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Bristol, R.I. He tutored in mathematics at Wes- leyan university, 1872-74 ; and was married, Dec. 23, 1874, to Marguerite Maria, daughter of Henry and Irene (Nichols) Hauschild. He was pastor of Trinity church, Providence, R.I., 1874-76, and of the First Church, Newport, 1877-79 ; traveled in Europe in 1880, and was stationed at West Eaton, N.Y., in 1881-83. He was president of the Wesleyan seminary and Female college, Kent Hill, Maine, 1883-93 ; principal of Moutpelier sem- inary, Vt., 1893-98, and in 1898 was elected president of Illinois Wesleyan university. He was a member of the General Missionary com- mittee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and wasappointed a member of the University Senate of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1900. He received the degree D.D. from Wesleyan uni- versity, in 1885.

SMITH, Edmund Kirby, soldier, was born in St. Augustine, Fla., May 16, 1834; eon of Joseph Lee and Frances Marvin (Kirby) Smith, and grandson of Elnathan Smith, an officer in the Revolutionary army, and of Ephraim Kirby. His father was a major of infantry during the war of 1813 ; attained the rank of colonel, in 1818 ; and was judge of the superior court of Florida, 1823-37. The son was grad- uated from the U.S. Military academy, and promoted brevet 3d lieutenant, 5th in- fantry, July 1, 1845, and served through- out the war with Mexico. . He was promoted 2d lieuten- ant, 7th infantry, Aug. 23, 1846; was brev- etted 1st lieutenant, April 18,' 1847, for gal- lantry at Cerro Gordo, and brevetted captain, Aug. 30, 1847, for Contreras. He was assistant professor of mathmetics at the U.S. Military academy, 1849-53 ; was promoted 1st lieutenant, March 9, 1851, and captain, 2nd cavalry, March 3, 1855, serving on frontier duty, 1853-61. He was promoted major, Jan. 31, 1861, and resigned from the U.S. army, April 6, 1851, to join the Confederate army, in which he was commis- Bioned lieutenant-colonel of cavalry. He was promoted brigadier-general, June 17, 1861 ; com- manded the 4th brigade. Army of the Shenan- doah, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, at the battle of Manassas, July 31, 1861, and was severely wounded while leading a charge, the command devolving on Colonel Elzey. He was promoted major-general, Oct. 11, 1861, and assumed com-

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mand of the department of East Tennessee, with headquarters at Charleston, S.C., March 8, 1862. As k means of converting the majority of the people to the southern cause, he recommended the arrest and incarceration in southern prisons of the leading citizens not in arms. He com- manded the advance of Bragg's army in the Ken- tucky campaign ; defeated Gen. William Nelson, at Mt. Zion church, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862, and was promoted lieutenant-general, Oct. 9, 1862. He succeeded Gen. T. H. Holmes in the command of the department of the Trans-Mississippi, which comprised all the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, March 17, 1863, and commanded the Confederate army, composed of the district of west Louisiana, and a detachment of Price's army in the Red River campaign, in April, 1864. He surrendered his army at Baton Rouge, La., in May, 1865, being the last of the Confederate troops to lay down their arms. He was president of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph company, 1866- 68 ; chancellor of the University of Nashville, 1870-75, and professor of mathematics in the Uni- versity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1875-93. He died in Sewanee, March 28, 1893.

SMITH, (Edmund) Munroe, educator, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1854 ; son of Dr. Horatio Southgate and Susan Dwight (Munroe) Smith ; grandson of Henry and Arixene (South- gate) Smith of Portland, Maine, and of Ed- mund and Sophia (Sewall) Munroe of Boston, Mass. ; a nephew of the Rev. Henry Boynton Smith, and a descendant of John Smith, who was living at Voluntown (now Sterling), Conn., early in the eighteenth century, and was a represen- tative in the Connecticut legislature. He was graduated from Amherst, A.B., 1874, A.M., 1879; from Columbia, LL.B., 1877, and from Gottingen, J.U.D., 1880. He was lecturer on Roman law and instructor in history at Columbia college, 1880-83, adjunct-professor of history, 1883-91, and in 1891 was made professor of Roman law and comparative jurisprudence. He was mar- ried, April 17, 1890, to Gertrude, daughter of Henry Shippen and Emma (Evans) Huidekoper of Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the editors of the Political Science Quarterly, from its estab- lishment (managing editor, 1886-93); and pub- lished BtsmarcA; and Germa/i Unity (1898), and •' Selections from Cicero " in " The World's Great Books" (1899), and contributions to various re- views and encyclopedias.

SMITH, Edward Curtis, governor of Vermont, was born in St. Albans, Vt., January, 1854; son of John Gregory (q.v.) and Ann Eliza (Brainerd) Smith. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1875, and from Columbia Law school, LL.B., 1877 ; and practised law in St. Albans. He was married to a daughter of Henry R. James of