Born: May 1, 1830, Schroon, New York.
Died: August 5, 1911.
Buried: Fayetteville Cemetery, Fayetteville, New York.
Smith was the son of Almer Smith and Elizabeth N. Smith, and husband of Elizabeth Edwards.
He joined the Baptist church in Elbridge, New York, at age 16. He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1852, and Rochester Theological Seminary in 1854.
He was ordained in Dunkirk, November 23, 1854, and served there a few months.
The next year, he accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church in Fayetteville, New York. In 1860, he became pastor of the Baptist church in Farmersville, New York.
From 1865–69, he was chaplain of the state prison at Sing Sing, New York. While there, he compiled a Prison Hymn Book (New York: N. Tibbals, 1867), which included some of his own hymns.
He then accepted a call to a Baptist church in Geneva, New York, and spent seven years there.
He spent the year after his resignation in Europe. Upon return, he became pastor of the Baptist church in Peekskill, New York. As of 1888, he was living in Saratoga, New York.
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