City: Chattanooga
SMITH, Baxter, attorney at law; born Davidson Co., Tenn., March 10, 1852; English descent, son of Edmund Byars and Sally (Baxter) SMITH; father was a physician; educated in Cumberland University; entered the practice of law in early life; married Bettie GUILD, May 15, 1856; member of Knights of Pythias; entered the Confederate service as Capt. In Sumner Co., Tenn., in 1861, promoted to Major, Lieut.-Col. and Colonel commanding brigade at close of war in 1865, and served a short while as Inspector General; Democrat; former Senator in State Legislature from Davidson and Wilson Counties, Tenn.; Asst. Secretary Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park Commission; practiced law at Nashville, 1865-1910, during which time he was attorney for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., at Nashville, Tenn.; for forty years member of First Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tenn.
