James Naismith family name Naismith
Personal life
Naismith was the second child of two Scottish immigrants. His father, John Naismith, was born in 1833, left Europe when he was 18, and also settled down in Lanark County.
On June 20, 1894, Naismith married his wife (1870–1937) in Springfield, Massachusetts. The couple had five children.He was a member of the Pi Gamma Mu and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities. Naismith was a Presbyterian minister and was also a Freemason.His first wife died in 1937, and on June 11, 1939, he married his second wife. On November 19 of that year, Naismith suffered a major brain hemorrhage and died nine days later in his home in Lawrence. He was 78 years old. Naismith died eight months after the birth of the NCAA Basketball Championship, which today has evolved to one of the biggest sports events in North America. Naismith is buried with his first wife in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence. Florence Kincaid died in 1977 at the age of 98 and is buried with her first husband, Frank B. Kincaid, in Elmwood Cemetery in Beloit, Kansas.
During his lifetime, Naismith held these educational and academic positions:
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