SMITH, John Talbot, clergyman and author, born
in Saratoga, New York, 22 September, 1855. He was educated at the Christian
Brothers' schools, Albany, and at St. Michael's college, Toronto, Canada, was
ordained a priest in 1881, and appointed curate of Watertown, New York He was
made pastor of Rouse's Point in 1883, and subsequently appointed procurator-officialis
of the diocese of Ogdensburg. He is a regular contributor to the "Catholic World
" and other magazines and journals, and makes a specialty of questions connected
with labor. He has written " Woman of Culture," a novel (New York, 1882);
"History of Ogdensburg Diocese" (1885); "Solitary Island," a novel (1888); and
"Prairie Boy," a story for boys (1888).
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia by John Looby, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM
