Family Group Sheet for the Seaborn SMITH Family

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Submitted by: Daniel Bode
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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.

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