Smith, Samuel Francis – Smith, Truman
Smith, Samuel Francis
clergyman, author, poet, was born Oct. 21, 1808, in Boston, Mass. He received his education in the Boston Latin school, and besuccessful clergyman and author. In 1834 he was ordained a clergyman of the baptist church; filled a pastorate in Waterville for two years; and during 1842-54 filled a pastorate in Newton, Mass. He has been editor of the a various publications of the Baptist Missionary union during 1864-69; and he twice visited the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. Dr. Smith did a large amount of literary work, mainly in the line of hymnology, his most noted compositions being the national hymn, My Country, 'Tis of Thee, and the missionary hymn entitled The Morning Light is Breaking. His original hymns and poetry have been published under the titles of Lyric Gems; The Psalmist; Rock of Ages; and he was also the author of Missionary Sketches and other works. He died in 1896.
Smith, Samuel G
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born in 1852. He is a congregational clergyman; and since 1888 has been pastor of the People's church of St. Paul, Minn. He graduated in 1872 from Cornell college, Iowa. He has been seven years member of the state board of corrections and charities of Minnesota; three years member of the St. Paul board of education; and a five years president of the associated charities; besides occupying other public positions. He has been for five years lecturer in sociology in the state university. He is in constant demand as a platform lecturer, and has written extensively for newspapers and magazines.
Smith, Samuel Harrison
journalist, author, was born in 1772 in Philadelphia, Pa. He edited the New World in 1796-1800, and on the removal of the seat of government to Washington, D. C., on Oct. 31 of the latter year, founded the National Intelligencer, which he edited till 1818. He was commissioner of revenue from 1813 till the office was abolished. He published Remarks on Education; and Trial of Samuel Chase, Impeached Before the United States Senate, in two volumes. He died Nov. 1, 1845, in Washington, D. C.
Smith, Samuel Joseph
poet, was born in 1771 in Moorestown, N. J. He lived on his estate, dividing his time between his farm, literature, and public benefactions. Two of his lyrics are in Lyra Sacra Americana, and his Miscellanies, with a memoir, were published in 1836. He died Nov. 14, 1835, near Burlington, N. J.
Smith, Samuel Stanhope
clergyman, college president, author, was born March 16, 1750, in Pequea, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman; and president of Princeton college in 1794-1812. He was the author of Lectures on the Evidences of the Christian Religion; Moral and Political Philosophy; Sermons; Comprehensive View of Natural and Revealed Religion; and On the Variety of Complexion and Figure of the Human Species. He died Aug. 21, 1819, in Princeton, N. J.
Smith, Samuel W
educator, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1852, in Independence, Mich. He commenced to care for himself at the early age of twelve years; and engaged in teaching school at sixteen years of age, and for the last eighteen years has practiced law in Pontiac, Mich. In 1880 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Oakland county, and re-elected in 1882. In 1884 he was elected to the state senate; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Smith, Mrs. Sarah Louisa Hick- Man
poet, was born June 30, 1811, in Detroit, Mich. She was a Cincinnati poet whose poems appeared in 1829. She died Feb. 12, 1832, in New York city.
SMITH, SEBA-Jack Downing-journalist, author, was born Sept. 14, 1792, in Buckfield, Maine. He was a journalist of Portland, Maine; and after 1842 of New York city. He was the author of The Letters of Major Jack Downing; Powhatan, a metrical romance; New Elements of Geometry; Way Down East, or Portraitures of Yankee Life; My Thirty Years Out of the Senate; and Dew-Drops of the Nineteenth Century. He died July 29, 1868, in Long Island, N. Y.
Smith, Sebastian Bach
clergyman, author, was born in 1845. He was a Roman catholic clergyman of Paterson, N. J.; and the author of Elements of Ecclesiastical Law; and New Procedure in Criminal and Disciplinary Causes of Ecclesiastics in the United States. He died in 1895.
Smith, Sidney Irving
biologist, was born Feb. 18, 1843, in Norway, Maine.
