Alvin T. Smith
Male, Deceased Person
1802 – 1888
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Who was Alvin T. Smith?
Alvin Thompson Smith was an American missionary and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Connecticut, he lived in Illinois before moving to the Oregon Country to preach to the Native Americans in the Tualatin Valley. There he served in both the Provisional Government of Oregon and the government of the Oregon Territory, as well as helping to establish Tualatin Academy, later becoming Pacific University. Smith’s former home, the Alvin T. Smith House in Forest Grove, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Born
- Nov 17, 1802
Branford - Also known as
- Alvin Smith
- Spouses
- Died
- Jan 22, 1888
Forest Grove
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on July 23, 2013
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