City: Hohenwald
SMITH, Frank DeWitt, business man; born Yankton, South Dakota, Oct. 16, 1866; Scotch-Irish and English-German descent; son of Byron M. and Eliza S. SMITH; father was a Civil Engineer; President of Dakota Midland Railway, and maker of first map of what was known as Dakota Territory, taken mostly from his own field points; educated at Minneapolis, Minn., and Columbia, Tenn.; in early life he was manufacturer of lumber and staves, and after his father’s death in 1888 took up the work of colonizing and developing Lewis Co., Tenn.; member Elks and Odd Fellows; Independent in politics; member of the Episcopal church.
