Born in Rochester, NY, May 7, 1842. Educated at Tracey Female Institute, Rochester, and at Brockport, N.Y., Collegiate Institute. Married Albert Smith of Springfield, Illinois, in 1869; they were living in New York state in 1910. Sister--Miss Sarah A. Riley, born on Blossom street in Brighton and educated at the Clover Street Seminary. Married M. S. Corwin. She was a niece of General Riley and daughter of Justin Riley, of Brighton. One of her sisters, May Riley Smith, is a well known writer and lecturer in New York city, and another sister is Mrs. General Fitzsimmons of Chicago. To Mr. and Mrs. Corwin was born one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Beckley, who resides in this city.
Letters of May Riley Smith “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Rudyard Kipling
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