Addison Gillespie Smith

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Addison Gillespie Smith (October 1, 1851 - May 16, 1933) was a lawyer, prosecutor, mayor, and state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama Senate from 1880-1884. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi [1] and studied law in Birmingham. [2]

He was born in Livingston, Alabama. His father Edward W. Smith (died February 25, 1874) served in the state legislature. A Democrat, he represented Sumter County, Alabama. [3]

Addison Smith graduated from the law department at Cumberland University in Tennessee in 1873. He served as mayor of Livingston. He later moved to Birmingham. [3]

He married Florence Devereux Hopkins December 1, 1875. He had three sons and a daughter. [2] Edward Devereux Smith was one of their sons. He became a lawyer [4] and wrote about the Smith family's history. [5]

Smith was a Democrat and represented Jefferson County, Alabama. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Pi, Beta Theta (1899). "Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi: In the Sixtieth Year of the Fraternity".
  2. 1 2 3 Boddie, John Bennett (October 20, 1965). Virginia Historical Genealogies. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN   9780806300429 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Cruikshank, George M. (October 20, 1920). "A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests". Lewis Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901". 1901.
  5. ↑ "Smith, Edward Devereux, 1876- | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
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