Background
Smith, Lemuel Franklin was born on April 21, 1890 in Shadwell, Virginia, United States. Son of Downing L and Willie Minor (Marshall) S.
Smith, Lemuel Franklin was born on April 21, 1890 in Shadwell, Virginia, United States. Son of Downing L and Willie Minor (Marshall) S.
He attended local schools and later received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph Macon College where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1915. Member City Council, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1918-1920. Member Virginia State General Assembly, 1920-1926.
Commonwealth attorney, Albemarle Company, Virginia, 1926-1930.
Judge 8th Judicial Circuit, Virginia, 1930-1951, Supreme Court Appeals, Virginia since 1951. Home: 810 Locust Avenue Office: County Office Building, Charlottesville, Virginia.
He was a member of Charlottesville’s City Council, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Commonwealth’s Attorney for Albemarle County, judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit and, in 1951, was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. He was also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Married Grace Stulting, October 27, 1916.