Biographical sketch of Ethan Smith.

Date
1857
Type
Book
Source
William Allen
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Secondary
Reference

William Allen, American Biographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1857), 746

Scribe/Publisher
John P. Jewett and Company
People
Ethan Smith, Elijah Smith, William H. Sanford, William Allen
Audience
Reading Public
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Transcription

SMITH, ETHAN, minister of Hopkinton, N. H., a descendant of Rev. Henry S., of Wethersfield, died Aug. 29, 1849, aged 86. He died at the house of his son-in-law, Rev. W. H. Sanford, of Boylston. He was born in Belchertown Dec. 19, 1762, the son of Deacon Elijah; graduated at Dartmouth in 1790; was a minister at Haverhill, N. H., nine years, and then from March 12, 1800, for eighteen years at Hopkinton, N. H. He also lived some years at Hebron, N. Y., Poultney, Vt., and Hanover, Mass. He was descended from Rev. E. Huit. His mother died at Hadley aged 102. His wife was a daughter of Rev. D. Sanford. On the Sabbath before his last illness he preached with animation. His last words were, "Joy and peace in believing." He published a dissertation on the prophecies; view of the Trinity, in answer to N. Worcester; lectures on baptism; key to the figurative language of the bible; memoirs of Mrs. Bailey; key to the Revelation; prophetical catechism; a tract to prove the Indians to be descendants of the ten tribes; two sermons on episcopacy; farewell sermon; one at Hopkinton; two sermons on vain excuses of man; on the moral perfections of God; on the daughter of Zion; on the death of Mrs. Harris; at the ordinations of S. Martindale and H. Smith.—Sprague's Annals.

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