Background
Smith was born in 1840 in Allegany, New York, and entered the Marine Corps from Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 1862.
Smith was born in 1840 in Allegany, New York, and entered the Marine Corps from Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 1862.
He was a corporal assigned to the marine detachment aboard the United States Ship Brooklyn when it was sent to fight in the American Civil War during the Battle of Mobile Bay. He was discharged from the Marine Corps on August 19, 1866. He died on March 26, 1918 and is buried at Elmlawn Cemetery in Kenmore, New New York
His grave can be found in the Catalph lawn section, lot 62.