Smith, George (2\ a minister of the Methodist Kpisccipal Church, was born in Hampshire Co.. Va.. in IHin, but was removed in early life to Ohio. In 18.30 he was licensed as a local preacher, and joined the Ohio Conference in 1833. He was ordained deacon in 1835 and ehler in 1830, at the first session of the Detroit Con-
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ference. He served the Church thirty-five years, twentj-- two as presiiliiitj elder, and died May 4, IfStif*. He was a member of tlie (ieneral Conference of 1844. He was a man of sound judj^'ment, comprehensive views, and , eminently earnest antl practical as a preacher. See JUinutes of Aiiniial Conferences, ISCS, p. 175.
Smith, George R. W., a Metliodist Episcopal minister, was born in Lincoln Co., (in., Aui;. x, liS2(); converted in October, 18;-)2; licensed to exhort in 1838, and as local preacher in 1839. He was received on trial in the Alabama Conference in January, 1840, and sent to the Tombigbee Circuit; in 1841, the Coosa Circuit. In 1842 he was received into full connection and sent to Pensacola; in 1843, to Apalachicola, where he organ- ized a Church and began the building of a house of worship. He died April 16, 1843. See Minutes of An- nual Conferences, iii, 4()2.
Smith, George "W., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Nelson, Madison Co., N. Y., in August, 181G, and was licensed to preach in
1854. In 1855 he entered the Oneida Conference; was superannuated in 1858 and made effective in 1859; was appointed in 1863 to the Oneiila Indian IMission, and labored efficiently initil 1872, when he was granted a superannuated relation, being at the time a member of the Central New York Conference. He died May 12, 1873. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1873, p. 130.
Smith, Giles Chapman, a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Churcli, was born in Union District, S. C, July 9, 1805. When four years of age his parents settled in Wayne Co., Ind. He studied one year in Harpeth Academy, Tenn., and graduated at Columbia (now Jackson) University April 3, 1830. His conver- sion took place while at college, and his ministry was spent in the Indiana and afterwards in the Soutli-easteru Indiana Conference. In 1865 ill-health compelled him to take a superannuated relation, and he made his home in Brownstown, Ind., where he resided initil his death, April 12, 1870. He represented his conference in the General Conference in 1864. His writings were pub- lished in the periodicals of the day. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1870, p. 192.
Smith, GrifSn, a minister of the Jlethodist Epis- copal Clnirch, was born in Upper Canada Jlay 14, 1814. Previous to his conversion he was a practicing physician, but was admitted to the ministry by the Genesee Con- ference in October, 1853. In 1866 he took a superan- nuated relation, but in 1867 acce[)ted an appointment in Scottsville, Jlonroe County, N. Y. Here he died April 29, 1868. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1868, p. 273.
Smith, Harvey S., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Moidxton, Vt., in 1820. He was received on trial in the Troy Conference in 1843, and labored faithfully wlierever appointed. His work, however, was short, for death overtook him at the early age of thirty-tive years. He died in Albany, April 8,
1855. Mr. Smith was deeply pious, an industrious stu- dent and a devoted pastor. See Minutes of A nnuul Con- ferences, 1855, \). 539.
Smith, Henry (1), an English clergyman, was born in Withcock, Leicestershire, in 1550, and after pursu- ing his studies at Oxford entered the Church. His scruples, however, as to subscriptions and ceremonies were such that he resolved not to undertake a pastoral charge, but accepted the office of lecturer of the Church of St. Clement Danes, London. The circumstances of his death are unknown; Fuller thinks that he died about 1600, Wood in 1593. (Jranger says that "he was called the Silver-tongued Preacher." His sermons and treatises, published at various times about the close of the 16th centurj^ were collected in one volume, 4to, in 1675, with a life of the author by Fuller. See Allibone, Did. of Brit, and A mer. A utiiors, s. v. ; Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. V.
Smith, Henry (2), a veteran minister of the Meth-