He had charge of the deep-water dredging that was carried on in Lake Superior by the United States lake survey in 1871; by the United States coast survey in the region of St. George's banks in 1872. His papers have been published in the Reports of the United States Fish Commission; Reports of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada; and other government reports.
Smith, Solomon Franklin
actor, lawyer, author, was born April 20, 1801, in Norwich, N. Y. He was a popular comedian who left the stage in 1853, and was afterward a noted lawyer of St. Louis.
He was the author of Theatrical Apprenticeship; Theatrical Journey Work; and Autobiography. He died April 20, 1869, in St. Louis, Mo.
Smith, Sophia
philanthropist, was born Aug. 27, 1796, in Hatfield, Mass.
She founded Smith college of Northampton, Mass., for the education of women, which she endowed with nearly a half million dollars. She also bequeathed seventy-five thousand dollars to the town of Hatfield for the endowment of a school preparatory to Smith college. She died June 12, 1870, in Hatfield, Mass.
Smith, Stephen
physician, author, was born Feb. 19, 1823, in Onondaga county, N. Y. He was a New York surgeon; and professor of clinical surgery in the university of the city of New York from 1874. He is the author of Handbook of Surgical Operations; and Principles of Operative Surgery.
Smith, Theophilus Washing- Ton
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Sept. 28, 1784, in New York city.
After serving in the United States navy he was admitted to the bar in his native city in 1805, having been a law-student in the office of Aaron Burr, and a fellowstudent with Washington Irving. In 1816 he visited the west in the interest of his father-in-law, who had a large estate in Ohio, and proceeding as far as Edwardsville, Ill., settled there. In 1823 he was elected state senator, and filled other important offices. He died May 6, 1846, in Chicago, Ill.
Smith, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1745 in Scotland. In 1769 he was appointed deputy-surveyor, and settled in Bedford, Pa. He was colonel of militia during the revolution; and was a member of the constitutional convention in 1776. He was a member of the state legislature; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1780 to 1782; and was president judge from 1791 to 1794.
He was a judge of the superior court of Pennsylvania from 1794 to 1809. He died June 16, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Smith, Thomas
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1817.
Smith, Thomas
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1839 to 1841, and again from 1843 to 1847.
Smith, Thomas
state legislator, was born Jan. 18, 1835, in England. In 1890-92 he was a member of the New Jersey state legislature; and in 1891 he was appointed commissioner for the World's Fair at Chicago.
Smith, Thomas Church Has- Kell
lawyer, soldier, was born March 24, 1819, in Acushnet, Mass. He engaged in the establishment of the Morse telegraph system in the west and south, and was president of the New Orleans and Ohio Telegraph company. At the beginning of the civil war he became lieutenant-colonel of the first Ohio cavalry, served under Gen. John Pope in Virginia, and became brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866; in 1878 entered the regular army as major and paymaster; and in 1883 was retired.
Smith, Thomas Kilby
soldier, lawyer, diplomat, was born Sept. 23, 1820, in Boston, Mass. In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers; and the following year was appointed United States consul at Panama. He died Dec. 14, 1887, in New York city.
Smith, Thomas Lochlan
artist, was born Dec. 2, 1835, in Glasgow, Scotland. He removed to New York, and in 1869 was elected an associate of the National academy. He devoted himself chiefly to painting winter scenes. His Deserted House and Eve of St. Agnes were at the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. He died Nov. 5, 1884, in New York city.
Smith, Truman
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 27, 1791, in Rocksbury, Conn. He was elected to the state legislature in 1831, and re-elected in 1832 and 1834. In 1839 he was elected a representative in congress; and was re-elected in 1841. He presidential elector in 1844; in 1845 he was again elected a representative in congress, and was re-elected in was a 1847. In 1849 he took his seat in the United States senate for a full term of six years. He was appointed judge of the court of arbitration in New York, under the treaty of 1862 with Great Britain. He died May 3, 1884, in Stamford, Conn.