Walter G. Smith

Detail of photograph of Walter George Smith

Title

Walter G. Smith

Subject

Smith, Walter George, 1854-1924

Biographical Text

Walter George Smith (1854–1924) was the husband of Elizabeth Langstroth Drexel Smith (1855-1890), older sister of Saint Katharine Drexel and Louise Bouvier Drexel Morrell. Walter and Elizabeth married in 1890 though, sadly, Elizabeth died due to complications of childbirth and their child was stillborn.

Smith was an attorney and after his wife’s death, he continued as a close legal advisor to Saint Katharine and her religious order, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Pope Pius X made him a knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1910 in recognition of his efforts, as a devout Catholic and respected legal authority, to halt the growing legal and social acceptance of divorce.

Birth Date

1854

Death Date

1924

Occupation

Lawyer

Source

Portrait of Walter G. Smith
Undated
Ad. Braun & Cie (Adolphe Braun), Paris, France
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Papers
Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
 H50 F, box 1, folder 4

Rights

Public domain, digitized by the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Shared courtesy of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Please contact the Catholic Historical Research Center for image use and reproduction.

Citation

“Walter G. Smith,” Drexel Exhibits, accessed May 2, 2024, https://drexelexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/436.

Item Relations

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