Ann Eliza Brainerd Smith (1819 - 1905)

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Ann Eliza Brainerd Smith

Birth:	Oct. 7, 1819 Saint Albans Franklin County Vermont, USA
Death:	Jan. 6, 1905 Saint Albans Franklin County Vermont, USA
Author. The daughter of US Senator Lawrence Brainerd, the wife of Governor J. Gregory Smith and the mother of Governor Edward C. Smith. As Mrs. J.G. Smith she published a collection of essays, "Dawn to Sunrise" (1876), and the novels "Seola" (1878), "Selma," (1883) and "Atla" (1886). The Smith home was a target of the 1864 Confederate raid on St. Albans, the Civil War's northernmost action, but the raiders bypassed the house while fleeing after robbing the town's banks. For her actions in defending the Smith home and efforts to rally the people of St. Albans in pursuing the raiders, Governor Peter Washburn honored her by naming her a brevet Lieutenant Colonel on his staff. Brainerd, Minnesota, a city founded when the Northern Pacific Railroad expanded while her husband was its President, was named for her family. In 1924 Seola was republished as "Angels and Women." (bio by: Bill McKern) Search Amazon for Ann Smith

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Saint Albans Franklin County Vermont, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Bill McKern Record added: Nov 26, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 23122079