SMITH - On April 4, WALTER GEORGE SMITH, son of the late General Thomas Kilby and Elizabeth Budd McCullough Smith, aged 69 years. Funeral private from his late residence in Torresdale, Pa. Please omit flowers. --
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1924
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"...Mr. Smith is little known outside of his home city. He comes of a distinquished family, being the son of Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, USV, of whom he has written a biography. He was born in Logan County, Ohio, November 24, 1854. Graduating at the University of Pennsylvania in 1874, he won the degree of mastery of arts two years later, and in 1877 was given his bachelor of laws and began the practice of law in Philadelphia. In 1890 he married Elizabeth Drexel, but she lived only a few months afterward..." --
Sun (Baltimore, Md.) June 26, 1918
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Originally buried in Eden Hall Cemetery, Torresdale, Philadelphia- (Convent of the Sacred Heart)
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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1924
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"...Mr. Smith is little known outside of his home city. He comes of a distinquished family, being the son of Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, USV, of whom he has written a biography. He was born in Logan County, Ohio, November 24, 1854. Graduating at the University of Pennsylvania in 1874, he won the degree of mastery of arts two years later, and in 1877 was given his bachelor of laws and began the practice of law in Philadelphia. In 1890 he married Elizabeth Drexel, but she lived only a few months afterward..." --
Sun (Baltimore, Md.) June 26, 1918
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Originally buried in Eden Hall Cemetery, Torresdale, Philadelphia- (Convent of the Sacred Heart)
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SMITH - On April 4, WALTER GEORGE SMITH, son of the late General Thomas Kilby and Elizabeth Budd McCullough Smith, aged 69 years. Funeral private from his late residence in Torresdale, Pa. Please omit flowers. --
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1924
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"...Mr. Smith is little known outside of his home city. He comes of a distinquished family, being the son of Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, USV, of whom he has written a biography. He was born in Logan County, Ohio, November 24, 1854. Graduating at the University of Pennsylvania in 1874, he won the degree of mastery of arts two years later, and in 1877 was given his bachelor of laws and began the practice of law in Philadelphia. In 1890 he married Elizabeth Drexel, but she lived only a few months afterward..." --
Sun (Baltimore, Md.) June 26, 1918
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Originally buried in Eden Hall Cemetery, Torresdale, Philadelphia- (Convent of the Sacred Heart)
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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1924
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"...Mr. Smith is little known outside of his home city. He comes of a distinquished family, being the son of Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, USV, of whom he has written a biography. He was born in Logan County, Ohio, November 24, 1854. Graduating at the University of Pennsylvania in 1874, he won the degree of mastery of arts two years later, and in 1877 was given his bachelor of laws and began the practice of law in Philadelphia. In 1890 he married Elizabeth Drexel, but she lived only a few months afterward..." --
Sun (Baltimore, Md.) June 26, 1918
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Originally buried in Eden Hall Cemetery, Torresdale, Philadelphia- (Convent of the Sacred Heart)
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Inscription
BELOVED HUSBAND
OF
ELIZABETH DREXEL SMITH
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