Ormond Gerald Smith was the president of Street & Smith

Street & Smith

Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction and dime novels. They also published comic books and sporting yearbooks...

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Biography

He was the youngest son of Mary Jellett Duff (1838-c1885) and Francis Shubael Smith

Francis Shubael Smith

Francis Shubael Smith I partnered with Francis Scott Street and started the publishing firm of Street & Smith.-Biography:...

 I (1819–1887). Francis partnered with Francis Scott Street

Francis Scott Street

Francis Scott Street , with partner Francis Shubael Smith were the owners of Street & Smith publishing company in New York City.-New York Dispatch:...

 and started the publishing firm of Street & Smith

Street & Smith

Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction and dime novels. They also published comic books and sporting yearbooks...

. Ormond had the following siblings: Francis Shubael Smith II (1854-?); Cora A. Smith (1857-?) who married George H. Gould; and George Campbell Smith (1859-?). He graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 in 1883, and joined his father at Street & Smith

Street & Smith

Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction and dime novels. They also published comic books and sporting yearbooks...

 after graduation. On December 25, 1899 Ormond married Grace Hewitt Pellett and they had one child: Gerald Hewitt Smith who attended Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

. Ormond was a member Society of the War of 1812, the St. Nicholas Society, and the Society of Colonial Wars. He died in 1933 in Manhattan

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