Background
Smith, Benjamin Mosby was born on June 30, 1811 in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. Son of Josiah and Judith Micheau (Mosby) Smith.
Smith, Benjamin Mosby was born on June 30, 1811 in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. Son of Josiah and Judith Micheau (Mosby) Smith.
Graduate Hampden-Sydney College, 1829. Attended Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1832-1834.
Instructor Union Theological Seminary, 1834-1836. Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1835. Pastorates in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1838-1854.
Professor Oriental literature Union Theological Seminary, 1854-1889, professor emeritus, 1889.
Moderator General Assembly of Southern Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church of the United States), 1876. Authored report on Prussian primary school system, 1839.
County superintendent of new board of education in Virginia, 1870-1872. Published Family Religion, 1859.
Married Mary Morrison, 6 children survived.