Alexander D. Bache Smead

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Husband Alexander D. Bache Smead ¹

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           Born: 24 Mar 1848 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Capt. Raphael C. Smead (      -1848) 2
         Mother: Sarah M. Radcliffe (      -Aft 1886) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander D. Bache Smead

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He graduated in 1862 from the public schools of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, then studied until 1863 at the preparatory school of Dickinson College, and in 1864 entered that college, from which he graduated June 25, 1868, with the first honors. In the spring of that year he was nominated by the President for a commission in the Regular Army, and passed an examination before a board of military officers convened for that purpose. On August 1, 1868, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Third United States Cavalry. He was an officer of that regiment for over eleven years. He was stationed in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nebraska, Wyoming, Dakota and Montana; was on active duty in the field and occasionally engaged in Indian hostilities. He was promoted first lieutenant in 1871, and regimental adjutant in 1878. In 1879 he resigned from the army for the purpose of practicing law, to the study of which he had devoted much attention in connection with his military duties. His legal studies were completed in Philadelphia, and he was admitted to the bar of that city as well as to that of Cumberland County. He then settled in his native place for the practice of his profession. He spent over two years in European travel and study. He was long a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he was also a trustee. [HCC 1886, 396]

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 395.

2 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 378, 395.