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Smith, John Ambler

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1847, near Dinwiddie Court House, Va.

In 1868 he was appointed commissioner in chancery of the courts of Richmond; was state attorney of Charles City and New Kent counties for one year, and was elected to the state senate in 1869. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-third congress.

Smith, John Augustine

physician, college president, author, was born in 1782, in Virginia. He was a physician of New York city, previously president of William and Mary college in 1814-26. He was the author of Mutations of the Earth; Moral and Physical Science; and Functions of the Nervous System. He died Feb. 9, 1865, in New York city.

Smith, John B

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Louisiana from 1853 to 1855.

Smith, John Beyes

railroad president, was born June 7, 1815, in Sullivan county, N. Y. In 1886 he was elected president of the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad, which position he still holds.

Smith, John Blair

clergyman, college president, was born June 12, 1756, in Pequea, Pa. He was called to the Third Presbyterian church of Philadelphia in / 1791, and thence to the presidency of Union college upon its foundation in 1795, but in 1799 returned to his former charge in Philadelphia. He died Aug. 22, 1799, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Smith, John Butler

manufacturer, governor, was born April 12, 1838, at Saxton's River, Vt. He received a thorough education, and attended the Francistown academy, New Hampshire. He is a successful woolen manufacturer of Hillsboro, N. H.; was presidential elector in 1884; councillor of the state in 1887-89; and during 1893-95 served with distinction as governor of the state of New Hampshire.

Smith, John Cotton

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 4, 1826, in Andover, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city; and rector of the Church of the Ascension in 1860-82. He was the author of The Church's Law of Development; Certain Aspects of the Church; Miscellanies; Old and New; and The Liturgy as a Basis of Union. He died in

Smith, John E

lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 4, 1843, in Nelson, N. Y.

He has been district attorney and assistant United States attorney of northern district of New York; and for two terms was a member of the state senate of the New York legislature.

Smith, John Eugene

soldier, was born Aug. 3, 1816, in Switzerland. In 1862 he became a brigadier-general of volunteers; subsequently served in the United States army as major-general; and in 1881 was retired.

Smith, John Henry

state legislator, was born Sept. 18, 1848, in Corbunca, Iowa; and is the son of Apostle George A. Smith, who was the first councillor to Brigham Young. In 1882 he was a member of the legislature, and in 1895 was elected a member of the constitutional convention, of which body he was unanimously elected president. He has contributed a number of valuable economic articles to the periodical press.

Smith, John Hyatt

clergyman, congressman, author, was born April 10, 1824, in Saratoga, N. Y. He was a prominent baptist clergyman of Brooklyn, and a member of the forty-second congress in 1880-82. He was the author of Gilead; and The Open Door. He died Dec. 7, 1886, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Smith, John Jay

librarian, author, was born June 16, 1798, in Burlington county, N. J. He was a librarian of Philadelphia who edited many works, and was author of Notes for a History of the Library Company of Philadelphia; A Summer's Jaunt Across the Water; and Historical and Literary Curiosities. He died Sept. 23, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.