His son, Ephraim Kirby Smith, was born in Litchfield on June 17, 1807. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he died in combat on September 11, 1847, during the Mexican–American War. Ephraim's wife, Mary Isaacs (nee Jerome) Smith, was a second cousin, twice removed of Winston Churchill, and following her husband's death, she married General Amos Beebe Eaton on September 7, 1870. Ephraim and Mary had three children: Joseph Lee Kirby Smith, who was killed in action during the American Civil War in 1862 in Corinth, Mississippi; Emma Jerome Smith Blackwood; and George Geddes Smith, a veteran of the American Civil War who committed suicide while serving in the United States Army and posted at Fort Russell, Wyoming. Smith's son Kirby was born in Florida in 1824, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1845, and served with his uncle in the Mexican–American War. He was one of seven full generals of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. They also had two daughters: Frances Marvin Smith (b. 1809) who married Lucien Bonaparte Webster, and Josephine Lee Smith (1818-1835). His grandson is Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith. References Further reading External links 1776 births 1846 deaths 19th-century American lawyers Edmund Kirby Smith Burials in Florida Military personnel from Connecticut People from New Britain, Connecticut People from St. Augustine, Florida United States Army officers United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 United States federal judges appointed by James Monroe