Education
He attended Cornell University and earned a law degree in 1877.
He attended Cornell University and earned a law degree in 1877.
He was on the New York Supreme Court, but is perhaps more famous for co-writing "Far Above Cayuga"s Waters", Cornell University"s alma mater. Born in Hauppauge, New York, to Moses R. Smith and Mary H. (Wood) Smith, Smith went to schools in Smithtown, New New York While there, in 1872 he and his roommate, Archibald Croswell Weeks, composed the lyrics to the song that would become Cornell"s alma mater.
Smith was admitted to the New York bar in 1877, and began practicing law in Patchogue, New York in 1879.
He was the district attorney of Suffolk County in 1884 until he became a county judge in 1891. He was later elevated to the New York Supreme Court, representing the 2nd district.
In 1970 his crypt was broken into by a group of teenagers. Lizzie Smith"s skeleton was discovered floating in the Patchogue River.
The Wilmont M. Smith Elementary School aka.
Bay Avenue built in 1908 in Patchogue, New York was named for him. Have Photos I will post later.