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E. Delafield Smith

Lawyer

Centurion, 1863–1878

Full Name Edward Delafield Smith

Born 8 May 1826 in Rochester, New York

Died 12 April 1878 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey

Buried First Presbyterian Churchyard, Shrewsbury, New Jersey

Proposed by James Thomson and Richard H. Bowne

Elected 7 February 1863 at age thirty-six

Archivist’s Note: Brother of Augustus F. Smith; uncle of Elliot Smith

Century Memorial

The list of members deceased during the year contains the names of eleven; E. R. Peaslee, Theodore Roosevelt, E. Delafield Smith, M. Knoedler, Edward Satterlee, William C. Bryant, Geo. S. Appleton, John S. Baker, Adam T. Sackett, William M. Allen and Bayard Taylor.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1879 Century Association Reports