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Smith, James Tinker

poet, was born in 1816, in St. Mary's Parish, La.

He translated into English the Meditations of Lamartine; and also published a volume of poems. He died Aug. 10, 1854, in Franklin, La.

Smith, James Wheaton

clergyman, author, was born June 26, 1823, in Providence, R. I. In 1853 he became pastor of the Spruce street baptist church in Philadelphia, Pa., and he continued in this relation until 1870. He is the author of a Life of John P. Croser.

Smith, James Youngs

manufacturer, governor, was born Sept. 15, 1809, in Groton, Conn. In 1838 he was a cotton manufacturer in Willimantic, Conn., and at Woonsocket, R. I. He was afterward a member of the legislature of Rhode Island for several years. He was mayor of Providence in 1855 and 1857; and was governor of the state from 1863 to 1865.

He died March 26, 1876, in Providence, R. I.

Smith, Mrs. Jeanie Oliver

poet, was born in Troy, N. Y. She is a writer of Johnstown, N. Y., and the author of a volume of poems entitled Day Lilies.

Smith, Jedediah K

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1770. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1807 to 1809, and from 1822 to 1825. He held the office of judge and chief judge of the court of common pleas for Hillsborough county from 1810 to 1814, and was also a state councilor. He died in 1828.

Smith, Jesse C

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born July 18, 1808, in Butternuts, N. Y. He was surrogate of Kings county in 1850-55, and state senator in 1862. At the beginning of the civil war he was instrumental in the reorganization of the national guard, and in forming the one hundred and thirty-ninth regiment of New York volunteers. He commanded the eleventh brigade of the national guard at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war he practiced law in Brooklyn.

Smith, Job Lewis

physician, author, was born Oct. 15, 1827, in Spafford, N. Y.

He is a physician of New York city who has written a Treatise on Diseases of Children.

Smith, John

United States senator, was born in 1735 in Hamilton county, Ohio. He was a senator in congress from Ohio from 1803 to 1808, when he resigned.

He was a warm personal friend of Aaron Burr, and though for a time suspected, was in reality innocent of treasonable designs. He died June 10, 1816, in Hamilton county, Ohio.

Smith, John

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 21, 1752, in Newbury, Mass.

He was a congregational minister and educator and professor of languages at Dartmouth college and college pastor in 1778-1809, as well as librarian of the college for some thirty years. He was the author of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Grammars, as well as some minor publications. He died April 30, 1809, in Hanover, N. H.

Smith, John

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1789, in Barre, Mass. He moved in early life to St.

Albans, Vt.; represented St. Albans in the legislature for nine successive years, and was elected state's attorney of Franklin county in 1826, and served six years. In 1831-33 he was speaker in the general assembly. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1839 to 1841. He died Nov. 20, 1858, in St. Albans, Vt.

Smith, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1801 to 1815.

Smith, John A

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1814, in Hillsborough, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1841 and 1842, and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1851. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-first and forty-second congresses as a republican.