Trained in medicine, Dr. Rufus Smith had a large practice, serving the residents across the Isthmus of Chignecto. In 1789, he married Elizabeth Dixon (1770–1859) of Sackville. They had five daughters and two sons. In 1817, he was elected to the 6th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly as a representative for the County of Westmorland. He was the representative again in the 7th and 8th Assemblies, serving until 1827, then again in the 10th Assembly from 1831 to 1834.
rufus, smith, baseball, pitcher, baseball, november, 1766, november, 1844, physician, politician, british, colonial, province, brunswick, canada, born, stamford, colony, connecticut, after, american, revolutionary, loyalist, family, emigrated, brunswick, canad. For the baseball pitcher see Rufus Smith baseball Rufus Smith MD November 19 1766 November 15 1844 was a physician and politician in the British colonial Province of New Brunswick Canada Born in Stamford in the Colony of Connecticut after the American Revolutionary War his Loyalist family emigrated to New Brunswick Canada settling in a rural area on the west bank of the Missaguash River near the present day town of Sackville Trained in medicine Dr Rufus Smith had a large practice serving the residents across the Isthmus of Chignecto In 1789 he married Elizabeth Dixon 1770 1859 of Sackville They had five daughters and two sons In 1817 he was elected to the 6th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly as a representative for the County of Westmorland He was the representative again in the 7th and 8th Assemblies serving until 1827 then again in the 10th Assembly from 1831 to 1834 Rufus Smith died in 1844 and is buried in the Methodist Church cemetery at Point de Bute His daughter Diana Gay Smith married Lestock P W DesBrisay a businessman from Richibucto New Brunswick who would represent Kent County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1856 to 1866 References editThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rufus Smith news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp nbsp This article about a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rufus Smith amp oldid 1192699397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
