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Smith, Alfred Baker

soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 17, 1825, in Massena, N. Y. He received his education at the St. Lawrence academy and Union college of Schenectady, N. Y. During the civil war he was a major in the one hundred and fiftieth regiment New York volunteer infantry; was promoted to lieutenantcolonel and colonel of same; and brevetted brigadier-general by President Lincoln for gallant and meritorious services in Georgia and the Carolinas. He took part with his regiment in Gettysburg, and on every march and fight it was in; and commanded the regiment on its march to the sea. He has since become one of the leading lawyers of the east at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; has been its postmaster for eight years; and for thirty-eight years a member of the board of education.