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Smith, John Lawrence – Smith, Joseph Mather

Smith, John Lawrence

chemist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1818, near Charleston, S. C. He was a chemist of note who was professor of chemistry in the university of Louisville. He was the author of Mineralogy and Chemistry, original researches. He died Oct. 12, 1883, in Louisville, Ky.

Smith, John Q

farmer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 5, 1824, in Warren county, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio state senate in 1860 and 1872; and was a member of the state house of representatives in 1862 and 1863. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-third congress as a republican; in 1875 was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs.

Smith, John Stilman

clergyman, was born Feb. 9, 1832, in Charlotte, Maine. He is a successful clergyman of the Christian church, and in 1881 became assistant to the Rev. Edward Everett Hale in Boston, Mass. He was one of the incorporators of the Society of Ten Times One, and was made its treasurer.

Smith, John T

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.

Smith, John Talbot

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 22, 1855, in Saratoga, N. Y. He is a Roman catholic clergyman in the diocese of Ogdensburg, and the author of History of Ogdensburg Diocese; A Woman of Culture, a novel; Solitary Island, a novel; Prairie Boy, a juvenile tale; and Our Seminaries, an essay on Clerical Training.

Smith, Jonathan Bayard

congressman, was born Feb. 21, 1742, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1777 to 1778; and was a signer of the articles of confederation. He died June 16, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Smith, Joseph

naval officer, was born March 30, 1790, in Boston, Mass. He served in the civil war; and in 1862 attained the rank of rear-admiral. He died Jan. 17, 1877, in Washington, D. C.

Smith, Joseph

clergyman, author, was born July 15, 1796, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman, once prominent in western Pennsylvania; and the author of History of Jefferson College; and Old Redstone, or Historical Sketches of Western Presbyterianism.

He died Dec. 4, 1868, in Greensburg, Pa.

Smith, Joseph

founder of the mormon sect, was born Dec. 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vt. After failing to start a colony of his sect in Ohio and Missouri, he at last settled in Nauvoo, Ill. But this failed as all others had, on account of the opposition of the people to the peculiar doctrines of the mormons. Joseph and his brother being confined in jail, were surrounded by a mob and both killed June 27, 1844, in Carthage, Ill.

Smith, Joseph Fielding

state legislator, was born Nov. 13, 1838, in Far West, Mo. In 1882 he was a member and president of the council of the Utah legislature, and the same year was elected president of the Utah constitutional convention. In 1889 he was elected second counselor in the presidency of the mormon church of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Smith, Joseph Lee

lawyer, jurist, was born May 28, 1776, in New Britain, Conn. Having become a resident of Florida, he was appointed United States judge for that territory, serving as such until 1832. He died May 27, 1846, in St.

Augustine, Fla.

Smith, Joseph Mather

physician, author, was born March 14, 1789, in New Rochelle, N. Y. He was a physician of New York city, and the author of Elements of the Etiology and Philosophy of Epidemics; and Illustrations of Medical Phenomena in Public Life. He died April 22, 1866, in New York city.