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]

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References
  1. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Catalogue_of_Beta_Theta_Pi/piTPAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Addison+Gillespie+Smith&pg=PA324&printsec=frontcover
  2. Boddie, John Bennett (October 20, 1965). "Virginia Historical Genealogies". Genealogical Publishing Com – via Google Books.
  3. 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. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Register_of_the_Officers_and_Students/7dFJAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Addison+Gillespie+Smith&pg=PA377&printsec=frontcover
  5. "Smith, Edward Devereux, 1876- | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
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