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y Mr. Smith's company, the Drogheda
; Steamsh p Company, and he served as
chairman of the board of directors. For
two tern>s he served ably as mayor of
the town. He was the father of Frederick
St. George-Smith, who was the first to
use St. George-Smith as a surname, and
his line has followed it since.
(V) Frederick St. George-Smith, son
of St. George Smith, was a mechanical
engineer, and started the Drogheda
Chemical Manure Works, manufacturers
of fertilizer, which business is still in ex-
istence. He assumed the responsibilities
of his father in the Drogheda Iron Works
Company, manufacturers of everything
from plow-shares to locomotives. The
first iron hulled vessels that sailed in St.
George's channel were built by this com-
pany, as was the No. 2 Brewery for the
manufacture of Guiness's Stout. Mr. St.
St. George-Smith was a first class engineer,
and was well and favorably known
in his community. He was affiliated with
the Masonic fraternity, holding the thirtysecond
degree, and was a prince mason.
Mr. St. George-Smith married Helen
Hathaway, born in Delaware county,
New York, daughter of Nathaniel Hathaway.
The latter was a well known civil
engineer of Delhi, New York, and mar-
ried (first) a Miss Pardee, and by this
marriage there were two children: D.
Pardee Hathaway, and Helen Hathaway,
who became the wife of Frederick St.
George-Smith. Mr. and Mrs. St. George-
Smith were the parents of the following
children: Frederick (2), of further mention
; Helen Constance, Emily Mary, Ida
Mabel, St. George, Walter Pardee, and
Florence Emily. The family attended
the Episcopal church.
(VI) Frederick (2) St. George-Smith,
son of Frederick (1) and Helen (Hathaway)
St. George-Smith, was born May 9,
1863, in Drogheda, Ireland. He was edu-
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cated in Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire,
England, and Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland. In 1884 he was graduated
with the degree of Bachelor of Engineer-
ing, and immediately thereafter went into
his father's iron works, where he remained
for about two years, during which
time he had applied himself to the mas-
tering of as many details of the business
as possible. In 1887 Mr. St. George-
Smith came to America and located in
Sioux City, Iowa, where he worked as
a civil engineer, and his work there in-
cluded the mapping out of a large part
of the town site. His father was desirous
of having him return to Ireland, and as
an inducement had purchased the Drogheda
Saw Mills. On returning to Ireland,
Mr. St. George-Smith assumed charge of
this business, becoming owner of it in
due time, and continued its operation for
about seventeen years. The business of
this concern was the manufacture of lum-
ber and interior finish, in fact, everything
in the building line.
In 1906 Frederick (2) St. George-
Smith came again to America, and
strange to say, located this time in the
extreme East, Greenwich, Connecticut,
and there he engaged in business as a
builder and contractor. He specializes
on fine residence work, and among the
beautiful residences which he has built
may be mentioned those of Edward Mul-
ford, Edward D. Marble, Mrs. John Lord,
Frank Keene, and Samuel F. Pryor. Mr.
St. George-Smith has assumed his right-
ful place among the leading citizens of
Greenwich, and is highly respected among
his fellow business men. He takes an
active interest in all that is for the betterment
of the community, and is ever ready
to give of his time or finances in promoting
this welfare.
Frederick (2) St. George-Smith mar-
ried Clara Louise Hencken, daughter of