Smith, Joseph, 1796-1868
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- Old Redstone, 1854:t.p. (Rev. Joseph Smith)
- Biographical catalogue of the Princeton Theological Seminary, 1932 :p.11-12 (Smith, Joseph; b. 7/15/1796; ord. by Pby of Lexington, 1821; pastorates: Harrisonburg, Va.; Staunton, Va.; Frederick City, Md.; St. Clairsville, Ohio; Ellicot's Mills, Md.; Elizabth & Roundhill, Pa.; Greenburg, Pa.; also prof. Frederick Acad.; Sec'y., Bd. of Domestic Miss; d. 12/4/68)
Wikipedia description:
Joseph Smith (July 15, 1796–?) was a Presbyterian minister, author, and academic. The son of Rev. Joseph Smith and grandson of Joseph Smith, the frontier missionary, he graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1815 and attended Princeton Theological Seminary from 1817 to 1818. He was licensed to preach in 1819 and worked as a missionary in Virginia from 1818 to 1822. He was President of Franklin College in New Athens, Ohio from 1837 to 1838. Smith died in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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