OBITl'ARIKS. AMKIMi AN. SMITH.) 



King Kalakaua was placed on the throne. Whilo 

 commanding the u Richmond," the flagship of the 

 .lien in lssl-'s4, ) ie visited Apia. S; : 



; rouble tln-iv in which the United 

 Slates consul had becnme involved, and to 

 tiate for a coaling station at I' IiHiclo- 



brr, 18S3. In- MU-C-, Tiled to tlie command of the 

 squadron on the Asiatic station: in aa at 



the naval asylum in Philadelphia : in iss',-'l)( was 

 commandant of the navy yard at Portsmouth, 

 N. H.: in l^'.i'J b.-catne commandi-r of the Pacific 

 station: and from November. 1893. till his retire- 

 ment, was in command of the Asiatic station. 



Smith. Alfred linker, lawyer, born in Ma~- 

 N. Y.. Nov. 17. i*2~); died in Poughkeepsie. N. V.. 

 .Ian. . He was graduated at Union College 



in 1851 : was admitted to the bar in Poughkc 



afterward was elected county judge; and with 

 eleven other men formed the first Republican or- 

 ganization in Dutchess County. New York, the mem- 



f which were nicknamed " the twelve apostles." 

 in 1SU. In ls.'>2 he organized the loth Dm 

 County Regiment, and accompanied it to the front 

 .ajor. He fought in every engagement from 

 Gettysburg to Bentonville, was with Sherman's 

 army in the march to the sea : was commissioned 

 colonel of the 150th New York Infantry: and at 

 the close of the war was brevetted brigadier general 

 of volunteers. Subsequently he was appointed col- 



:naster at Poughkeepsie. 



Smith. Gii>1avus Wt>o<Kon. military officer, 

 born in Scott County. Kentucky. Jan. 1. 1822 : died in 

 New York city, Jui lie was graduated 



at the United States Military Academy, and com- 

 missioned a brevet 2<1 lieutenant in the Corps of 

 Engineers in 1842 : spent two years on the construc- 

 tion of fortifications in the harbor of New London, 

 Conn., and the two following years at the Military 

 nt Professor of Engineering. 

 On St-pt. 24. 1846. he was aligned to duty under 

 Gen. Scott in Mexico as commander of the sappers, 

 miners, and pontonniers. and for his services during 

 that war. especially at Yera Cruz. Cerro Gordo, and 

 Contreras. he was brevetted 1st lieutenant and cap- 

 tain, lie was recalled to the Military Academy as 

 A-->taut Professor of Engineering in 1849. and re- 

 mained there till his resignation from the army, in 

 1S14. In 1855 he was appointed superintendent of 

 the extension of the United States Treasury build- 

 ing, and afterward was engaged in engineering 

 work in connection with the Branch Mint and the 

 Marine Hospital at New Orleans, and with the 

 Trenton Ironworks. He was appointed street com- 

 missioner of New York city in 1858. and a member 

 of the board to revise the programme of instruction 

 at the United States Military Academy in 

 and in 1861 returned to Kentucky, and was com- 

 bined a major general in the Confederate army. 

 On May 31. 1*'>2. Gen. Johnston having be- 

 verely wounded in the battle of Fair Oaks, Gen. 

 Smith was appointed commander of the Army of 

 Northern Virginia, but he held the post only" one 

 day. as on June 2d he reported himself sick. He 



subsequently in command at Richmond. In 



. just before the Gettysburg campaign, he re- 

 signed from the army and took charge of a Confed- 

 erate gun foundry. He commanded the State troops 

 of Georgia in ' :id surrendered at Mac. .n. 



April 20. 1865. In 1866-70 he was superintendent 

 of the Southwest Iron Works, at Chattanooga, Tenn. ; 

 in 18?0-'?l.5 was Insurance Commissioner of Ken- 

 tucky; and he had been in business in New York 

 city since 1*76. lie published "Notes on Life In- 

 surance" and "Confederate War Pa 



Smith. Joseph Edward Adams, author, born in 

 Portsmouth. N. H.. Feb. 4. 1*22 : died in Pittsfield, 

 Ma*s., Oct. 29, 1896. He was educated at Gorham 



"nary and Bowdoin Colli-go. and for many 

 wa~ n journalism, havii | 



with tin- N.-W Knglandcr " and 



compiling a history of Pittsfield. He al.-o pr. ; 

 three other hiMories of the town, i ;' the 



first Zeiias Crane and Go. \. Briggs. 



