William Calhoun died in June 1841, and Elizabeth took her children, Samuel Daniel, William Turner, John Richard, and infant Elizabeth “Lizzie” to Texas escorted by Francis Stanton Latham, her brother-in-law who had married Elizabeth’s sister Jane Catherine Smith. Elizabeth’s father, James Norman Smith, had moved to Texas from Tipton County, Tennessee in 1840.
On 30 January, 1848, Elizabeth Hungerford Smith Calhoun married John D. Barnhill, a widower with no children, in DeWitt County, Texas. They had three daughters, Martha C. “Mattie, Sarah “Sallie”, and Lydia “Libbie”.
Elizabeth Hungerford Smith Calhoun Barnhill died in February, 1864, while her sons Samuel Daniel and John Richard were serving the Confederacy.
>>THIS Samuel Daniel Calhoun was NOT descended from James Neely Calhoun and Winnifred Woodard. See copy of Death Certificate attached.<<
Additional supporting information:
"The History of DeWitt County, Texas" Pages 334-335
James Norman Smith memoirs, several references
“Our Calhoun Family” by Orval Calhoun
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William Calhoun died in June 1841, and Elizabeth took her children, Samuel Daniel, William Turner, John Richard, and infant Elizabeth “Lizzie” to Texas escorted by Francis Stanton Latham, her brother-in-law who had married Elizabeth’s sister Jane Catherine Smith. Elizabeth’s father, James Norman Smith, had moved to Texas from Tipton County, Tennessee in 1840.
On 30 January, 1848, Elizabeth Hungerford Smith Calhoun married John D. Barnhill, a widower with no children, in DeWitt County, Texas. They had three daughters, Martha C. “Mattie, Sarah “Sallie”, and Lydia “Libbie”.
Elizabeth Hungerford Smith Calhoun Barnhill died in February, 1864, while her sons Samuel Daniel and John Richard were serving the Confederacy.
>>THIS Samuel Daniel Calhoun was NOT descended from James Neely Calhoun and Winnifred Woodard. See copy of Death Certificate attached.<<
Additional supporting information:
"The History of DeWitt County, Texas" Pages 334-335
James Norman Smith memoirs, several references
“Our Calhoun Family” by Orval Calhoun
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