The Evening Star, October 6, 1921
Hamilton Smith Dies at Seashore
Prominent D.C. Coal Dealer, 32d Degree Mason, Held Many Offices
W. Hamilton Smith, a resident of Washington since 1874, second vice president of the J. Maury Dove Company and a man nationally known in the coal trade, died suddenly in Atlantic City last night. Mr. Smith had been ill with angina pectoris since last New Year's eve, but his condition was considered to be improving. Only this morning his business associates received letters from him telling how much he had been benefitted by his seaside visit and expressing the hope that he would be back at work by next Monday.
With Firm Forty-Five Years
Mr. Smith had been with the Dove company for forty-five years. He was president of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, vice president of the Standard Coal Company, and was one of the organizers and vice presidents of the National Retail Coal Merchants' Association of the United States. He was also a member of the Board of Trade. He was considered an authority on every detail of his chosen business.
Surviving Mr. Smith are his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Steele Smith of this city, and a son, Dr. W. Hamilton Smith, jr., of Hagerstown, Md. Mr. Smith's first wife was a Miss Hodkinson. Born in New London, Conn., February 18, 1862. Mr. Smith came of old New England stock. He was eligible to every patriotic society, including the Society of Mayflower Descendants. His grandfather, William Hamilton, was born in 1790 in one of the four houses left standing after the burning of New London by Gen. Benedict Arnold, while Oak Hill cemetery of that city contains the graves of many generations of his forbearers.
High in Masonic Order
Mr. Smith's connections with Masonry were varied and of long standing. He was made a Mason in Harmony Lodge, No. 17, F.A.A.M., in 1886, was master of the lodge in 1890, and from 1891 until his death was its secretary. He became a Royal Arch Mason in Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3, August 5, 1889, affiliated with Hiram Chapter, No. 10, September 6, 1894; and with Columbia Chapter, No. 1, on whose roles he is still carried, May 2, 1906.
He was knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, October 16, 1891, and was a 32d degree Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, having received his degrees in the local bodies, Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; Robert de Bruce Council, Knights Kadosh, and Albert Pike Consistory, M.R.S., thirty-one years ago. He was also a noble of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine of which he was illustrious potentate in 1912.
Funeral Here Saturday
The body is expected to arrive in Washington some time tonight. Rose Croix funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 433 3d street northwest. Officiating clergymen will be Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation, and Rabbi Abram Simon, pastor of the Eighth Street Temple, an old personal friend.
Hamilton Smith Dies at Seashore
Prominent D.C. Coal Dealer, 32d Degree Mason, Held Many Offices
W. Hamilton Smith, a resident of Washington since 1874, second vice president of the J. Maury Dove Company and a man nationally known in the coal trade, died suddenly in Atlantic City last night. Mr. Smith had been ill with angina pectoris since last New Year's eve, but his condition was considered to be improving. Only this morning his business associates received letters from him telling how much he had been benefitted by his seaside visit and expressing the hope that he would be back at work by next Monday.
With Firm Forty-Five Years
Mr. Smith had been with the Dove company for forty-five years. He was president of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, vice president of the Standard Coal Company, and was one of the organizers and vice presidents of the National Retail Coal Merchants' Association of the United States. He was also a member of the Board of Trade. He was considered an authority on every detail of his chosen business.
Surviving Mr. Smith are his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Steele Smith of this city, and a son, Dr. W. Hamilton Smith, jr., of Hagerstown, Md. Mr. Smith's first wife was a Miss Hodkinson. Born in New London, Conn., February 18, 1862. Mr. Smith came of old New England stock. He was eligible to every patriotic society, including the Society of Mayflower Descendants. His grandfather, William Hamilton, was born in 1790 in one of the four houses left standing after the burning of New London by Gen. Benedict Arnold, while Oak Hill cemetery of that city contains the graves of many generations of his forbearers.
High in Masonic Order
Mr. Smith's connections with Masonry were varied and of long standing. He was made a Mason in Harmony Lodge, No. 17, F.A.A.M., in 1886, was master of the lodge in 1890, and from 1891 until his death was its secretary. He became a Royal Arch Mason in Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3, August 5, 1889, affiliated with Hiram Chapter, No. 10, September 6, 1894; and with Columbia Chapter, No. 1, on whose roles he is still carried, May 2, 1906.
He was knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, October 16, 1891, and was a 32d degree Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, having received his degrees in the local bodies, Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; Robert de Bruce Council, Knights Kadosh, and Albert Pike Consistory, M.R.S., thirty-one years ago. He was also a noble of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine of which he was illustrious potentate in 1912.
Funeral Here Saturday
The body is expected to arrive in Washington some time tonight. Rose Croix funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 433 3d street northwest. Officiating clergymen will be Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation, and Rabbi Abram Simon, pastor of the Eighth Street Temple, an old personal friend.
