William was an adventurer, attorney, chaplain and pastor of Congregational churches. A biography is found in Kenneth E. Lawson, Vermont Chaplains in the Civil War (Derby VT Historical Society, 2015), pp. 72-78.
He was elected trustee of Middlebury College in 1890 and a later published catalog of Middlebury officers gives a sketch of his life: "REV. WILLIAM STEVENSON SMART, D. D., son of John Gardiner and Anna Maria (Stevenson) Smart. Born in Johnstown, N. Y., March 10, 1833. Stud;ent, Washington Academy, Cambridge, N. Y. Studied law in San Francisco, Cal., 1854. Admitted to the bar, 1856. Practiced law in San Francisco and edited a newspaper in Weaverville, Cal. Clerk, U. S. Court, San Francisco, 1856. Lawyer, Xenia, O., 1857. Studied theology, Xenia Theological Seminary, 1857-1858; Union Theological Seminary, 1859-1860. Ordained, 1861. Chaplain, 14th Vt. Vols., 1862-1863. Pastor, First Church, Albany, N. Y., 1867-1889; Brandon, Vt., 1889-1905. Corporate member, A. B. C. F. M. Married Sarah Juliet Chipman, Sept. 8, 1858. Children: Isaac Chipman; Francis W.; William Stevenson. D. D., Union. Died in Burlington, Vt., April 29 1912."
He was elected trustee of Middlebury College in 1890 and a later published catalog of Middlebury officers gives a sketch of his life: "REV. WILLIAM STEVENSON SMART, D. D., son of John Gardiner and Anna Maria (Stevenson) Smart. Born in Johnstown, N. Y., March 10, 1833. Stud;ent, Washington Academy, Cambridge, N. Y. Studied law in San Francisco, Cal., 1854. Admitted to the bar, 1856. Practiced law in San Francisco and edited a newspaper in Weaverville, Cal. Clerk, U. S. Court, San Francisco, 1856. Lawyer, Xenia, O., 1857. Studied theology, Xenia Theological Seminary, 1857-1858; Union Theological Seminary, 1859-1860. Ordained, 1861. Chaplain, 14th Vt. Vols., 1862-1863. Pastor, First Church, Albany, N. Y., 1867-1889; Brandon, Vt., 1889-1905. Corporate member, A. B. C. F. M. Married Sarah Juliet Chipman, Sept. 8, 1858. Children: Isaac Chipman; Francis W.; William Stevenson. D. D., Union. Died in Burlington, Vt., April 29 1912."
William was an adventurer, attorney, chaplain and pastor of Congregational churches. A biography is found in Kenneth E. Lawson, Vermont Chaplains in the Civil War (Derby VT Historical Society, 2015), pp. 72-78.
He was elected trustee of Middlebury College in 1890 and a later published catalog of Middlebury officers gives a sketch of his life: "REV. WILLIAM STEVENSON SMART, D. D., son of John Gardiner and Anna Maria (Stevenson) Smart. Born in Johnstown, N. Y., March 10, 1833. Stud;ent, Washington Academy, Cambridge, N. Y. Studied law in San Francisco, Cal., 1854. Admitted to the bar, 1856. Practiced law in San Francisco and edited a newspaper in Weaverville, Cal. Clerk, U. S. Court, San Francisco, 1856. Lawyer, Xenia, O., 1857. Studied theology, Xenia Theological Seminary, 1857-1858; Union Theological Seminary, 1859-1860. Ordained, 1861. Chaplain, 14th Vt. Vols., 1862-1863. Pastor, First Church, Albany, N. Y., 1867-1889; Brandon, Vt., 1889-1905. Corporate member, A. B. C. F. M. Married Sarah Juliet Chipman, Sept. 8, 1858. Children: Isaac Chipman; Francis W.; William Stevenson. D. D., Union. Died in Burlington, Vt., April 29 1912."
He was elected trustee of Middlebury College in 1890 and a later published catalog of Middlebury officers gives a sketch of his life: "REV. WILLIAM STEVENSON SMART, D. D., son of John Gardiner and Anna Maria (Stevenson) Smart. Born in Johnstown, N. Y., March 10, 1833. Stud;ent, Washington Academy, Cambridge, N. Y. Studied law in San Francisco, Cal., 1854. Admitted to the bar, 1856. Practiced law in San Francisco and edited a newspaper in Weaverville, Cal. Clerk, U. S. Court, San Francisco, 1856. Lawyer, Xenia, O., 1857. Studied theology, Xenia Theological Seminary, 1857-1858; Union Theological Seminary, 1859-1860. Ordained, 1861. Chaplain, 14th Vt. Vols., 1862-1863. Pastor, First Church, Albany, N. Y., 1867-1889; Brandon, Vt., 1889-1905. Corporate member, A. B. C. F. M. Married Sarah Juliet Chipman, Sept. 8, 1858. Children: Isaac Chipman; Francis W.; William Stevenson. D. D., Union. Died in Burlington, Vt., April 29 1912."
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