Thomas M. Smith was for many years connected with the firm of Johnson & Walker, ship-chandlers and ship-owners. He later transacted a large business in the same line for himself, and was one of the most active men of his day. For saving a large amount of specie which had been sunk off the coast, he was presented with a gold watch by the Cunard Company. He was for some years the head of the fire department. Apart from his extensive business undertakings, he took a lively interest in the various institutions of the city, religious, charitable, fraternal, and others, and was a Master Mason. Thomas M. Smith died in 1867. He was the father of eight children; namely, John, Rufus, Julia, William, Eleanor, George F. (the subject of this sketch), Edwin, and James. The widow of Thomas M. .Smith died in 1877, aged seventy-three years. [1]
[1] Isaac Allen Jack, ed., Biographical Review, Leading Citizens of the Province of New Brunswick (Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1900), 108, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].