Margaret Aldrich Smith

Margaret Aldrich Smith
First Lady of Guam
In role May 30, 1916 – November 18, 1918
Governor	Roy Campbell Smith
Personal details
Born	Margaret Aldrich Sampson (1863-10-15)October 15, 1863 Palmyra, New York
Died	May 21, 1929(1929-05-21) (aged 65) Newport, Rhode Island
Spouse	Roy Campbell Smith
Children	3
Parents	William Thomas Sampson (1840–1902) (father) Margaret Sexton Sampson (1842-1878) (mother)
Occupation	First Lady of Guam
Other names	Margaret A. Sampson, Margaret Sampson, Margaret A. Smith, Margaret Aldrich Sampson Smith, Margaret Smith, Margaret S. Smith, Margaret Sampson Smith, Mrs. Roy C. Smith, Mrs. R.C. Smith

Margaret Aldrich Smith (1863-1929) was an American First Lady of Guam.

Early life

On October 15, 1863, Smith was born as Margaret Aldrich Sampson in Palmyra, New York. Smith's father was Rear admiral William Thomas Sampson (1840–1902). Smith's mother was Margaret Sexton Sampson (1842-1878). Smith has four siblings, including Catherine, Hannah, Olive, and Susan.^[1][2][3]

Career

In 1916, when Roy Campbell Smith was appointed the Naval Governor of Guam, Smith became the First Lady of Guam on May 30, 1916, until November 18, 1918.^[4]

Personal life

On October 11, 1887, in Annapolis, Maryland, Smith married Roy Campbell Smith, who later became a Naval officer and the Naval Governor of Guam. They had three children, Roy, Marjorie, and William. Smith and her family lived in several places including Guam and Newport, Rhode Island.^[5]

Smith's daughter Marjorie Sampson Smith became a sponsor of USS Sampson (DD-63) on March 4, 1916. It was named for Rear admiral William Thomas Sampson, Smith's father. In 1918, Smith's daughter Marjorie Sampson Smith married Spotswood Dandridge Bowers, a lawyer.^[2][6]

On May 21, 1929, Smith died in Newport, Rhode Island. Smith is interred at Lakewood Cemetery in Cooperstown, New York.^[5][3]

References

1. Ward, George Kemp (1910). Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910. A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company. p. 472. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
2. Hall, Anne Martin; Benham, Edith Wallace (1925). Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors, 1913-1923. The Plimpton Press. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
3. "Margaret Aldrich Smith". geni.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
4. "Guam Naval Governors 30 August 1899 – 10 December 1941". guampedia.com. 12 January 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
5. "Roy Campbell Smith papers, MSC-005. Naval Historical Collection - Biographical Note". usnwcarchives.org. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.()
6. "Guide to the Bowers Family Papers, 1686-1982, MS 2902". nyu.edu. April 9, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

External links

• Margaret Aldrich Smith at findagrave.com