caption constituency death_date death_place birth_place imagesize article_title office term termstart termend birth_date image spouse name occupation
portrait of smith washington county twality district 22 january 1888 forest grove , oregon branford , connecticut 150px alvin t. smith
 probate the provisional government of oregon judge of washington county , oregon magistrate for 1851 1843 1844 november 17 , 1802 alvin t. smith.png abigail -rrb- raymond -lrb- 1840-1858 -rrb- jane averill -lrb- 1869-1888 alvin t. smith carpenter
alvin t. smith

alvin thompson smith -lrb- november 17 , 1802 -- january 22 , 1888 -rrb- was an american missionary and politician in what became the state of oregon .
a native of connecticut , he lived in illinois before moving to the oregon country to preach to the native americans in the tualatin valley .
there he served in both the provisional government of oregon and the government of the oregon territory , as well as helping to establish tualatin academy , later becoming pacific university .
smith 's former home , the alvin t. smith house in forest grove , is listed on the national register of historic places .
