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Smalley, David A – Smith, Abner C

Smalley, David A

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born April 6, 1809, in Middlebury, Vt. In 1842 he was elected from Vermont a state senator, and declined a re-election. In 1853 he was appointed collector of customs for Vermont; was a delegate to the Cincinnati convention of 1857; and in that year was appointed United States district judge for the district of Vermont.

Smalley, Eugene Virgil

journalist, author, was born July 18, 1841, in Randolph, Ohio. He is a journalist of St.

Paul; and the author of History of the Northern Pacific Railroad; and History of the Republican Party.

Smalley, John

clergyman, author, was born June 4, 1734, in Lebanon (now Columbia), Conn. He was a congregational clergyman, pastor at New Britain from 1758 till his death; and the author of National and Moral Inability; and Universal Salvation. He died June 1, 1820, in New Britain, Conn.

Smart, Amanda J

poet, was born in 1830, in Thornton, N. H. She has written both prose and verse for the periodical press; and her poems have been given a place in Poets of America and other standard works.

Smart, James S

soldier, journalist, congressman, was born June 14, 1842, in Baltimore, Md. In 1865 he took charge of the Washington County Post, published at Cambridge, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the fortythird congress as a republican.

Smelt, Dennis

Congressman. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1806 to 1811.

Smet, Peter John De

missionary, author, was born Dec. 31, 1801, in Belgium. He was the author of Oregon Missions and Travels; Western Missions and Missionaries; and the New Indian Sketches. He died Aug. 1, 1838, in Newton, Conn.

Smilie, John

state legislator, congressman, was born in 1741 in Ireland. He served in the legislature of Pennsylvania, his adopted state. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1793 to 1795, and again from 1799 to 1813.

In 1797 he was a presidential elector. He died Dec. 30, 1813, in Washington, D. C.

Smillie, George Henry

artist, was born Dec. 29, 1840, in New York city.

He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1864, and an academician in 1882, and is also a member of the Water-color society. Among his works in oil are A Lake in the Woods; A Florida Lagoon; A Goat Pasture; Merrimack River; On the Massachusetts Coast; Summer Morning on Long Island; and Light and Shadow along Shore.

Smillie, James

engraver, was born Nov. 23, 1807, in Edinburgh. Among his most noted works are copies of T. Cole's four pictures: The Voyage of Life; Dream of Arcadia; Harvesting; Mount Washington; and Rocky Mountains. He died Dec. 4, 1885, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Smillie, William Cunning

engraver, was born Sept. 23, 1813, in England. He devoted himself to banknote engraving, and was connected with several firms which were ultimately merged in the American Bank Note company.

Smith, Abner C

lawyer, journalist, jurist, state senator, was born Feb. 14, 1814, in Vermont. In 1839 he moved to Michigan; was judge of the county court; judge of probate; and a state senator from Macomb county in 1845-46. He was the editor and publisher of the Macomb County Gazette; and also of the Ancient Landmark. He died Sept. 20, 1880, in Litchfield, Minn.