Joseph Smith (Presbyterian minister, born 1796) explained

Joseph Smith
Birth Date:	July 15, 1796
Death Place:	Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Offices Held:	President of Franklin College
Family:	Joseph Smith (Grandfather)
Parents:	Rev. David Smith

Joseph Smith (July 15, 1796–?) was a Presbyterian minister, author, and academic.

The son of Rev. Joseph Smith and grandson of Joseph Smith, the frontier missionary, he graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1815 and attended Princeton Theological Seminary from 1817 to 1818.^[1] He was licensed to preach in 1819 and worked as a missionary in Virginia from 1818 to 1822. He was President of Franklin College in New Athens, Ohio from 1837 to 1838. Smith died in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Pa.), Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Washington County . Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College: Containing a General Catalogue of Jefferson College, and of Washington College, and of Washington and Jefferson College . 1889 . Elm street printing Company . en.
2. Book: Kiddle, Henry . The cyclopædia of education: a dictionary of information for the use of teachers, school officers, parents, and others . 1883 . New York, E. Steiger & Co.; London, S. Low & Co. . University of Michigan.