Smith, Job Lewis – Smith, John Lyman
Smith, Job Lewis
physician, author, was born Oct. 15, 1827, in Spafford, N. Y.
He is a physician of New York city who has written a Treatise on Diseases of Children.
Smith, John
one of the founders of Virginia, was born in 1579 in England.
He was a celebrated sea captain and adventurer who was one of the founders of Virginia, and of the company which settled at Jamestown in 1607. He was a forcible, vigorous writer, much given to magnifying his own exploits, and not always to be trusted in the absence of other testimony. He was the author of A True Relation of Virginia; The Generall Historie of Virginia, which is partly original and partly compiled; A Map of Virginia, with a Description of the Country; A Description of New England; An Accidence, or Pathway to Experience; A Sea Grammar; and The True Travels of Captain John Smith. He died in 1631.
Smith, John
United States senator, was born in 1735 in Hamilton county, Ohio. He was a senator in congress from Ohio from 1803 to 1808, when he resigned.
He was a warm personal friend of Aaron Burr, and though for a time suspected, was in reality innocent of treasonable designs. He died June 10, 1816, in Hamilton county, Ohio.
Smith, John
congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 12, 1752, near Brookhaven, N. Y. He was a general of militia in New York. He was a member of the state legislature from 1784 to 1799; and was a member of the convention which adopted the constitution. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1799 to 1804. From 1804 to 1813 he was a senator in congress, and in the latter year was appointed United States marshal for New York.
Smith, John
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 21, 1752, in Newbury, Mass.
He was a congregational minister and educator and professor of languages at Dartmouth college and college pastor in 1778-1809, as well as librarian of the college for some thirty years. He was the author of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Grammars, as well as some minor publications. He died April 30, 1809, in Hanover, N. H.
Smith, John
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1789, in Barre, Mass. He moved in early life to St.
Albans, Vt.; represented St. Albans in the legislature for nine successive years, and was elected state's attorney of Franklin county in 1826, and served six years. In 1831-33 he was speaker in the general assembly. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1839 to 1841. He died Nov. 20, 1858, in St. Albans, Vt.
Smith, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1801 to 1815.
Smith, John A
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1814, in Hillsborough, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1841 and 1842, and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1851. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-first and forty-second congresses as a republican.
Smith, John Ambler
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1847, near Dinwiddie Court House, Va.
In 1868 he was appointed commissioner in chancery of the courts of Richmond; was state attorney of Charles City and New Kent counties for one year, and was elected to the state senate in 1869. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-third congress.
Smith, John Augustine
physician, college president, author, was born in 1782, in Virginia. He was a physician of New York city, previously president of William and Mary college in 1814-26. He was the author of Mutations of the Earth; Moral and Physical Science; and Functions of the Nervous System. He died Feb. 9, 1865, in New York city.
Smith, John B
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Louisiana from 1853 to 1855.
Smith, John Beyes
railroad president, was born June 7, 1815, in Sullivan county, N. Y. In 1886 he was elected president of the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad, which position he still holds.
Smith, John Blair
clergyman, college president, was born June 12, 1756, in Pequea, Pa. He was called to the Third Presbyterian church of Philadelphia in / 1791, and thence to the presidency of Union college upon its foundation in 1795, but in 1799 returned to his former charge in Philadelphia. He died Aug. 22, 1799, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Smith, John Butler
manufacturer, governor, was born April 12, 1838, at Saxton's River, Vt. He received a thorough education, and attended the Francistown academy, New Hampshire. He is a successful woolen manufacturer of Hillsboro, N. H.; was presidential elector in 1884; councillor of the state in 1887-89; and during 1893-95 served with distinction as governor of the state of New Hampshire.
Smith, John Corson
soldier, public official, was born Feb. 13, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served with distinction during the civil war from private soldier to brigadier-general. He was United States assessor at Galena, Ill.; has been chief grain inspector of Chicago; state treasurer of Illinois, and filled with distinction the high office of lieutenant-governor of the state of Illinois. He is prominent in fraternal orders. He left Chicago Nov. 26, 1894, and sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu. He has made three trips around the world; and the last and most memorable one was in 1894-95; and at every point in the world he touched he met brothers of the Masonic order. He is the past grand master and past grand commander, Illinois, and honorary grand master of Egypt.
Smith, John Cotton
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 12, 1765, in Sharon, Conn. He was a member of the state senate in 1793, and from 1796 to 1800 he was a member of the lower house. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1800 to 1806. He was a presidential elector in 1809; was again a member of the legislature until 1809; and was governor of Connecticut from 1812 to 1817. He was also lieutenant-governor, and judge of the superior court. He died Nov. 7, 1845, in Sharon, Conn.
Smith, John Cotton
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 4, 1826, in Andover, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city; and rector of the Church of the Ascension in 1860-82. He was the author of The Church's Law of Development; Certain Aspects of the Church; Miscellanies; Old and New; and The Liturgy as a Basis of Union. He died in
Smith, John E
lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 4, 1843, in Nelson, N. Y.
He has been district attorney and assistant United States attorney of northern district of New York; and for two terms was a member of the state senate of the New York legislature.
Smith, John Eugene
soldier, was born Aug. 3, 1816, in Switzerland. In 1862 he became a brigadier-general of volunteers; subsequently served in the United States army as major-general; and in 1881 was retired.
Smith, John Gregory
lawyer, state senator, governor, was born July 22, 1818, in St. Albans, Vt. In 1838 he graduated from the university of Vermont; and subsequently from the New Haven Law school. He succeeded his brother as chancellor in 1858; was a member of the state senate in 1858- 59; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1860- 62. He was governor of Vermont during 1863-65; and was an active supporter of the union cause during the civil war.
In 1866 he was made president of the North Pacific railroad.
Smith, John Henry
state legislator, was born Sept. 18, 1848, in Corbunca, Iowa; and is the son of Apostle George A. Smith, who was the first councillor to Brigham Young. In 1882 he was a member of the legislature, and in 1895 was elected a member of the constitutional convention, of which body he was unanimously elected president. He has contributed a number of valuable economic articles to the periodical press.
Smith, John Hyatt
clergyman, congressman, author, was born April 10, 1824, in Saratoga, N. Y. He was a prominent baptist clergyman of Brooklyn, and a member of the forty-second congress in 1880-82. He was the author of Gilead; and The Open Door. He died Dec. 7, 1886, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Smith, John Jay
librarian, author, was born June 16, 1798, in Burlington county, N. J. He was a librarian of Philadelphia who edited many works, and was author of Notes for a History of the Library Company of Philadelphia; A Summer's Jaunt Across the Water; and Historical and Literary Curiosities. He died Sept. 23, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Smith, John Lawrence
chemist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1818, near Charleston, S. C. He was a chemist of note who was professor of chemistry in the university of Louisville. He was the author of Mineralogy and Chemistry, original researches. He died Oct. 12, 1883, in Louisville, Ky.
Smith, John Lyman
farmer, clergyman, legislator, was born Oct. 22, 1855, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was one of the first settlers of southern Idaho, and served an honorable term in the third session of the Idaho legislature during 1894- 95. He was successful in carrying through a bill providing an appropriation for an eastern portion of the State Normal, which is now one of the finest buildings in eastern Idaho. He was the means of having an academy in Oakley; is now superintending the building of a tabernacle; and is an acting bishop in the mormon church.