Smith, George
lawyer, jurist, state senator, author, was born Feb. 12, 1804, in Delaware county, Pa. He served in the state senate in 1832-36. He was an associate judge of the court of common pleas of Delaware county from the latter date till 1857, and was re-elected in 1861 for a term of five years. He was chosen the first superintendent of the Delaware county common schools in 1854, and for the subsequent twenty-five years was president of the school board of Upper Darby school district. He also devoted much attention to scientific pursuits, especially to geology. He was a founder of the Delaware county institute of science, and its president from 1833 until his death, presenting it with his valuable herbarium about 1875. He published several essays and A History of Delaware County, Pa., from the Discovery of the Territory Included Within Its Limits to the Present Time. He died March 10, 1882, in Upper Darby, Pa.