Arthur Richardson SMITH^[1]

1840 - 1867  (27 years)

• Name	Arthur Richardson SMITH
  Birth	19 Aug 1840	Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  CWSV	1861  [4]
  	Arthur enlisted in the Old Dominion Guard, a Portsmouth militia. The company was mustered into active service as part of Company K, Ninth Virginia Infantry on 20 April 1861. After serving one year with the Ninth Infantry, he was transferred to Company I, 15th Virginia Cavalry.
  Death	9 Sep 1867	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA   [1, 3]
  	Arthur died of yellow fever on 9 September 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was 27 years old at the time of his death. His brother James, also, died of yellow fever that same month in New Orleans.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	His body was interred at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I62061	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	M.D. Arthur Richardson SMITH,   b. c. 1805, Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA d. 16 Sep 1865 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Jane Ellen HERBERT,   b. 16 Aug 1811, Virginia d. 1 Dec 1892 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1839	Murfreesborough, Hertford Co, NC   [5]
  	The couple was married by Rev. Lear on Wednesday, 8 May 1839, in Murfreesborough, North Carolina.
  Family ID	F5065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2296] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1915)). pp. 275-276: Arthur Richardson Smith biography. [S2155] 1850 US Census / Smith, Arthur R. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S1600] John W. H. Porter, Porter, History of Norfolk County, Virginia, 1861 - 1865, ((1892, Rpt. n.p.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., May 1996)). pp. 93, 99. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Abstract incorrectly names him Albert R. Smith.