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Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith

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Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith

Birth
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
31 May 1884 (aged 89)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec G Lot 412 Grave 3
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Confirmed as the first Episcopal bishop of Kentucky on October 31, 1832, B.B. Smith was a minister in the Episcopal Church for 68 yrs. He was influential in the formation of the Thelological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Lexington and B.B. Sayre's Frankfort Academy.

From 1840-1842 Smith was Kentucky's superintendent of public instruction. He was the third person to hold that position.

***Information taken from the book "Frankfort Cemetery The Westminster Abbey of Kentucky"***
Confirmed as the first Episcopal bishop of Kentucky on October 31, 1832, B.B. Smith was a minister in the Episcopal Church for 68 yrs. He was influential in the formation of the Thelological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Lexington and B.B. Sayre's Frankfort Academy.

From 1840-1842 Smith was Kentucky's superintendent of public instruction. He was the third person to hold that position.

***Information taken from the book "Frankfort Cemetery The Westminster Abbey of Kentucky"***


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