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Smith was exiled following the spring 1863 Federal government order calling for removal of Southern sympathizers. She eventually returned to Saint Augustine and lived for another decade. She was a critic of
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and the "loss of true Southern gentility". Various local documents record her as "brilliant and spirited, full of fire and ambition throughout her long life".
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soon after their marriage in about 1820, and though Judge Smith died in 1847, she remained in the city after the Union took occupation of
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officers to learn of plans and pass on the information.
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Frances Kirby was born in Connecticut and married Judge
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