Background
Smith, Herbert Booth was born on August 7, 1883 in Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. Son of Joseph Addison (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Evelyn (Bishop) S.
Smith, Herbert Booth was born on August 7, 1883 in Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. Son of Joseph Addison (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Evelyn (Bishop) S.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, 1905. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1908. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1909.
Doctor of Divinity, Occidental College, 1918.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Los Angeles Osteopathic College Physicians and Surgeons, 1941.
December 15, 1938); children—John Hoyle Ragsdale, Herbert Booth, James Comfort, Joseph Addison. Married second, Doctor Katherine M. Close, July 15, 1940. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1909.
Pastor North Church, Rochester, New York, 1909-1911, 2d Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1912-1916, Immanuel Church, Los Angeles, California, 1916-1943.
Pastor First Prestoyn. Church, Burlingame, California, since 1943.
Moderator Presbytery of Union, 1915, Presbytery of Los Angeles, 1928. Delegate to Waldensian Synod, Torre Pellici, Italy, 1913.
Delegate General Assembly Presbyterian Church, Saint Louis, 1919, Columbus, Ohio, 1925, San Francisco, 1927, Pittsburgh, 1931, Cleveland, 1934 (candidate for moderator).
Elected moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church United States of America, Saint Louis, 1941.
Member Permanent Judicial Commission, General Assembly Presbyterian Church, 1931-1941, General Council Presbyterian Church, 1941-1944.
Married Jean Comfort Ragsdale, July 8, 1913 (deceased. Married second, Doctor. Children: John Hoyle Ragsdale, Herbert Booth, James Comfort, Joseph Addison.