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Smith, Robert Frederick

soldier, was born Aug. 2, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa. He saw much active service, and commanded a brigade in Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea and thence to Washington. Before the regiment was mustered out of service in 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general. He died April 23, 1893, in Hamilton, Ill.

Smith, Roswell

publisher, was born March 30, 1829, in Lebanon, Conn. He moved in 1870 to New York city, where, in connection with Dr. Josiah G. Holland and Charles Scribner, he established Scribner's Monthly, now the Century Magazine. In 1873 he began the publication of St. Nicholas, a magazine for children. The first organization was under the firm name of Scribner and Co., which subsequently became the Century company, with Mr. Smith as president.

Smith, Russell

artist, was born April 26, 1812, in Glasgow, Scotland. When seven years of age he came to Pennsylvania, and in 1835 settled in Philadelphia, and has become a distinguished scene and landscape painter. His Chocorua Peak, and Cave at Chelton Hills were exhibited in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition.

Smith, Sadie Adams

author, was born Aug. 23, 1845, in Lancaster, N. H.

She is the historian general of the Daugh ters of the Revolution; secretary general and historian of United States Daughters of 1812; and the first treasurer of the National Society of New England Women, In 1865 she married to Captain Le Roy Sunderland Smith. She excels as a writer, and has contributed extensively to periodical literature. was

Smith, Samuel

financier, author, was born in 1720 in Burlington, N. J. He was a colonial treasurer of the province of West Jersey; and published a History of Nova Cæsarea, or New Jersey, from Its Settlement to 1721. He died in 1776, in Burlington, N. J.

Smith, Samuel

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1805 to 1809.

Smith, Samuel

manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1767 in Peterborough, N. H. He held many public positions; and was for many years a manufacturer of paper. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1813 to 1815. He died in 1842.

Smith, Samuel A

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Bucks county from 1829 to 1833.

Smith, Samuel Joseph

poet, was born in 1771 in Moorestown, N. J. He lived on his estate, dividing his time between his farm, literature, and public benefactions. Two of his lyrics are in Lyra Sacra Americana, and his Miscellanies, with a memoir, were published in 1836. He died Nov. 14, 1835, near Burlington, N. J.

Smith, Samuel Stanhope

clergyman, college president, author, was born March 16, 1750, in Pequea, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman; and president of Princeton college in 1794-1812. He was the author of Lectures on the Evidences of the Christian Religion; Moral and Political Philosophy; Sermons; Comprehensive View of Natural and Revealed Religion; and On the Variety of Complexion and Figure of the Human Species. He died Aug. 21, 1819, in Princeton, N. J.

Smith, Sebastian Bach

clergyman, author, was born in 1845. He was a Roman catholic clergyman of Paterson, N. J.; and the author of Elements of Ecclesiastical Law; and New Procedure in Criminal and Disciplinary Causes of Ecclesiastics in the United States. He died in 1895.

Smith, Sidney Irving

biologist, was born Feb. 18, 1843, in Norway, Maine.

He had charge of the deep-water dredging that was carried on in Lake Superior by the United States lake survey in 1871; by the United States coast survey in the region of St. George's banks in 1872. His papers have been published in the Reports of the United States Fish Commission; Reports of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada; and other government reports.