Samuel A. Smith, M. D., of Waynesboro, Tenn., and a native of the county, was born on the 3d of September, 1857, son of John and Catherine (Kemper) Smith, who were born in Virginia. The father was born in 1814, came to Wayne County when he was a young man, and settled on a farm on Buffalo River, in the Third District, where he married and reared a family of five sons and one daughter. He died March 12, 1871. Samuel A. was reared on his father’s farm and secured a limited early education. He began the study of medicine in 1881, and attended the medical department of Vanderbilt University during the sessions of 1882 and 1883, graduating in the latter year. He began practicing in the Sixth District of Wayne County, in June, 1883, but removed to Waynesboro in June, 1886, where he since has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. December 25, 1884, he married Laura B., daughter of Capt. P. H. Craig, and by her is the father of one childnamed Jessie. Dr. Smith is a Democrat and one of the leading practitioners of Wayne County.