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A. Bridgman (A Lady of Cairo Visiting); Daniel Huntington {The Goldsniitli's Daughter); Alma Tadeuia {Reading Homer); and others. He became expert in the different methods of artis- tic engraving and executed for the Smitlisonian Institution and for Pratt Institute examples of mezzotint, aqua-tint, dry-point, soft-ground, and free-hand etching. He etclied a number of por- traits, Junius Morgan, J. Pierpont Morgan, Levi P. Morton, D. Jacobi, and others. He wrote and illustrated an article on the "Yosemite" in '' Picturesque America." His water-colors in- <ilude: The Track of the Torrent (1869): A Scrub Race, Cat. (1H76); Old Cedars, Coast of Maine (1880); Etratat, Coast of France (1887) and The Passing Herd (1888). His oil paintings include: Th,e Lifting of the Clouds, White 3Iountains {186S); Dark Against Day's Golden Death, Catskills (1870); Evening Among the Sierras, Col. (1876); The Adirondacks and Up the Hill (1879); The 'Cliffs of Normandy {ISSii); A Normandy Barnyard (1899), and The River's Source (1902). He was married, May, 1881. to Anna C. Cook, daughter of Edward and Catharine (Ireland) Cook of New York, who died January. 1895. leaving two sons.

SMILLIE, Nellie Sheldon Jacobs, artist, was born in New York city, Sept. 14, 1854; daughter of Samuel J. and Helen S. (Sheldon) Jacobs; granddaughter of Wilson and Maria (Aborn) Jacobs and of Nicholas and Harriet (Sweetser) Sheldon, and a descendant of the Gibbs family of England on the paternal side, and a direct descendant of Roger Williams on the maternal side. She studied under Joseph O. Eaton and •James D. Smillie (q.v.). and was elected a mem- ber of the American Water Color society. In 1881 she was married to George Henry Smillie (q.v.). Her paintings include: Orandmother' s ■Old Love Letters (1881); When the Deiv is on the Grass (1884); The Family Choir, Forgotten Strain, and Priscilla.

SMITH, Alexander Coke, educator, was born in Sumter county, S.C., Sept. 16, 1849; son of the Rev. W. H. and Isabella (McLeod) Smith. He was graduated at Wofiford college, Spartanburg, A.B., 1872, A.M., 1874, and was a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church. South, 1872-86, and after 1893. He was married, Dec. 22, 1875, to Kate Kinard of Newberry, S.C. He was professor of mental and moral philosophy at Wofford college, 1886-90; and professor of practical theology, Van- derbilt university, Tenn., 1870-92. He was a del- egate to the Ecumenical conference, Washington, D.C., 1891; fraternal delegate to Toronto, Canada, 1898; delegate to London, England, 1901, and is the author of: " The Teacher's Meeting," column in Sunday School Magazine. Nashville, Tenn.

SMITH, Andrew Jackson, soldier, was born in Bucks county, Pa., April 28, 1815. He was

graduated from the U.S. Military academy as 2d lieutenant, 1st dragoons in 1838; and served in garrison and frontier duty, 1838-47. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, March 4, 1845, and captain, Feb, 16, 1847, and served in the war with Mexico, 1847-48. He was on frontier duty in operations against hostile Indians, 1848-61; was promoted major. May 13, 1861, and assigned to the 1st cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. He was com- missioned colonel, 2d California cavalry volun- teers, Oct. 2, 1861; was chief of cavalry, depart- ment of the Missouri, February-March, 1862; was promoted brigadier-general, U.S.V., March 17, 1862; took part in the siege of Corinth, April- May, 1862; commanded tiie troops at Covington, Ky., September-October, 1862, and commanded a division in the movements through Kentucky, October-November, 1862. He took part in the ex- pedition to the Yazoo River, in December, 1862, and commanded the 1st division, 13th army corps, Sherman's arni}^, in the assault on Chickasaw Bluffs, Dec. 27, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863. He commanded the 10th division, 13th army corps, Army of the Tennessee, in the Vicksburg campaign, Ma}- 1- July 4, 1863; commanded the 16th and 17th army corps, detached from the Army of the Ten- nessee in the Red River campaign under Banks, March 17-May 21,1864; was brevetted colonel, April 10, 1864, for services at the battle of Pleas- ant Hill, La.; was promoted lieutenant-colonel. 5th cavalry, May 9. 1864, and commissioned major- general, U.S. v.. May 12, 1864. He was ordered to take part in the defences of St. Louis, Mo., wliere he repulsed Price's attack on the city, and then marched across the state of Illinois to re- inforce Thomas at Nashville, Tenn., and com- manded a detachment, Army of the Tennessee, in the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1864. He was bi-evetted brigadier-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, for services at Tupelo Court House, Miss., where he defeated General Forrest, July 14. 1864, and major-general the same date for services at Nashville, Tenn. He commanded the 16th army corps in the Mobile campaign, March-April, 1865; commanded the district of Montgomery, Ala., August-October, 1865, and the district of Western Louisiana, 1865-66. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866; was on leave of absence, June-September, 1866; was promoted colonel, 7tli cavalry, Julj" 28, 1866, and commanded the district of Upper Arkansas, November, 1866-September, 1867. He resigned. May 6, 1869; was appointed postmaster of St. Louis, Mo., in 1869; was commissioned colonel of cavalry, Jan. 5, 1889, and was retired from active service Jan. 22,1889. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 30, 1897.

SMITH, Archibald Cary, naval architect, was born in New York city, Sept. 4, 1837; son of the