The Evening Star, October 6, 1921
Hamilton Smith Dies at Seashore
Prominent D.C. Coal Dealer, 32d Degree Mason, Held Many Offices
W. Hamilton Smith, a resident of Washington since 1874, second vice president of the J. Maury Dove Company and a man nationally known in the coal trade, died suddenly in Atlantic City last night. Mr. Smith had been ill with angina pectoris since last New Year's eve, but his condition was considered to be improving. Only this morning his business associates received letters from him telling how much he had been benefitted by his seaside visit and expressing the hope that he would be back at work by next Monday.
With Firm Forty-Five Years
Mr. Smith had been with the Dove company for forty-five years. He was president of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, vice president of the Standard Coal Company, and was one of the organizers and vice presidents of the National Retail Coal Merchants' Association of the United States. He was also a member of the Board of Trade. He was considered an authority on every detail of his chosen business.
Surviving Mr. Smith are his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Steele Smith of this city, and a son, Dr. W. Hamilton Smith, jr., of Hagerstown, Md. Mr. Smith's first wife was a Miss Hodkinson. Born in New London, Conn., February 18, 1862. Mr. Smith came of old New England stock. He was eligible to every patriotic society, including the Society of Mayflower Descendants. His grandfather, William Hamilton, was born in 1790 in one of the four houses left standing after the burning of New London by Gen. Benedict Arnold, while Oak Hill cemetery of that city contains the graves of many generations of his forbearers.
High in Masonic Order
Mr. Smith's connections with Masonry were varied and of long standing. He was made a Mason in Harmony Lodge, No. 17, F.A.A.M., in 1886, was master of the lodge in 1890, and from 1891 until his death was its secretary. He became a Royal Arch Mason in Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3, August 5, 1889, affiliated with Hiram Chapter, No. 10, September 6, 1894; and with Columbia Chapter, No. 1, on whose roles he is still carried, May 2, 1906.
He was knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, October 16, 1891, and was a 32d degree Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, having received his degrees in the local bodies, Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; Robert de Bruce Council, Knights Kadosh, and Albert Pike Consistory, M.R.S., thirty-one years ago. He was also a noble of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine of which he was illustrious potentate in 1912.
Funeral Here Saturday
The body is expected to arrive in Washington some time tonight. Rose Croix funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 433 3d street northwest. Officiating clergymen will be Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation, and Rabbi Abram Simon, pastor of the Eighth Street Temple, an old personal friend.
Hamilton Smith Dies at Seashore
Prominent D.C. Coal Dealer, 32d Degree Mason, Held Many Offices
W. Hamilton Smith, a resident of Washington since 1874, second vice president of the J. Maury Dove Company and a man nationally known in the coal trade, died suddenly in Atlantic City last night. Mr. Smith had been ill with angina pectoris since last New Year's eve, but his condition was considered to be improving. Only this morning his business associates received letters from him telling how much he had been benefitted by his seaside visit and expressing the hope that he would be back at work by next Monday.
With Firm Forty-Five Years
Mr. Smith had been with the Dove company for forty-five years. He was president of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, vice president of the Standard Coal Company, and was one of the organizers and vice presidents of the National Retail Coal Merchants' Association of the United States. He was also a member of the Board of Trade. He was considered an authority on every detail of his chosen business.
Surviving Mr. Smith are his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Steele Smith of this city, and a son, Dr. W. Hamilton Smith, jr., of Hagerstown, Md. Mr. Smith's first wife was a Miss Hodkinson. Born in New London, Conn., February 18, 1862. Mr. Smith came of old New England stock. He was eligible to every patriotic society, including the Society of Mayflower Descendants. His grandfather, William Hamilton, was born in 1790 in one of the four houses left standing after the burning of New London by Gen. Benedict Arnold, while Oak Hill cemetery of that city contains the graves of many generations of his forbearers.
High in Masonic Order
Mr. Smith's connections with Masonry were varied and of long standing. He was made a Mason in Harmony Lodge, No. 17, F.A.A.M., in 1886, was master of the lodge in 1890, and from 1891 until his death was its secretary. He became a Royal Arch Mason in Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3, August 5, 1889, affiliated with Hiram Chapter, No. 10, September 6, 1894; and with Columbia Chapter, No. 1, on whose roles he is still carried, May 2, 1906.
He was knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, October 16, 1891, and was a 32d degree Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, having received his degrees in the local bodies, Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; Robert de Bruce Council, Knights Kadosh, and Albert Pike Consistory, M.R.S., thirty-one years ago. He was also a noble of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine of which he was illustrious potentate in 1912.
Funeral Here Saturday
The body is expected to arrive in Washington some time tonight. Rose Croix funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 433 3d street northwest. Officiating clergymen will be Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation, and Rabbi Abram Simon, pastor of the Eighth Street Temple, an old personal friend.
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