Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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ASAHEL WILKES SMITH. M. D.. D. D, S, Dr. A. Wilkes Smith was born September 12, 1844, in Champaign county, to Ohio. His father was a native of Xew York City, and removed at an early age to Kentucky, and thence to ' Ohio. Dr. Smith received his early education at a district school in his native county, and also studied under his father, who was a schol- arly gentleman and devoted himself with earnestness to instructing his son. At the early age of nineteen he began the study of medicine and dentistry in Ohio. Began the practice of dentistry in 1S70. In 1872 was graduated from the Pennsjdvania College of Dental Surger} ' ; in 1884 was graduated from the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville. lyocated at Richmond, Ky., in 1871, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry. In 1878 he was Clinical Professor of Oral Surgery in the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. In 1881, he was elected to the Chair of Phj-siology in Central University. In 1885-86 was Lecturer on Oral and Dental Surgery in the Hospital College of Medicine. Took a leading part in the establishment of the Louisville College of Dentistry, and now is Emeritus Professor of Oral and Dental Surgery in that insti- tution. For the most time Dr. Smith ' s practice has been limited to dentistry, and in that he has been eminentlj ' successful. 21

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LIEUTENANT SOLOMON FERVIS VESTAL, Lit- ' Uteiiant ' estal was horn in Xortli Carolina May 2, 1864. When he was very young his parents retuoved to Indiana. His early education was received in the public schools near his home and at ali)araiso Normal, ' alparaiso, Ind. In 1,884 lie was appointed a cadet from his district in Indiana to the United States Military Academy, West Point. His four years ' course was finished in iSSS, and he was graduated thirteenth out of a class of forty-five. After his graduation he was assigned as second lieutenant to the Fifth United States Cavalry, stationed in Indian Territory-, and afterward he served with his regiment in Kansas and Texas; then he was promoted to first lieutenant of the Seventh Cavalry. Lieutenant ' estal served with this re,L;inient until August, 1896, when he was detailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at DePauw Uni ' ersit ' , Greencastle. Ind. In the s]iring of 1S97 lie was transferred to the same position at Central Univer- sity. Though Lieutenant ' estal has been here but a short time, he has already ingratiated himself into the hearts )f the jieople of Richmond as well as of the students of the Uiiiversitv.

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JUDGE WILLIAM CHENAULT, Judge William Chenault is a native of Madison county, Ky. He received his collegiate education partly at Georgetown College, in Kentucky, and partly at Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire. Earl - in life he decided to make a lawyer of himself, so, after his graduation, he took a course in law at Harvard. After spending a year in the Harvard Law School, he entered the Cumberland University Law School, Lebanon, Tenn., but was compelled to leave on account of ill health before receiving his degree. He was licensed to practice law by Judge W. C. Goodloe in 1862. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in the circuit presided over by Judge Bramlette and shortly afterward took up his residence in Richmond. His strong grasp of legal principles, aided by his skill in practice, soon ranked him with the ablest lawyers of his circuit. When Central University was located here he was elected a member of the first Board of Curators. In 1880 Judge Chenault went to Louisville to accept the lectureship of Common Law, Equity and Pleading in the University of Louisville. This position he very ably and efficientl - held for five years. During this time some of the ablest judges and lawyers of the State were students under him. He was a frequent contributor to the law jnurnals of Kentucky and other law publications in the West. In 1.SS5 he resigned his position in the University of Louisville, owing to failing health, and went to Fort vScott, Kan., to engage again in the practice of his chosen profession. Here Mr. Chenault was eminently successful. In 1S93, at ' ter regaining his health, he decided to return to his native State. Removed to Richmond and engaged in practice under the firm name of Chenault Bennett. In 1S97 he was elected to his present position as president of the Law School of Central I ' niversitw