Early Life
He was born in Norfolk, Virginia on October 18, 1812 and died in Lexington, Virginia on March 21, 1890. He married Miss Sarah Henderson who was born on January 6, 1812 on June 9, 1835 at West Point, New York. They had seven children.
Francis H. Smith was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, Class of 1833 and served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army until he resigned his commission on May 1, 1836. Thereafter, he was a professor of mathematics at Hampden-Sydney College from 1836 to 1839.
Some time before the Civil War, he was appointed colonel in the Virginia Militia.
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