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[3] Memoir prepared by W.B. Hanlon, Esq.
ALBERT MATHER SMITH, M. Am. Soc. C.E.[4]
Died February 27th, 1910.
Albert Mather Smith was born on October 5th, 1837, in New York City. He was the son of Charles Smith and Miss Alleta Loverich, and a direct descendant of Cotton Mather.
As a boy of fifteen he entered the Engineer Division of the Manhattan Gas Light Company, and later became Engineer of its West 18th Street Station. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Smith joined the 37th Regiment, New York Volunteers, organized by Colonel Roome, the President of the Manhattan Gas Light Company, and was chosen Captain of Company B. This Company was largely recruited from the force of the gas-works, and drilled in the office of the Gas Company at 4 Irving Place, New York City. Mr. Smith's regiment saw active service during the invasion of Pennsylvania, and also as special detail on the Chesapeake; and, later, during the Draft Riots in New York City.
After the close of the War, Mr. Smith became Chief Engineer of the Manhattan Gas Light Company, and, later, when this Company was merged into the Consolidated Gas Company, he became Engineer of Distribution of the latter Company. At the time of his death he had been connected with the gas companies of New York City for 57 years.
On March 18th, 1863, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Anna Provoost Elwes, who died on January 14th, 1873. In 1878, Mr. Smith was married to his second wife, Miss Jane H. Bull. His widow, two sons, and a daughter survive him.
Mr. Smith was a Charter Member and Vice-President of the Society of Gas Lighting, the oldest existing gas association in the United States. He was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on May 5th, 1886.