Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith

American

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
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1838/00/00	Morse ask Smith for Congressional support to build a telegraph line. Smith offers to become Morse's counsel, and in 1838, he is given a quarter interest in the patent. Smith authors a bill for 30,000 dollars for a line between Washington and Baltimore.	Owner		United States Capitol	Washington, DC		Invention of the Telegraph
1846/10/14	Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith dies in Deering, Maine (now a neighborhood in Portland). He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland.	Died		FOJ Smith Tomb	Evergreen Cemetery
1860/00/00	Smith Tomb is built Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith, probably at the time of his daughter Lizzie's death.	Owner		FOJ Smith Tomb	Evergreen Cemetery

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1838/00/00

Morse ask Smith for Congressional support to build a telegraph line. Smith offers to become Morse's counsel, and in 1838, he is given a quarter interest in the patent. Smith authors a bill for 30,000 dollars for a line between Washington and Baltimore.

Owner

United States Capitol

Washington, DC

Invention of the Telegraph

1846/10/14

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith dies in Deering, Maine (now a neighborhood in Portland). He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland.

Died

FOJ Smith Tomb

Evergreen Cemetery

1860/00/00

Smith Tomb is built Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith, probably at the time of his daughter Lizzie's death.

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