Background
Weed, Smith Mead was born on July 26, 1833 in Belmont, New York, United States. Son of Roswell Abbott and Sarah A. (Mead) Weed.
Weed, Smith Mead was born on July 26, 1833 in Belmont, New York, United States. Son of Roswell Abbott and Sarah A. (Mead) Weed.
Educational public schools. Admitted to bar, January 1, 1856. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1857.
Practiced at Plattsburg, New York, and city of New York, since 1857.
Engaged in many important litigations, including the Samuel J. Tilden will contest. The Tilley Foster Iron Mine case. Etc. President Chateaugay & Lake Placid Railroad Company.
Director Chateaugay Ore & Iron Company, Weed Building Company.
Member New York Assembly, 1865-1874.
Married Caroline Lesley Standish, September 6, 1859 (died 1884).