Thomas Kilby Smith
Born: September 23, 1820
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Father: Captain George Smith 1782 – 1850
Mother: Elizabeth Bicker Walter 1800 – 1870
(Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Elizabeth Budd McCullough Unknown – 1899
(Buried: Saint Dominic Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Elizabeth Barnett Smith Esler 1850 – 1942
(Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Arabella T. Smith 1852 – 1868
(Buried: Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts)
Walter George Smith 1854 – 1924
(Buried: Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Cemetery, Bensalem, Pennsylvania)
Theodore Dehon “Father Maurice” Smith 1857 – 1894
Adrian Worthington Smith 1860 – 1892
(Buried: Saint Dominic Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Caroline Genevieve Smith 1864 – 1935
(Buried: Saint Dominic Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Helen Grace Smith 1865 – 1959
(Buried: Eden Hall Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
William Butler Duncan Smith 1869 – 1934
(Buried: Saint Dominic Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Thomas Kilby Smith Jr. 1871 – 1944
(Buried: Saint Dominic Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania)
Education:
Attended Military School under Ormsby M. Mitchel
Studied law in the office of Salmon P. Chase
Occupation before War:
Special Agent for United States Postal Service
United States Marshal for Southern District of Ohio
Hamilton County, Ohio, Deputy Clerk
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. Colonel of 54th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1861: Organized his regiment at Camp Dennison
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 54th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1862: Joined the Division of Sherman at Paducah, Kentucky
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1863: Served in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1864: Served with Gallantry during Red River Campaign
1864: Ordered the destruction of library at Louisiana State University
1865: Relieved of command in Louisiana on January 17th
1865: Union Army Commander Department South Alabama, & Florida
1865: Brevetted Brig. General, and Major General in Union Army
Occupation after War:
United States Counsel at Panama
Newspaper Journalist in New York City, New York
Died: December 14, 1887
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Acute gastritis, fatty degeneration of the heart
Age at time of Death: 67 years old
Burial Place: Saint Dominic Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Pennsylvania
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