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Dr Isaac Ambrose Smith

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Dr Isaac Ambrose Smith

Birth
Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
Death
17 Jul 1831 (aged 41–42)
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
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SMITH, Isaac A., physician, politician. Son of John Blair Smith and Elizabeth Fisher Nash Smith. Nephew of Samuel Stanhope Smith.

Arrived in St. Francisville, La., ca. 1811; practiced medicine, 1811-1831. Married (1) Elizabeth Ravencamp, step-daughter of Moses Kirkland, 1811. Married (2) Octavia or Ursula Bradford, daughter David Bradford (of Whiskey Rebellion fame)(q.v.), June 28, 1824. Incorporator, St. Francisville Library, 1816. Incorporator Baptist church, St. Francisville, 1823; president, board of trustees, College of Louisiana, Jackson, 1825-1831; member, Louisiana senate from Feliciana Parish, 1823-1831, president, 1830-1831. Died, July 17, 1831. E.K.D. Sources: Senate Journal; William H. Nelson, A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire (1931); Lislet's Louisiana Digest, 1813-1824; West Feliciana Public Records. 1789-1831
SMITH, Isaac A., physician, politician. Son of John Blair Smith and Elizabeth Fisher Nash Smith. Nephew of Samuel Stanhope Smith.

Arrived in St. Francisville, La., ca. 1811; practiced medicine, 1811-1831. Married (1) Elizabeth Ravencamp, step-daughter of Moses Kirkland, 1811. Married (2) Octavia or Ursula Bradford, daughter David Bradford (of Whiskey Rebellion fame)(q.v.), June 28, 1824. Incorporator, St. Francisville Library, 1816. Incorporator Baptist church, St. Francisville, 1823; president, board of trustees, College of Louisiana, Jackson, 1825-1831; member, Louisiana senate from Feliciana Parish, 1823-1831, president, 1830-1831. Died, July 17, 1831. E.K.D. Sources: Senate Journal; William H. Nelson, A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire (1931); Lislet's Louisiana Digest, 1813-1824; West Feliciana Public Records. 1789-1831


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