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- John Smith graduated at Yale College and Andover Theological Seminary, 1835, and was chaplain in the United States Navy, 1876.
Dr. James Hall of Baltimore said John Smith is also a surgeon in the United States Service and is the ablest of the brothers.
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Son of Dr. Nathan Smith (1762-1829) and Sarah Hall (Chase) Smith. Dr.Nathan Smith was a celebrated surgeon, having at one time saved the leg of the child Joseph Smith (the future Mormon prophet), and he founded Dartmouth Medical School. All four of his sons became physicians, as did nine of his grandsons.
John D Smith received his A.B. from Yale in 1832, and his M.D. from University fo Maryland in 1846. Before studying medicine, he was ordained as a Congregational minister at Andover Theological Seminary. He preached at Charlemont, MA for ten years before he had to give up his pastorate because of throat trouble, and took up the study of medicine at the direction of his brother, Dr. Nathan Ryno Smith of Baltimore. He later settled in Douglas, MA, and finally at Bridgewater, MA.
During the Civil War, he was assistant surgeon at the Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and he afterwards served two years as Surgeon for the United States Navy.
He married, first, on Mar 17,1838, Sarah Bacon.
He married, second, on Apr 22,1849 at Charlemont,MA, Mary Malvina Dole.
He married, third, at Foster, RI on Apr 12,1855, Susan Amy Anthony.
Children(by first marriage): Juliet Bacon Smith, Gertrude B Smith, and Edwin M Smith.
Children(by second marriage): an infant son, Catherine Smith Osgood Wood, and Mary M Smith.
Children(by third marriage): Walter John Smith, Solon M Smith, S Bruce Smith, Charles Sherman Smith, and Ada Howard Smith.
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1812 - 1884 (72 years)
