Smith, Henry Rogers, 1842-1919.

Henry Rogers Smith (1842-1919) was born in Leominster, Mass., the son of Isaac and Mary Buss Hills Smith and the nephew of Joel Smith (1812-1888), president of the Union Comb Company in Leominster. Henry R. Smith served in the 36th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1862 to 1863, but saw little action due to a chronic illness. He attended Meadville Theological School in Meadville, Pa., from 1865 to 1868, and graduated from the Boston School for the Ministry in 1869. Smith served as a Unitarian minister in Barre, Mass., from 1869 to 1878, and then became a partner with his uncle in Joel Smith and Company in Leominster from 1879 to 1885.

From the description of Papers, 1862-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207170880