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Smith, Arthur, born in Isle of Wight county, Virginia, November 15, 1785, de- scended from Arthur Smith, gentleman, who came to Virginia in 1622; was gradu- ated from William and Mary College; stud- ied law, but did not practice ; served in the war of 1812; member of the state house of delegates; elected to the seventeenth and eighteenth congresses (March 4, 1821- March 3, 1825); died at Smithfield, Vir- ginia, March 30, 1853.

Smith, Ballard, a representative from Virginia to the fourteenth, fifteenth and six- teenth congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1821). He was a son of Francis Smith and Elizabeth Waddey, of Hanover county, and grandson of Dr. John Smith and Elizabeth Ballard; served as lieutenant in the army during the American revolution.

Smith, John, native of Virginia; elected to the seventh, and to the six succeeding congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1815); died in Rockville, Maryland, March, 1836.

Smith, William, a native of Chesterfield, Virginia: completed preparatory studies; elected to the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth congresses (March 4, 1821- March 3, 1827).

Smyth, Alexander, born in the Island of Rathlin, Ireland, in 1765; came to the United States and located in Botetourt county, Virginia, in 1775; completed pre- paratory studies : studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Abingdon, Virginia; moved to Wythe county, Vir- ginia: member of the state house of repre- sentatives from 1792 to 1808; inspector- general of the army of 1812: resumed the practice of law : again a member of the state

house of delegates; elected to the fifteenth and to the three succeeding congresses I March 4, 1817-March 3. 1825) ; reelected to the twentieth and twenty-first congresses, and served from March 4, 1827, until his death, in Washington, D. C, April 17, 1830. Smyth county, formed in 1831, was named for him.

Snodgrass, John Fryall, born in Berkeley county, Virginia (now West Virginia), March 2, 1804; completed preparatory stud- ies; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Parkersburg, Vir- ginia; delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1850; elected as a Democrat to the thirty-third congress (March 4, 1853- March 3, 1855) ; died in Parkersburg, Vir- ginia, June 5, 1854.

Steenrod, Lewis, born in Ohio county, Virginia (now West Virginia), May 2T, 1810; attended the common schools; elected to the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth congresses (March 4, 1839- March 3, 1845) * ^^^d near Wheeling, Ohio county. West Virginia, October 3, 1S62.

Stephenson, James, born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. March 20. 1764: moved to Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Vir- ginia): volunteer rifleman under Gen. St. Clair in his Indian expedition in 1791 ; bri- gade inspector: member of the state assem- bly in 1800, 1801, and 1802: elected as a Federalist to the eighth congress ( March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805) : reelected to the elev- enth congress (March 4. 1809-March 3, 181 1 ) : again elected to the seventeenth con- gress to fill vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen: reelected to the eighteenth congress, and served from De-

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