Jabez Melville Smith

Jabez Melville Smith was a medical doctor and state representative in Mississippi. He was elected to represent Yalobusha County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1903. Smith married and had several children.

Life

James Osborn Jeffreys Smith and Martha née Calloway Smith were his parents. Smith served in the Confederate Army and then graduated from Missouri Medical College in 1870. He was a Democrat, Methodist, and a member of the masons. He married Elizabeth Gibbs and had eight children.