. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . d the brevet of major-general of volun-teers on 12 Jan., 1865, for faithful services andgallantry in action, and the brevets of brigadier-and major-general, U. S. army, on 2 March, 1867,for his conduct at the siege of Vicksburg and inaction at Savannah. In May, 1881, he was retired,and afterward resided in Chicago.—His son, AlfredT., b. in Missouri in 1838, and a graduate of the U. academy, which he entered in 1885, servedthrough the civil war, and since March, 1894, hasbeen colonel of the 13th infantry. He commandedthe regiment in Cu
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . d the brevet of major-general of volun-teers on 12 Jan., 1865, for faithful services andgallantry in action, and the brevets of brigadier-and major-general, U. S. army, on 2 March, 1867,for his conduct at the siege of Vicksburg and inaction at Savannah. In May, 1881, he was retired,and afterward resided in Chicago.—His son, AlfredT., b. in Missouri in 1838, and a graduate of the U. academy, which he entered in 1885, servedthrough the civil war, and since March, 1894, hasbeen colonel of the 13th infantry. He commandedthe regiment in Cuba during the war with Spain,taking part in the battles around Santiago. SMITH, John Hyatt, clergyman, b. in Sara-toga, N. Y., 10 April, 1824; d. in Brooklyn, N. Dec., 1886. His father, a Presbyterian clergy-man, gave him a thorough education, and he thenengaged in business in Detroit, Mich. Decidingto study for the ministry, he removed to Albany,N. Y., and while preparing for that professionworked in a bank. He was licensed to preach in. SMITH SMITH 573 1848. was pastor of Baptist churches in X. Cleveland, Ohio. Buffalo. X. Y.,Philadelphia. Pa., and Brooklyn, X. Y. Duringhis occupation of the last charge liis advocacy ofopen communion caused the exclusion of Mr. Smit liand his congregation from the Long Island Bap-tist association. He was elected to congress in1880. as an Independent, receiving votes,against votes for Simeon B. For a time he did double duty in hischurch and in congress, but resigned his pulpit inSeptember, 1881. and on the expiration of his con-gressional term became pastor of the East Con-gregational church, Brooklyn, X. Y. His publi-cations include Gilead (New York, 1863), andThe Open Do,,r (1870). SMITH, John Lawrence, chemist, b. nearCharleston, S. C., 17 Dec., 1818; d. in 12 1883. He entered the University ofVirginia in 1836, and devoted two years to the study of chemis
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