Capt. Roy Campbell Smith, USN

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Capt. Roy Campbell Smith, USN

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fort Mason, TX
Death: April 10, 1940 (81)
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Henry Smith and Maria McGregor Smith
Husband of Margaret Aldrich Smith
Father of Roy Campbell Smith, Jr.; Marjorie Sampson Bowers and William Thomas Sampson Smith, Sr.
Brother of Louise Beverly Smith; Charles Evelyn Smith; Julia Campbell Olmsted and Ethel Evelyn Morgan

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About Capt. Roy Campbell Smith, USN

(from abstract of archival material "Papers 1864-1940" "Roy Campbell Smith", found at WorldCat): ...assignments at the Naval Torpedo Station and Naval War College in Newport, R.I., Commanding Officer of USS Chattanooga and USS Arkansas, Governor of Guam 1916-1918 and Commanding Officer of its naval station...
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(excerpts from 1940 New York Times article on his death, dateline Newport, R.I): ...Received Surrender of First German Vessel in War SUPERVISOR OF PORT HERE Decorated for Part in Battle of Santiago--He Participated in Vera Cruz Occupation...

NEWPORT, R.I., April 11 (AP)-- Word was received here today of the death of Captain Roy Campbell Smith, former Governor of the island of Guam, in Somerville, S.C., yesterday. He was 82 years old...
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(from MilitaryTimes Hall of Valor): The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Roy Campbell Smith, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Governor of Guam during World War I. Action Date: World War I Service: Navy Rank: Captain Company: Governor Division: Territory of Guam

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Capt. Roy Campbell Smith, USN's Timeline

1858
July 16, 1858
Fort Mason, TX
1888
July 25, 1888
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
1890
July 26, 1890
Palmyra, NY
1900
June 29, 1900
Cambridge, MA
1940
April 10, 1940
Age 81
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States
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Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, United States