Smith, W. A. (William Alexander), 1843-

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Dates:
Birth 1843-01-11
Death 1934-04-16

Biographical notes:

William Alexander Smith attended Davidson College from 1859-1861. He left college to serve in the Confederate Army. He was wounded in the war and returned to the college in 1863. He was graduated in 1865 and was a merchant and farmer in Ansonville, N.C.

From the description of Reminiscences, 1920. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 722092379

Merchant, textile manufacturer, and businessman, of Ansonville, N.C.

From the description of Papers, 1765-1949. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270890

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Subjects:

  • Education
  • Agriculture
  • Automobile industry and trade
  • Banks and banking
  • Chemistry
  • Coasts
  • Copper mines and mining
  • Cotton textile industry
  • Department Of Agriculture
  • Exchanges Of Publications
  • Gold mines and mining
  • Grain
  • Industry
  • Light House Board
  • Lumbering
  • Merchants
  • Meteorology
  • Mica mines and mining
  • Natural history
  • Oceanography
  • Physical geography
  • Railroad cars
  • Real estate investment
  • Recommendations For Positions
  • Scientific publications
  • Smithsonian Publications
  • Surveys And Explorations, General
  • Textile industry
  • Veterans

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Places:

  • Confederate States of America (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • North Carolina--Ansonville (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Arizona (as recorded)