Honorific Prefix: | General |
Stephen R. Smith | |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1836 |
Death Date: | December 1889 (aged 53) |
Birth Place: | Whitneyville, Connecticut |
Death Place: | New Haven, Connecticut |
Allegiance: | United States |
Rank: | Major General |
Commands: | Connecticut State Militia Second Brigade, Connecticut Militia |
Spouse: | Mary Clough (1873–1889, his death) |
Stephen R. Smith (August 28, 1836 December 1889) was born in Whitneyville, Connecticut, and was the twenty-fourth Adjutant General of the State of Connecticut. He was an active leader of the Republican Party; he served as an alderman and a councilman. He was also a Grand Marshal at the Grand Lodge of the State.[1] [2]
In February 1858, Stephen R. Smith joined the New Haven Grays. On January 13, 1876, he was promoted colonel of the 2nd Regiment. On January 8, 1885, Smith was appointed Connecticut Adjutant General by Governor Henry B. Harrison.[2]
Stephen R. Smith married Mary Cough on December 28, 1873. They had four daughters and two sons; Lizzie M. (1874), Irenel (1876), Ethel (1878), Frank I (18811881), M. Pearl (1883), and Claire L. (1887). Stephen R. Smith died in December 1889, in New Haven, Connecticut.[3] [4]