LYNDON ARNOLD SMITH, A. M. the son of the Rev. Ethan, D. C. 1790, and Bathsheba (Sanford) Smith, was born at Haverhill, Nov. 11, 1795, and died at Newark, N. J. Dec. 15, 1865, Æ. 70. He studied medicine with Dr John Bott of Petersburg, Va, also at Dart. and Williams Med. Colleges, graduating at both in 1823; began practice at Williamstown, Ms, in Mar. 1822; removed to Newark in July 1827, and there continued. He was elected a Fellow of the N. Y. Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons in 1843; a member of the Amer. Sci. Association in 1855; a corporate member of the Amer. Board for Foreign Missions in 1857; Vice Pres. of the Amer. Med. Asso. in 1859, and Pres. of the N. J. Med. Society. Doct. Smith was a most worthy and intelligent gentleman, winning the esteem of all who knew him well, and occupying a prominent position in the vocation to which his life was faithfully devoted. He published many articles in Med. Journals and other periodicals, and a Treatise on the Epidemicks of New Jersey. As the prime mover in establishing the Lunatick Asylum in that state, his benevolence will be long remembered. He married Frances Louisa, daw. of the Rev. Pres. Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. at Williamstown, Nov. 20, 1823.