Excerpt from Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland: For the Year Ending December 31, 1898

Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the State Board of Health on January 12th, 1899.

The following resolution, offered by Dr. Fulton, seconded by Dr. Welch, was passed:

"It is resolved by the State Board of Health that the death of Frederick H. Smith, on December 24th, 1898, has removed from the service of the State, and from the councils of this Board, a member esteemed equally for his worth and wisdom. The secretary is hereby instructed to prepare for record in the minutes of this board, and for publication in the annual report, a suitable memoir of the life, public services, and death of our regretted colleague."

Memoir of Capt. Frederick H. Smith, C. E.

(Member of the State Board of Health of Maryland, Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Architects, etc.)

On the morning of December 24th, 1898, Capt. Frederick H. Smith passed away at his home, 1004 Cathedral street, Baltimore, Maryland, regretted by all who know him, and lamented by many.

During his residence in Baltimore he had won the personal friendship of a largo circle, and the respect of all with whom lie had business relations. A civil engineer by profession, his skill and talent caused him to be employed in important works of design and construction throughout a wide section of the country.

His early work was on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, from which ho went into the service of the Confederate States, and served throughout the war, having at times charge of the manufacture of munitions of war for the departments of Tennesee, Georgia and Alabama.

He organized on an extensive scale the manufacture of nitre for the ordnance department, developed iron mines for the use of the Confederate Government, and was employed in work upon fortifications in the Georgia campaign.

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