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Swift, He attended the academies at Middle- boro and Biidgewater; was graduated from Har- vard iu 1841, practised law in Ohio, was presi- dent of the New Orleans and Ohio Telegraph •company, and established the Morse telegraph system in the west and south. He was married, Oct. 11, 1817, to Lucy, daughter of Dudley Wood- ■bridge of Marietta, Ohio, a partner of Harman Blennerhassett at the time of Burr's conspiracy; was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for ■congress in 1856, and on Sept. 5, 1861. lie joined the Federal army as lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Ohio cavalry. He served in the west until after the Confederate retreat from Corinth iu July, 1862, when he joined Gen. John Pope as aide. He was promoted brigadier-general U.S.V., Nov. 29, 1863; commanded the district of Wisconsin ■during the draft riots of 1863; was inspector- general of the department of the Missouri in 1864; witlidrevv the government troops, and re- stored the state to civil control. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, Jan. 1.5. 1866, and in April, 1879. joined the regular army as major and assistant-paymaster. He was retired. March 24, 1883, and removed to California. He died in Nordhoff. Cal.. April 8. 1897.

SMITH, Thomas Kilby, soldier, was born in Boston. ]\Iass., Sept. 2S. 1820; son of George and Eliza Bicker (Walter) Smith; grandson of Dr. Godfried Christian Sclrmidt (born in Wolfenbut- tel, Brunswick, Marcli 20. 1730; emigrated from ■Germany about 1752. and settled in Newbuiy- port, Mass.); and of William and Sarah (Bicker) Walter. He removed with his parents to Ha,niil- ton county. Ohio, in 1828; was graduated from Cincinnati college in 1837; studied law with Salmon P. Cliase, and practised in Cincinnati, 1845-53. He was married, May 2, 1848, to Eliza- 'beth Budd. daughter of Dr. William Budd and Arabella (Piatt) McCullough, of Warren county, T^.J. He was special agent in the post-office department, Washington, d'c, 1853-55; U.S. marshal for the southern district of Ohio, 1855- 56; and deputy clerk of Hamilton county, 1856- ■61. In September, 1861, he joined the Federal army as lieutenant-colonel, 54th Ohio infantry, and on Oct. 31, 1861, entered the service as colonel of the regiment, and was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Aug. 11, 1863. He commanded the regiment from muster in to Jan. 5, 1863; commanded the 2d brigade, 2d division, 15th army corps, to May, 1863; on court of inquiry and on staff duty with General Grant to September, 1863; commanded 2d brigade. 1st division, 17th army corps, from Sept. 27. 1863, to Oct. 24, 1863; 1st brigade, 4th division, 17th army corps, to March 8, 1864, and a division on the Red River expedition to June 3, 1864; on sick leave of absence to January, 1865; commanded

3d division, detachment Army of the Tennessee, to Jan. 13, 1865, at Washington, B.C., was witness before congressional committee on the conduct of the war to Feb. 18, 1805; commanded the dis- trict of Southern Alabama, from March 17 to May 28, 1865, and the district and post of Mobile, Ala. , to Aug. 22, 1865, and was honorably muster- ed out of service, Jan. 15, 1866. He participated in the battles and campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee from Shiloh until after the fall of Vicksburg; accompanied Sherman on the Merid- ian expedition, and saw his last active field service on the Red River where he protected Admiral Porter's fleet in its retreat after the bat- tle of Sabine Cross Roads. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war. He was appointed U.S. consul at Panama in 1866; and was a resident of Torresdale, Pa., until 1887, when he joined the business department of the New York Star. His Life and Letters edited by his son, Walter George Smith, was published, 1898. He died in New York city, Dec. 14, 1887.

SMITH, Thomas flather, clergyman, was born in Stamford, Conn., March 7, 1797; son of the Rev. Daniel Smith, and grandson of the Rev. Cotton Mather (q.v.). He was graduated from Y^ale, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819, and from the An- dover Theological seminary in 1820; was or- dained to the Congregational ministry, July 31, 1822; was pastor of the Third church, Portland, Maine, 1822; at Fall River, Mass., 1826-31; of the Presbyterian church at Catskill, N.Y., 1831- 39, and of the North Congregational church. New Bedford, Mass., 1839^2. He was agent of the American Sunday School union, joined the Protestant Episcopal church, and was admitted to the diaconate, Nov. 2, 1844, and advanced to the priesthood, Nov. 12, 1845. He was professor in Bexley Hall, the theological seminary, Kenyon college, Gambler, Ohio, 1845-63. and president of Kenyon college, 1850-54. The honorary degree of S.T.D., was conferred on himbyBowdoin in 1850. He died in Portland, Maine, Sept. 6, 1864.

SMITH, Truman, senator, was born in \Yood- bury. Conn., Nov. 27, 1791; son of Phineas and Deborah Ann (Judson) Smith and nephew of Nathaniel Smith (q.v.). He was graduated at Yale in 1815, and was admitted to the bar in 1818. He was a representative in the state legislature. 1831, 1832 and 1834; a Whig representative from Connecticut in the 26th, 27th, 29th and 30th con- gresses. 1839-43 and 1845-49; a presidential elect- or on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket in 1844. and U.S. senator. 1849-54; resigned April 11, 1854, and Francis Gillett completed his term. He stren- uously opposed the spoils system and the Kan- sas-Nebraska bill. President Lincoln appointed him judge of the slave-trade court in New York