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John T. Smith

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East Pease Street, Crockett, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 49° 19' 3.59805", -96° 13' 21.36029999988"
 
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    (March 5, 1815 -- February 16, 1874) New York-born John Titus Smith moved to Texas from Georgia in 1849. He settled on a cotton plantation at McKenzie's Bend on the Trinity River and operated the steamboat Ida Reese. Smith served as Chief Justice (County Judge) of Houston County, 1854-60. He fought in the Confederate Army in the Civil War (1861-1865) and served several terms in the Texas State Legislature. he married Elizabeth Greene Gaines (1819-1860). They had 11 children, six of whom lived to adulthood.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

John T. Smith Historical Marker Location Map, Crockett, Texas

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