Background
Ephraim Kirby-Smith was born on August 30, 1884 in Sewanee, Tennessee, the son of American Civil War general Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife Cassie Selden.
Ephraim Kirby-Smith was born on August 30, 1884 in Sewanee, Tennessee, the son of American Civil War general Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife Cassie Selden.
Ephraim was an All-Southern college football lineman for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, selected to its All-Time football team
At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.