Smith, Homer J
educator, clergyman, lecturer, was born Aug. 31, 1846, in Fayette county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and graduated from the Academy of Sciences of Pittsburg, Pa.; from Mount Union college of Alliance, Ohio; from the Illinois Wesleyan university of Bloomington, and has received the degrees of B. A., M. A., D. D., Ph. D. Since 1870 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and was a successful educator, and one of the founders of the Ohio Anti-Saloon league. He is one of the foremost lecturers on scientific and general topics, and now fills a pastorate in Zanesville, Ohio.