, being one of the last survivors of the distinguished men who participated with Washington in the administration of the government. He was chosen governor of New Hampshire in 1809; served as a presidential elector in 1809, and was for several years chief justice of the superior court of the state. He died Sept. 21, 1842, in Dover, N. H.
Smith, Jerome Van Crownin- Shield
physician, author, was born July 20, 1800, in Conway, N. H. He was a physician of Boston, where he was mayor in 1854, and subsequently of New York city. He was the author of Class Book of Anatomy; Life of Andrew Jackson; Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts; Pilgrimage to Palestine; Turkey and the Turks; and The Ways of Women. He died Aug. 21, 1879, in New York city.
Smith, Jesse C
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born July 18, 1808, in Butternuts, N. Y. He was surrogate of Kings county in 1850-55, and state senator in 1862. At the beginning of the civil war he was instrumental in the reorganization of the national guard, and in forming the one hundred and thirty-ninth regiment of New York volunteers. He commanded the eleventh brigade of the national guard at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war he practiced law in Brooklyn.