Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838 - 1915)

Born 23 Oct 1838 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1915 at age 76 in New York

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Biography

Francis Smith is Notable.

Engineer, artist, and writer. Son of Francis and Susan Teachle Smith and great-grandson of Francis Hopkinson-218, poet and signer of the Declaration of Independence for New Jersey.^[1]

Smith designed the foundation for the Statue of Liberty as well as many breakwaters in the surrounding area, including that of Block Island. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Dictionary of American biography by American Council of Learned Societies, Published 1943. Vol 17 page 265
2. ↑ https://www.vosegalleries.com/artists/francis-hopkinson-smith

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WHK-L71 : 10 February 2018), Francis Hopkinson Smith, 07 Apr 1915; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,372.

• Wikipedia: Francis Hopkinson Smith

• Find A Grave: #8490591

• Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Volume 2 By John Woolf Jordan, page 1193.

See Also:

• https://www.vosegalleries.com/artists/francis-hopkinson-smith