Hopkins County TX Family Groupsheet for Seaborn SMITH Family *********************************************** Copyright Daniel Bode. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Daniel Bode Email address: danielbode@prodgy.net Husband: Seaborn SMITH Birthdate: Feb 3, 1810 Birthplace: Georgia Death date: April 28, 1896 Place of death: Boyd, Wise Co., Texas Father: Mother: Marriage date: April 5, 1841 Marriage place: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Wife: Elizabeth GOODWIN Birthdate: Jan 3, 1819 Birthplace: Georgia Death date: Feb 11 1873 Place of death: Hortense, Polk Co., Texas Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Sarah Ellen "Sis" SMITH Sex: F Birthdate: July 21, 1842 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: After 1920 Place of death: Marriage date: Jan 6, 1861 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Henry BROCK Child No. 2: John Porter SMITH Sex: M Birthdate: July 22, 1843 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: April 8, 1919 Place of death: Gibtown, Jack Co., Texas Marriage date: June 17, 1865 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Nancy Jane BEARD Child No. 3: Rebecca Jane SMITH Sex: F Birthdate: Oct 9, 1845 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: Oct 26, 1927 Place of death: Cumby Community, Hopkins Co., Texas Marriage date: Dec 17, 1866 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Lenard Ferguson COKER Child No. 4: William Harrison SMITH Sex: M Birthdate: June 4, 1847 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: April 18, 1925 Place of death: Perrin, Jack Co., Texas Marriage date: Dec 19, 1892 Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas Spouse's name: Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" ODELL Child No. 5: Seaborn Thadeas SMITH Sex: Birthdate: Dec 10, 1848 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: April 7, 1913 Place of death: Eastman, Love Co., Oklahoma Marriage date: March 12, 1873 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Julia Emma MURRAH Child No. 6: James Monroe SMITH Sex: M Birthdate: Oct 5, 1851 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: Sept 27, 1915 Place of death: Livingston, Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: Dec 26, 1883 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: Georgia Ann CANON Child No. 7: Catherine Garnett "Dollie" SMITH Sex: F Birthdate: May 28, 1853 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: Feb 14, 1950 Place of death: Segno, Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: Nov 29, 1905 Marriage place: Wise Co., Texas Spouse's name: John DITMORE Child No. 8: Missouri Frances "Pinkie" SMITH Sex: F Birthdate: Jan 4, 1855 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: Aug 30, 1934 Place of death: Boyd, Wise Co., Texas Marriage date: April 25, 1878 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: William H. "Bill" BARNETT Child No. 9: Nancy Elizabeth "Bettie" SMITH Sex: F Birthdate: Oct 14, 1857 Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Death date: Jan 6, 1942 Place of death: Dayton, Liberty Co., Texas Marriage date: Dec 31, 1882 Marriage place: Polk Co., Texas Spouse's name: John Israel CANON Child No. 10: Dorcas Elvira "Missie" SMITH Sex: F Birthdate: July 22, 1861 Birthplace: Hortense, Polk Co., Texas Death date: Dec 12, 1933 Place of death: near Segno, Polk Co., Texas Marriage date: Dec 18, 1884 Marriage place: Wise Co., Texas Spouse's name: Radford Ellis "Rad" GRIFFIN Documentation: *The oldest Smith daughter, Sarah Ellen, was widowed when her husband, Henry Brock, died June 8, 1866. Sarah Ellen remarried on Feb. 22, 1877, in Polk Co., Texas, to Mr. Mentus Nicholas. Sources: Records from the courthouses in Polk, Wise, and Jack Counties in Texas. Interviews with Mrs. Emma Griffin Hilton, daughter of Missie and Rad Griffin. Family Bible of Seaborn and Elizabeth Goodwin Smith Tombstone inscriptions from cemeteries in Polk, Wise, and Jack Counties.