Day Kellogg Smith, 32° KCCH
(Jan 16, 1845-Sep 14, 1894)

32° Western Consistory of Mo, Kansas City
1889 - Knight Commander of the Court of Honour

Member, Ararat Shrine Temple

Occupation: Superintendant of the Kansas City Belt Railway; President of the Calumet Construction Company and Duluth Transportation Railway.
Interred: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.

Day Kellogg Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 16, 1845 where his father, Charles Smith, was a prominent merchant. Day acquired his education in the public schools of the city then entered the railroad service as a telegraph operator and was quickly advanced to train dispatcher. At the young age of twenty-two he was promoted to superintendant of a branch of the Wabash railroad in Illinois. In 1875 he acquired employment with the Union Pacific Railroad at Cheyenne and at South Park as a division superintendant. In 1885 he came to Kansas City and was appointed superintendant of the Kansas City Belt Railway that was still under construction. In 1892 he resigned to accept the position of president of the Calumet Construction Company building and operating the Duluth Transportation Railway in Duluth, Minnesota where he remained until his death from tuberculosis at All Saints Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri on September 14, 1894.

He was survived by his sons, Day K., Fred K. of Kansas City and Robert O. of Seattle and his daughter Winifred K.

He was an active Mason, becoming a 32° member of the Scottish Rite and was a member of the Mystic Shrine.