Joseph Smith (Presbyterian minister, born 1796)

Joseph Smith
Born	July 15, 1796
Died	Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Parent(s)	Rev. David Smith
Relatives	Joseph Smith Grandfather

Offices held	President of Franklin College

Joseph Smith was a Presbyterian minister, author, and academic.

The grandson of Joseph Smith, the frontier missionary, he graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1815 and attended Princeton Theological Seminary from 1817-1818. He was licensed to preach in 1819 and worked as a missionary in Virginia from 1818-1822. He was President of Franklin College in New Athens, Ohio from 1837 to 1838.