. Family tree book, genealogical and biographical : listing the relatives of General William Alexander Smith and of W. Thomas Smith. Eliza Sydnor Nelme Smith Col. Wm. Gaston Smith 908 (See 619)WM. GASTON SMITH William Gaston Smith (1802-1879) wasthe birthright son of John Smith No. 3 andMary Bellew, his wife. This brief sketch is written by his son,Wm. Alexander Smith. My fathers youth was spent on the farm,laboring and superintending. He was educat-ed in private schools known as subscriptionschools. Gentlemen taught school for a livingand as a porfession. They visited house afterhouse in a ne
. Family tree book, genealogical and biographical : listing the relatives of General William Alexander Smith and of W. Thomas Smith. Eliza Sydnor Nelme Smith Col. Wm. Gaston Smith 908 (See 619)WM. GASTON SMITH William Gaston Smith (1802-1879) wasthe birthright son of John Smith No. 3 andMary Bellew, his wife. This brief sketch is written by his son,Wm. Alexander Smith. My fathers youth was spent on the farm,laboring and superintending. He was educat-ed in private schools known as subscriptionschools. Gentlemen taught school for a livingand as a porfession. They visited house afterhouse in a neighborhood soliciting pupils, andthe parent would subscribe for one or morestudents or scholars—hence the name Sub-scription Schools. Often the teacher was apolished, highly-educated gentleman, gra-duate of a school, capable and qualifiedto teach the Ancient languages, Latin andGreek and the higher mathematics. In sucha school, Wm. G. Smith was educated. Hestudied surveying, combining the techniquewith the practical, by surveying the landsof his father and others. He grew to be six feet high, broad, square-shouldered, with e
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