Samuel Francis Smith was an American Baptist minister, journalist and author, notable for having written the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", which he called "America". - AsNotedIn
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| 1808/10/21 | Samuel Francis Smith is born in Boston, Mass. | Born | |||||
| 1825/00/00 | Samuel Francis Smith attends Harvard College (now Harvard University) from 1825 to 1829, and was a classmate of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. | Education | Harvard Yard | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1831/07/04 | Lowell Mason debuts Samuel Francis Smith's "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as America, during a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church, Boston. | Lyricist | Park Street Church | Boston | |||
| 1832/00/00 | From 1829 to 1834, Samuel F Smith attends Andover Theological Seminary. He lives in a boarding house at 147 Main St run by Mrs Benjamin Gardner Hitchings, a captain's widow who came from Charlestown, MA in 1832 to educate her children in Andover. | Education | Academy Hill Historic District, Andover | Andover, MA | |||
| 1834/02/12 | Samuel Francis Smith is ordained into the ministry at Waterville. | Vocation | First Baptist Church, Waterville | Waterville, ME | |||
| 1835/00/00 | From 1835 to 1841, Samuel Francis Smith serves as the pastor of the First Baptist Church. While pastor, he also works as an acting professor of modern languages at Waterville College. | Vocation | First Baptist Church, Waterville | Waterville, ME | |||
| 1842/00/00 | Samuel Francis Smith serves as minister of First Baptist Church in Newton from 1842 to 1854. | Vocation | First Baptist Church in Newton | Newton, MA | |||
| 1895/11/16 | Samuel Francis Smith dies suddenly while on his way by train to preach in the Boston neighborhood of Readville and was buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton. "America" was among the pieces sung at his funeral. He was survived by his wife and five children. | Died |
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