Death date: 22 Jan 1916
Death place: State Lunatic Asylum, Austin, Travis, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Birthplace: Georgia
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Lawyer
Burial place: Cameron, Tex.
Burial date: 25 Jan 1916
Reference number: death cert no. 2855
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Col. Cyrus R. Smith died in Austin Sunday night, January 23rd, 1916, at 7:30
p.m. His remains were brought to Cameron Monday afternoon and were carried to
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jno. G. Vest, from which place the funeral took
place, Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
During his residence in Cameron Col. Smith was a prominent member of San Andres
Lodge A.F.&A.M., and by the member of this fraternity he was buried with Masonic
honors in Oak Hill cemetery. He was at one time Master of the Lodge and also
High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of Cameron.
Hon. Cyrus R. Smith was born in Cherokee county, Alabama, in 1836 and acquired
his splendid education and legal training in that state. Col. Smith was
prominent among the young men who freely offered his services to his country
between the years of 1861 and 1865. He enlisted in the First Alabama Regiment of
Infantry and served one year in that branch of the service, then entered Ford's
Cavalry Command rising through successive promotions to the Colonelcy of his
regiment. In memory of his gallant services to his country, the local Chapter
United Daughters of Confederacy sent an evergreen wreath tied with red satin
ribbon for his casket. This was one of the many beautiful floral tributes sent
to honor his memory.
Shortly after the Civil War Mr. Smith came to Texas and located in Cameron where
he became the foremost member of the Cameron bar. He enjoyed a large practice
and an enviable reputation in his profession. It was due to his foresight and
care that an abstract of the Milam County Records were preserved when the Court
House was burned April 4, 1874. At great expense and trouble he had made
abstracts of all transfers of property that had been recorded up to that date.
His conspicuous ability was recognized by his being chosen as a member of the
Constitutional Convention which met in Austin in 1876 to revise the Constitution
of Texas. In the labors of this convention he had a prominent place and served
on its most important committees.
In 1868 Col. Smith was married to Miss Cornelia Orr of Talledega County,
Alabama, and they came to Cameron to live. Five children were born to them, one
who died in infancy, Roy E. now a resident of Dallas; Daisy, now Mrs. Eugene
Wallace of this city; Cornelia Eden, now Mrs. John G. Vest of Cameron; and
Minnie Bell now Mrs. R.W. Huri, Jr., of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. His wife and four
children and seventeen grandchildren, with two sisters and one brother survive
him, and to them the sympathy of many friends is extended. The Cameron
Herald, January 27, 1916
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Death date: 22 Jan 1916
Death place: State Lunatic Asylum, Austin, Travis, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Birthplace: Georgia
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Lawyer
Burial place: Cameron, Tex.
Burial date: 25 Jan 1916
Reference number: death cert no. 2855
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Col. Cyrus R. Smith died in Austin Sunday night, January 23rd, 1916, at 7:30
p.m. His remains were brought to Cameron Monday afternoon and were carried to
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jno. G. Vest, from which place the funeral took
place, Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
During his residence in Cameron Col. Smith was a prominent member of San Andres
Lodge A.F.&A.M., and by the member of this fraternity he was buried with Masonic
honors in Oak Hill cemetery. He was at one time Master of the Lodge and also
High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of Cameron.
Hon. Cyrus R. Smith was born in Cherokee county, Alabama, in 1836 and acquired
his splendid education and legal training in that state. Col. Smith was
prominent among the young men who freely offered his services to his country
between the years of 1861 and 1865. He enlisted in the First Alabama Regiment of
Infantry and served one year in that branch of the service, then entered Ford's
Cavalry Command rising through successive promotions to the Colonelcy of his
regiment. In memory of his gallant services to his country, the local Chapter
United Daughters of Confederacy sent an evergreen wreath tied with red satin
ribbon for his casket. This was one of the many beautiful floral tributes sent
to honor his memory.
Shortly after the Civil War Mr. Smith came to Texas and located in Cameron where
he became the foremost member of the Cameron bar. He enjoyed a large practice
and an enviable reputation in his profession. It was due to his foresight and
care that an abstract of the Milam County Records were preserved when the Court
House was burned April 4, 1874. At great expense and trouble he had made
abstracts of all transfers of property that had been recorded up to that date.
His conspicuous ability was recognized by his being chosen as a member of the
Constitutional Convention which met in Austin in 1876 to revise the Constitution
of Texas. In the labors of this convention he had a prominent place and served
on its most important committees.
In 1868 Col. Smith was married to Miss Cornelia Orr of Talledega County,
Alabama, and they came to Cameron to live. Five children were born to them, one
who died in infancy, Roy E. now a resident of Dallas; Daisy, now Mrs. Eugene
Wallace of this city; Cornelia Eden, now Mrs. John G. Vest of Cameron; and
Minnie Bell now Mrs. R.W. Huri, Jr., of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. His wife and four
children and seventeen grandchildren, with two sisters and one brother survive
him, and to them the sympathy of many friends is extended. The Cameron
Herald, January 27, 1916
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