Caleb B. Smith
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Born | Caleb Blood Smith April 16, 1808 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Died | January 7, 1864 Indianapolis, Indiana, US | (aged 55)
Political party | Whig (before 1854) Republican (from 1854) |
Education | University of Cincinnati Miami University |
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Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was a
Education and career
Born on April 16, 1808, in
Congressional service
Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for the 27th United States Congress in 1841.[2] He was elected as a Whig from Indiana's 4th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 28th, 29th and 30th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849.[2] He was Chairman of the Committee on Territories for the 30th United States Congress.[2]
Later career
Smith was appointed by President
Federal judicial service
Smith was nominated by President
SEARCH FOR SMITH'S BODY
An investigation into this and opening of mausoleum in 1977 proved that Smith was not there only his wife and child. In 1977 an excavation in the Connersville City Cemetery in Indiana in the Smith-Watton lot was carried out with permission[6] from family members to locate Smith's body. Smith was also not found there.[7]
It has been said that Caleb B. Smith's body is buried in a Connersville, Indiana cemetery. In 1977, John Walker, a Connersville, Indiana resident, received permission from the Smith family, Norvella Thomas Copes, and Nancy S. Hurley, and the city of Connersville, Indiana, to excavate the body of Caleb Blood Smith. Walker had an interest in President Abraham Lincoln, and discovered in reading about Lincoln that one of his cabinet members was buried in the city he lived in. An excavation was carried out in the Smith-Watton lot in November 1977, but Smith's body was not there. It was Smith's son-in-law William Watton Smith that was found. C.B. Smith's wife, Elizabeth B. Watton, had paid $500 for the choice of plots, in Crownhill Cemetery[1] and moved the body from Greenlawn Cemetery to Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis for fear of southern dissenters, the Sons of Liberty, desecrating his body and of local teens knocking over the markers in Greenlawn. A letter inquiring about the whereabouts of Smith's body found in the 1980s arose from a New York public library in the 1930s.
The letter was written April 24, 1936 by Louis J. Bailey, Chief Librarian of the Queens Borough Public Library in New York[8] and sent a letter to a Miss Dunn, a librarian in Connersville, In. He inquired to Miss Dunn[9] in regards to the location of Smith's body. In that letter he states that He enclosed a letter from Senator New[10] about Smith to her. Louis talks of records saved in the Indiana Library from Green Lawn Cemetery, where C.B.Smith was originally buried,(because Crown Hill cemetery had not yet opened) and discusses possible locations, misspellings of the Watton name. (Walton and Watton). Caleb Smiths wife was Elizabeth Watton, but few have it listed as Walton. The correct spelling is WATTON. Lincoln Memorial University has also inquired about the location of Smiths' body, in a letter to my grandfather, John Walker.[11]
A 55-page research paper by John Walker[12] on Smith reveals evidence that was discovered in 2009 listing names of those who have researched and written their findings on Caleb Smith. Offering possibilities of his being buried in someone else's grave, secret midnight burials, curses, and other findings, this paper has much to offer in the way of newspaper articles, letters, and family tales of where he is buried.[13]
Freemason
Smith became a
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Smith, Caleb Blood". Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i United States Congress. "Caleb B. Smith (id: S000519)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ a b Mr. Lincoln's White House: Caleb Blood Smith
- ^ Crownhill Cemetery, Caleb B. Smith mausoleum
- ^ {The Story of Crownhill by Anna Nicholas}
- ^ Consent to open said grave to look for Caleb Blood Smith
- ^ "Weird Indiana Burial Mystery". 11 October 1977.
- ^ Louis J. Bailey letter to Miss Caroline Dunn
- ^ "Weird Indiana Burial Mystery". 11 October 1977.
- ^ Sen. New transcribed letter
- ^ Letter to John Walker about Caleb B. Smith location
- ^ Weird mystery: Caleb Blood Smith.
- ^ This: https://archive.org/details/WeirdMystery/page/n3/mode/2up and this: https://iucat.iu.edu/catalog/9248091 are the same book, for comparison.
- ^ Smith, Dwight L. (1968). Goodly Heritage: One Hundred Fifty Years of Craft Freemasonry in Indiana. Franklin, Indiana.
- ^ The Cincinnati Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 30. 1972. pp. 47.
- ^ Historic Sites
- ^ Historical Marker, Caleb B. Smith Home
- ^ Caleb B. Smith home history in your own back yard
- ^ "Caleb Blood Smith Mausoleum".
- ^ "Weird Indiana Burial Mystery". 11 October 1977.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Caleb B. Smith (id: S000519)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Caleb B. Smith Papers, 1849-1862, Collection Guide" (PDF). Indiana Historical Society. 2004-11-01. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History Archived 2006-03-28 at the Wayback Machine (1989)
- "Weird Mystery" a story about Caleb Blood Smith, can be found at http://www.libraries.iub.edu Archived 2015-07-27 at the Wayback Machine by typing in the search bar. This is a story written by John Walker and co-written by Cynthia Long, John Walker's granddaughter.
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. .
- Sanford, Wayne L. "Cemeteries" The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. googlebooks Retrieved May 21, 2009
https://archive.org/details/WeirdMystery/page/n35/mode/2up?view=theater