Willi Smith

Fashion Walk of Fame

Willi Smith was inspired, he said, not by Paris but by Sunday church in Harlem. His WilliWear line, founded in 1976, was characterized by loose silhouettes in brightly colored fabrics. Exuberant and witty, his clothes were ...

Site of the Home of William Hugh Smith

Legislator, Governor

An opponent of secession, he fled north in 1862. Returning after the Civil War, he was elected first governor under the Constitution of 1868 and served one two-year term. He was one of three Republican governors.

Marker is at the ...

Major General William Sooy Smith

Side A:

Major General William Sooy Smith was born in Tarlton on July 22, 1830. He attended Ohio University and supported himself throughout his college undergraduate career, graduating in 1849. He then entered the United States Military Academy at West Point ...

William Smith

(On front of granite base): William Smith.

Virginia.

Born Sep 6th 1797. Died May 18th 1887.

1836-40. 1841-42.

Member of Virginia Senate.

1846-49.

Governor of Virginia.

1841-43. 1853-61.

Member of United States Congress.

1861-62.

Member of Confederate States Congress.

1861-62.

Colonel 49th Virginia Volunteers.

1862-63.

Brig. General Confederate States Army.

1863-64.

Major General Confederate States Army.

1864-65.

Governor ...

William Moir Smith

Company A. 71st Reg

N.Y.S.M.

Who fell mortally wounded

at the first battle

of Bull Run

July 21, 1861.

Died at Richmond, VA

Aug 1, 1861

Aged 22 years

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William A. Smith

Known as “Uncle Billy” Smith. In 1859, he drilled the world's first successful oil well with tools that he made in his blacksmith shop near Tarentum. The well, 69½ ft. deep, was drilled near Titusville for Col. Edwin Drake. “Uncle ...

William Walker / Clara Smith

William Walker

1809-1875

William ("Singing Billy") Walker, perhaps South Carolina's most famous musician of his day, was a singing school teacher, composer, and collector of folksongs.

He published four shape-note tunebooks, bringing musical literacy to isolated churches across the country. His popular "Southern ...