John E. Smith's Son, Alfred Smith, Also Union Officer

I have been writing about Galena, Illinois, General John E. Smith earlier this month.  He had a son who was also a Union officer and as a cenotaph at the same cemetery as his father.

From Find-A-Grave.

CAPT. ALFRED THEOPHILUS SMITH

BIRTH: 29 May 1838, St. Louis, Missouri

DEATH:  23 May 1905, Buffalo, New York

BURIAL:  Cremated there.   Cenotaph at Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois.

Alfred Smith was the son of John E. Smith.

In 1862, he married Maria Fiester Kittoe (1841- 1878).  She was the daughter of Union surgeon  Dr. Edward Dominicus Kittoe of Galena, Illinois.

--Old Secesh