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Augustus F. Smith

Lawyer

Centurion, 1869–1876

Full Name Augustus Fitzalan Smith

Born 3 October 1819 in Rochester, New York

Died 6 July 1876 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by Bernard Roelker and Stephen P. Nash

Elected 4 December 1869 at age fifty

Archivist’s Note: Father of Elliot Smith; brother of E. Delafield Smith

Century Memorial

The refinement and courtesy that endeared Augustus Smith to his fellow-members, gave finished grace to his solid character as a powerful and conscientious advocate, and a leader in public reforms, to be follow without fear, because principled inspired and intelligence guided his actions.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1877 Century Association Reports