1C lake, and other v, 



Smith. .hi>1in Aliut-rin. cli-riryman. l>..rn in 

 Ticonderoira. N-. Y.. Dec. 29, 1*10: died in Ch: 

 111., Feb. 4. iv.tl'i. lie was graduated at I 

 lege in 1843: was pastor of the Baptist c.-hui- 

 N>rrh Bennington. Vt.. in ls45-'49. and of th 

 Church in Rochester. N. Y.. in lN49-'53 : ani 

 editor of the Baptist periodical, first "The Chris- 

 tian Tim. The Standard." from 1^53 till 

 his death. In 1858 he received the degree of I). I). 

 from Shurtleff College. Among his numerous pub- 

 lications are two books for children. " The Martyr 

 of Vilvorde." a sketch of William Tyndale (New 

 York. lN~it'>i. and "Uncle John upon his Tra 

 ( ls?l i. Ilis other principal works are : " The Spirit 

 of the Word " (1868) : " Patmos : or. The Kingdom 

 and the Patii < 'oinnier.tary on the 

 Revelation" (Philadelphia. 1884): and "Modern 

 Church History " (New Haven. 



Smith. RiiM'll. -eenic artist, born in Glasgow. 

 Scotland, in 1812 : died in Glendale, Pa.. N 

 1896. When seven years old he removed with his 

 parents to Indiana County. Pennsylvania, where he 

 became so impressed with the beauties of thi 

 ery that he begged for an opportunity to study 

 painting. Soon afterward the family removed to 

 Pittsburg. where young Smith began his work as 

 an artist, his first pieces being life-size portraits of 

 Gens. Jackson and Lafayette, produced with house 

 painter's paints and a worn-out brush. This led to 

 an order for some scene painting for the old Thes- 

 pian Society, with which he had played small parts. 

 He also studied with James R. Lambdin. a portrait 

 painter. In 1833. when Edwin Forrest was engaged 

 to play "Metamora " in Pittsburg, a tent scene was 

 wanted, and in the emergency young Smith was 

 engaged to paint it. This work so pleased the great 

 tragedian that he remained a friend of the artist 

 till his death. The incident decided Mr. Smith's 

 career, and for fully forty years he was one of the 

 "best known scenic artists in the United States. He 

 painted almost the entire scenery when the Acad- 

 emy of Philadelphia was erected, and his drop cur- 

 tains in the old Chestnut and Walnut Street Thea- 

 were remarkable productions for their day. 

 Mr. Smith spent 1850-'5? in Europe, and on his re- 

 turn produced a diorama of the Holy Land, a pano- 

 rama of Mexico and California, and some notable 

 operatic scenery. In recent years he painted the 

 stock scenery for operatic presentations. 



Smith. IV alter Denton. educator, born in Jack- 

 Mich., in 1870: died in Ann Arbor. Mich., 

 .20, 1896. He learned telegraphy. t\ 

 ting, stenography, and typewriting, and while work- 

 ing in the office of a law firm he was encouraged 

 to study for the bar. He spent one year each in 

 Kalamazoo College and the law department of the 

 University of Michigan : was admitted to the bar 

 in Detroit in li-'.il : was one of the organizers and 

 the first secretary of the Detroit College of Law, 

 and founded the "Critical Review." and was its 

 editor till 1894. While in Detroit he also estab- 

 lished and conducted " The Writ." a legal period- 

 ical published under the auspices of the College of 

 Law. In is;i4 he was appointed an instructor in 

 the law department of the University of Michigan, 

 where he remained until his death. He prepared 

 for the press a selection of " Cases on Corporations." 

 and he also published a text-book on ' Elemen- 

 tary Law.'' 



