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William D Smith

Birth: 18 Feb 1867
Death: 20 Apr 1932 (aged 65)
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.4897445, Longitude: -86.8414246
Plot: block 14
Memorial ID: 51997955 View Source

Age 65, cause of death, pneumonia

After the Civil War, ex-slaveholder, physician, newspaper publisher and businessman Joseph Riley Smith divided up his corn and cotton fields into residential lots to develop Smithfield, now a neighborhood of Birmingham. He named the streets after his children, including William.

Age 65, cause of death, pneumonia

After the Civil War, ex-slaveholder, physician, newspaper publisher and businessman Joseph Riley Smith divided up his corn and cotton fields into residential lots to develop Smithfield, now a neighborhood of Birmingham. He named the streets after his children, including William.

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Created by: Remember Me
Added: May 4, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51997955/william_d-smith: accessed ), memorial page for William D Smith (18 Feb 1867–20 Apr 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51997955, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Remember Me (contributor 47193377).

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