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Dr. D. Port Smythe

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Lockhart, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 56' 37.60545999984", -97° 40' 22.79799000012"
 
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    (1824-1889) Pioneer Lockhart physician, from Alabama. Studied medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Was Civil War surgeon, Texas Mounted Rifles and Cavalry, on Texas frontier and in Louisiana, Arkansas and Indian Territory. Typical of Texas Confederates, his letters home show concern for wife and children: contain instructions on teaching child to read, crops, plowing, animal care, fences, debt collection. Professor of chemistry, 1871, Galveston Medical college. A&M College physician, 1879-82. First to serve full time in any Texas college or university.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Dr. D. Port Smythe Historical Marker Location Map, Lockhart, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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