Background
Smith, Thomas Octavius was born on August 21, 1859 in Elyton, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Riley and Margarett Harvie (Jordan) Smith.
Smith, Thomas Octavius was born on August 21, 1859 in Elyton, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Riley and Margarett Harvie (Jordan) Smith.
Student of University of Alabama, 1875-1878. Washington and Lee University, 1878-1879. Civil Engineer, Virginia Military Institute, 1882.
Bank, Birmingham; cashier, 1900-1904, vice president, 1904-1923, president, January since 1923, Birmingham Trust & Savings Company. President J. R. Smith Realty Company, Incorporated. Major 1st Alabama United States Volumes, Spanish-American War.
Colonel 3d Alabama Regiment, A.N.G., 1899-1901.
Mason.
Married Cornelia Smith, 1886-1893, cashier, 1893-1899, 1st National.