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| | Smith, William Russell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | "Smith, William Russell, fourth president of the University of Alabama (1870-71), was born at Russellville, Logan Co., Ky., Mar. 27, 1815, son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Hampton) Smith, and a descendant of Col. Arthur Smith, who emigrated from England to Isle of Wight county, Va., in 1622, and in 1653 was the founder of Smithfield. |
 | | In July, 1870, he was elected president of the University of Alabama, which was passing through a period of adversity, and upon the resignation of the professor of mathematics he assumed the duties of that spot also. |
 | | Judge Smith died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 1896." [Smith was the father of thirteen children.] |
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