William D. Smith (1853-1926) was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and died in Spokane, Washington. He worked as a druggist. In 1886, his mother, Amanda M. Smith, wrote to Mary Baker Eddy, asking Eddy to recommend a Christian Science practitioner to treat his sister, Julia S. Cook. There is no record of Smith studying with Eddy or joining The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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