CS Con Smith, William Ephraim - C.S. Congressman, GA

William Ephraim “’Tete” Smith
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Born: March 14, 1829

Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia

Father:
Samuel Smith 1805 – 1869
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​

Mother: Susan S. – 1874
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​

1st Wife: Caroline Williams Unknown – 1876
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​

Married: 1860 in Albany, Georgia

2nd Wife:
Mary “Mollie” Williams 1847 – 1928

Married: 1878 in Baker County, Georgia

Children:


Samuel Williams Smith 1861 – 1915​
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​
Annie Williams Smith Davis 1869 – 1954​
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​
Caroline Smith Ticknor 1869 – 1959​
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​
G. Augusta Smith 1882 – 1963​
(Buried: Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia)​

Political Party: Democratic Political Party

Occupation before War:


Received his nickname from a Frenchman addressing him as “mon petit” he was nicknamed “Tete” for life.​

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1846: Admitted to the Bar by special act of Georgia State legislature.​
Attorney and Small Plantation Owner in Albany, Georgia​
1854 – 1858: Daugherty County, Ordinary of the Court​
1858 – 1861: Solicitor of West Circuit of Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Opposed Secession at the Start of the War​
1861 – 1862: 1st​ Lt. Company E, 4th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​
1862: Captain of Company E, 4th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded and right leg amputated Battle of Oak Grove​
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Ordnance & Ordnance Stores Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Territories & Public Land Committee​
1864: Instructed House Military Affairs Committee placing all able–bodied men in the army, and detailing others to civilian duties.​
Proposed to reassign men in depleted regiments.​
Supporter of improving use of the thinning ranks.​
Critical of Economic Programs​
Supporter of abolishing discrimination in the tax and impressment.​
1865: Agreed to arm Slaves in the Confederate Army.​

Occupation after War:

Known as an Attorney for Confederate Widows and Orphans during Reconstruction​
1874: Declined appointment as Georgia State Circuit Court Judge.​
1875 – 1881: United States Congressman from Georgia​
1875 – 1881: Member of House Patents Committee​
1877 – 1879: Member of House Census Committee​
1877 – 1879: Member of House Public Lands Committee​
1879 – 1881: Member of House Military Affairs Committee​
1880: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1881 – 1890: Attorney in Albany, Georgia​
1886: President of Georgia State Democratic Party Convention​
1886 – 1888: Georgia State Senator​

Died: March 11, 1890

Place of Death: Albany, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 60 years old

Burial Place:
Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Georgia
 
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