1823 "Died —on Sunday morning, 9th September, 1823, of the Small Pox, Elijah Miles Smith, son of the late Dr. William Howe Smith, in the 23 year of his age. Universally and sincerely regretted." [1]
1824 "Smith, Elijah Miles. City of St. John, St. John Co. Intestate. Administration granted 2 January 1824 to his mother Sarah Smith, widow. Fellow bondsmen John Boyd, physician, and John Melick, grocer, all of the city of St. John." [2]
[1] W. 0. Raymond, "Old Townships on the River St. Joseph W. Lawrence, "The Medical Men of St. John, in its first half Century," Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society Vol. 1, nos. 1-3 (1894-1897), 273-305 at 296, [HathiTrust].
[2] R. Wallace Hale, Early New Brunswick Probate Records, 1785-1835 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 414, [GoogleBooks].