Background
Smith, James Irwin was born on March 31, 1827 in Mercer Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John W. and Susan Smith.
Smith, James Irwin was born on March 31, 1827 in Mercer Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John W. and Susan Smith.
Graduate Jefferson College, 1851. (Doctor of Divinity, Lenox College, 1883).
M. Doctorate. Bracken; 2d, June 3, 1873, Sophia H. Green. 3d, September 17, 1890, Sarah East. Wylie. Teacher East. Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1844-1845.
Bethesda, Tennessee, 1845-1846.
Jackson College, Tennessee, 1846-1847. Central Academy, Tennessee, 1847-1849.
Studied West Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1851-1852. Founded church at Ontonagon, Michigan, 1853.
Pastor of Maple Grove Church, 1863.
Rockland Church, 1864. Served in Christian Commission at Washington and at City Point, 1864. Synodical missionary, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1865.
Founded 1st Presbyterian Church and North Church, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1866.
Pastor Galesville, Wisconsin, 1881-1888. Professor, and then president Galesville University, 1881-1888.
Pastor Presbyterian churches, Toledo and Tama, Iowa, since 1889. Author: Parents’ Participant with Baptized Children.
Address: Toledo, Iowa.
Married 1st, September 13, 1853, Mississippi.
