Background
Smith, Ellison Griffith was born on December 5, 1854 in Noble County, Ohio, United States. Son of Amos Griffith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith.
Smith, Ellison Griffith was born on December 5, 1854 in Noble County, Ohio, United States. Son of Amos Griffith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith.
Student Lenox College, Iowa, 1865-1871, State University of Iowa, 1872-1874. Bachelor of Laws, State University of Iowa, 1874. Doctor of Laws, University of South Dakota, 1927.
Began practice, Yankton, South Dakot, 1876. Reporter, Territorial Supreme Court, 1879-1888. Assistant United States district attorney, 1883-1886.
District attorney, 1881-1885.
Member Territorial Legislative Council, 1887-1889. Circuit judge 1st Circuit, 1889-1909.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of South Dakot, 1909-1922 (presiding judge, 1911-1922). Professor of law University of South Dakot, March 1, since 1923.
Member Territorial Legislative Council, 1887-1889.
Married Anna F. Kirkwood, October 18, 1877 (deceased). Married second, Florence Pearl Hunkins, January 3, 1922. Children: Mistress Agnes Graeme Kennedy (deceased), Ellison Griffith, Amos Campbell.