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Rh i.'ini M. Darlington, and republishecl, Cincinnati, 1870), tmd "A Treatise on the Mode and Manner of Indian War" (Paris, Ky., 1804).

SMITH, James. Canadian jurist, b. in Montreal in 1808 ; d. there in 1890. He was educated in his native city and in Scotland, was admitted to the bar of Lower Canada in 1830. and in 1844 was elected to the parliament of Canada for the county of Mississquoi. He held office as attorney-gen- eral, east, in the Viger-Draper administration till 22 April, 1847, when he resigned, and was ap- pointed a judge of the court of queen's bench of Lower Canada. He afterward became one of the judges of the superior court.

SMITH, James Milton. governor of Georgia, b. in Twiggs county, Ga., 24 Oct., 1823 ; d. 25 Nov., 1890. He was educated at Culloden academy, Ga., became a lawyer, entered the Confederate army in 1861 as major in the 13th Georgia regiment, be- came colonel in 1862. and was a member of the Confederate congress from that year until the close of the civil war. He served in the legislature in 1871-'2, was speaker, and in 1872 was chosen gov- ernor to fill the unexpired term of Rufus B. Bul- lock, which office he held by re-election till 1874.

SMITH, James Wheaton, clergyman, b. in Prcividenrr. K. I.. 26 June, 1823. He was gradu- ated at Brown in 1848. and at Newton theological seminary in 1851. In 1853 he became pastor of the Spruce street Baptist church in Philadelphia. Pa., and he continued in this relation until 1870. when he went out from it with a colony which es- tablished the Beth Eden church. He held the pastoral charge of this body until 1880. Im- paired health obliging him to resign, he was there- upon elected pastor emeritus. He is the author of a "Life of John P. Croser" (Philadelphia, 1868). In 1862 he received from Lewisburg (Bucknel) university the degree of D. D.

SMITH, James Youngs, governor of Rhode Island, b. in Groton. Conn.. 15 Sept., 1809 ; d. in Providence, R. I.. 26 March, 1876. He removed to Providence in 1826, engaged in the lumber business, and in 1838 in the manufacture of cotton goods in Willimantic, Conn., and Woonsocket, R, I., ac- quiring a fortune. He served several terms in the Rhode Island legislature, was mayor of Providence in 1855-'7, and governor of Rhode" Island in 1863-'5. During his service he efficiently supported the National cause, and largely contributed to it with his private fortune. He controlled extensive manu- facturing enterprises, and occupied many posts of trust in hanking and other corporations. He was a Republican from the organization of that party.

SMITH, Jeremiah, jurist, b. in Peterborough, N. H., 29 Nov.. 1759 ; d. in Dover. N. H., 21 Sept., 1842. He enlisted in the patriot army about 1775, and was wounded at the battle of Bennington, Vt. He then renewed his studies, was graduated at Rutgers in 1780, studied law. and was admitted to the bar of Dover, N. H.. early attaining to emi- nence as a lawyer and a scholar. He served in congress in 1791-'7, having been chosen as a Federalist, and ably supported the measures of Washington. He was U. S. district attorney in 1798-1800, a judge of the U. S. circuit court of New Hampshire in 1801-'2, and then became chief justice, but resigned in 1809 to become governor, in which office he served one term. He then re- turned to practice, and was again chief justice in 1813-'16, but afterward occupied no public office. He was president of the Exeter bank for thirty- nine years, trustee and treasurer of Phillips AI'I- dover academy, and a member of the State histori- cal society. His extraordinary mental endowments were unimpaired by age, and were retained until his death. For maiiy years he was the patron and close friend of Daniel Webster. Harvard gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1807. He published a sketch of Judge Caleb Kllis (Haverhill, 1816). See his " Life " by John H. Morison (Boston, 1845).

'''SMITH. Jerome van Crowninshield''', physician, b. in Conway, N. H., 20 July, 1800; d. in New York city, 21 Aug., 1879. He was graduated at the medical department of Brown in 1818, and at Berkshire medical school in 1825, becoming its first professor of anatomy and physiology. He settled in Boston in 1825, edited the " Weekly News-Let- ter " for two years, was port physician in 1826-'49, and mayor of Boston in 1854. He subsequently occupied the chair of anatomy and physiology, and afterward of anatomy alone, in New York medical college. He established in 1823, and edited for many years, the " Boston Medical Intelligencer," conducted the " Boston Medical and Surgical Journal " in 1828-'56, and the " Medical World " in 1857-'9. His publications include "The Class- Book of Anatomy " (Boston, 1830) ; " Life of An- drew Jackson" (1832); "Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts" (1833); " Pilgrimage to Palestine " (1851) ; " Pilgrimage to Egypt " (1852) ; "Turkey and the Turks" (1854); and a "Prize Essay on the Physical Indications of Longevity " (New York, 1869). He also edited " Scientific Tracts" (6 vols., 1833-'4) and "The American Medical Almanac " (3 vols., 1839-'41).

SMITH, Jesse C., soldier, b. in Butternuts, Otsego co., N. Y., 18 July, 1808 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 11 July, 1888. He was graduated at Union in 1832. and studied law in New York city, under Alva Clark. He took much interest in military affairs, became adjutant, and subsequently major, of the 75th regiment of New York militia, and afterward colonel of the 14th regiment. W T hile commanding the latter, he suppressed the " Angel Gabriel " riots, which were caused by the preaching of a lunatic who gave himself that appellation. Gen. Smith was surrogate of Kings county in 1850-'5, 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 139th regiment of New York volun- teers. He commanded the llth brigade of the National guard at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war he practised law in Brooklyn. SMITH, Job Lewis, physician, b. in Spafford, N. Y., 15 Oct., 1827 ; d. in New York city, 11 June, 1897. He was graduated at Yale in 1849 and at the New York college of physicians and surgeons in 1853, after which he settled in New York city, and was a successful practitioner there, making a specialty of the diseases of children. He was clinical professor of that branch in Bellevue medical college and physician to the New York charity hospital and the New York foundling and infant asylums. His publications include a "Treatise on Diseases of Children" (Philadelphia, 1876; 8th ed., 1896).

SMITH, John, adventurer, b. in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England, in January, 1580 ; d. in London, 21 June, 1631. Biographies of Smith are generally based on Smith's own accounts of his life and services, which are not trustworthy. He was the eldest son of George and Alice Smith, poor tenants of Peregrine Bertie, Lord Willoughby. and was baptized in the parish church at Willoughby, 6 Jan., 1579, 0. S. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to a trade, but ran away from his master and served under Lord Willoughby in the Netherlands and other countries. Smith represents himself as one of the train of Peregrine Bertie, a young son