About Goldsmith W. Hewitt
Lived 1834 – 1895 (aged 61). Goldsmith W. Hewitt was an American politician and lawyer.
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (February 14, 1834 – May 27, 1895) was a U.S. representative from Alabama.
Biography Born near Elyton (now Birmingham), Jefferson County, Alabama, Hewitt attended the country schools. Entered the Confederate States Army in June 1861 as a private in Company B, 10th Regiment Alabama Infantry. Promoted to captain of Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in 1862. Graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1866. Admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Birmingham, Alabama.
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American politician (1834-1895)
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Goldsmith W. Hewitt was born on 14 February 1834 in Elyton.
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Goldsmith W. Hewitt died on 27 May 1895 in Birmingham.
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Goldsmith W. Hewitt was a politician and lawyer.
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Goldsmith W. Hewitt was American.
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