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William Augustine Smith

17 Sep 1840 - 8 Mar 1905

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William Augustine Smith

17 Sep 1840 - 8 Mar 1905

Grave site information of William Augustine Smith (17 Sep 1840 - 8 Mar 1905) at Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States from BillionGraves

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William Augustine Smith

Born: 17 Sep 1840

Died: 8 Mar 1905

Confederate Cemetery

Washington Ave

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

United States

Headstone Description

Beloved Wife of W.A. Smith.

Military Service

CAPTAIN

ARMY

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May 4, 2012

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July 28, 2018

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May 1, 2012

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Harriet Field Smith

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Confederate Cemetery

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http://cemetery.communitypoint.org/

Cemetery Address

Washington Ave
Fredericksburg,Fredericksburg,Virginia
United States

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Captain C.S. Army-

Rank

CAPTAIN

Branch

ARMY

Life timeline of William Augustine Smith

1840

William Augustine Smith was born on 17 Sep 1840

William Augustine Smith was 19 years old when Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating column.

William Augustine Smith was 29 years old when Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, breaking away from the American Equal Rights Association which they had also previously founded. Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

William Augustine Smith was 37 years old when Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

William Augustine Smith was 44 years old when Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

William Augustine Smith was 52 years old when Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

William Augustine Smith died on 8 Mar 1905 at the age of 64

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