Frederick Smith

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James Frederick Smith

Also Known As: "Fred Smith", "Frederick Smith"
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Birthplace: Anniston, Mississippi County, Missouri, United States
Death: November 20, 1948 (53)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Buchanan Smith and Laura Ann Windland
Husband of Sallie Wallace
Father of Frederick W. Smith; Private and Private

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About Frederick Smith

James Frederick Smith — who (before age 20) dropped his first name, expressing a preference to be known as Fred or Frederick — the founder of the Toddle House restaurant chain and the Smith Motor Coach Company (renamed the Dixie Greyhound Lines after The Greyhound Corporation bought a controlling interest in 1931).

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Frederick Smith's Timeline

1895
February 5, 1895
Anniston, Mississippi County, Missouri, United States
1944
August 11, 1944
Marks, Quitman County, Mississippi, United States
1948
November 20, 1948
Age 53
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States