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Capt Sooy Smith

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Capt Sooy Smith

Birth
Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
Death
26 Aug 1849 (aged 64)
Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Inscription

Near this spot lie the remains of Captain Sooy Smith 1748-1849 and his wife Anna Hedges 1804-1858. Among their children was Brigadier General William Sooy Smith 1830-1916. He attained fame in the Civil War and as a world renown Engineer. General Smith rests in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. He was the only General in the history of Pickaway County.



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