Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-07-01
AUGUSTINE It. sMYTHE DEAD.
Prominent Member of Charleston
BARN Confederate Army.
News and Courier, June 25.)


Augustine II. Smythe, for years
one of the most prominent members
OF the Charleston bar, died at his
summer home, Fla Rock, N. c., yes
terday afternoon at $50 o'clock. He
had been dangerously i'll for more
than two weeks and the news Of his
death was not unexpected. Because
of IN accident about two years ago
Mr. Smythe was unable to walk,
though he maintained his spirits. He
was in his 72d year.
Served in Confederate Army.
Augustine Thomas Smythe was
born in Charleston October 5, 1912.
He was a son of Thomas and Marga-
ret M. (Adger) Smythe. His father,
q native Of Ireland, was for forty
yotrs the pastor Of the Second Pres
bytIrIaA church here. His mother
was a daughter of James Adger. a
prominent merchant of Charleston.
Augustine T. Smythe was educated in
the schools Of Charleston and at the
South Carolina College at Columbia,
where he remained until the out
break of the War Between the States.
On April 10, 1861, he entered the
service Of the State as a private of
the South Carolina College Cadets,
end about a year later was mustered
into the Confederate army as a
member of Company A, of the 25th
South Carolina Volunteers. He con-
tinued in the army until the close of
the war, at which time he was a
member Of Logan's Brigade, Buffers
Division, Confederate Cavalry.
Returning to Charleston after the
war, he began the study of law in
the office Of Simonton & Barker, the
members of this firm having been
G.. II. Simonton, afterward United
States Circuit Judge, and Major r.
G. Barker. He was admitted to the
bar in 1866 and entered upon a sue
cessful and constantly increasing
practice. During his professional
career he was connected with the
firms Of Smythe, Bruins & Lee,
Smythe & Lee, Smythe, Lee &
Frost, and Smythe & Visanska, the
members of the last named firm be-
ing himslef, his son, Augustine r.
Smythe, Jr., and Ernest l.. Visanska.
State Senator from Charleston.
Mr.. Smythe for a long time mani
tested an active interest in politics,
and in 1880 accepted the nomination
Tor State Senator from Charleston
county. He served as State Senator
continuously for IA years, when he
resigned. He offered for no other
public office. He was prominent as
a Mason and held such offices as Mas
ter of the lodge, High Priest Of the
chapter, Emminent Commander of
the commandery, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge Of South Carolina
and Grand High Priest of the Grand
Chapter Of South Carolina. In the
Scottish Rite he had taken all the
degrees up to and including the 32d.
He was an active member of a num-
Der of organizations, civil and mill
tary.
He is survived by a widow, who
was a daughter Of Col. d. J. Nc
cord, of Columbia, and by two sons,
Augustine +. Smythe, of Charleston,
n Rev. l.. Cheves Nee. Smythe, a
presbyterian missionary in Japan,
n by three daughters, Mrs. S. G.
Stoney, Of Charleston; Mrs. A. p.
wright, of Savannah, and Mrs. John
Bennett, OF Charleston. He was a
brother of Hon. j. Adger Smythe,
twice mayor of Charleston, promi-
nent in the textile industry of South
Carolina.