Addison Gillespie Smith

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]

  1. ^ Pi, Beta Theta (1899). "Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi: In the Sixtieth Year of the Fraternity".
  2. ^ a b c Boddie, John Bennett (October 20, 1965). Virginia Historical Genealogies. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806300429 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b 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.