Thomas Wesley Smith
Surname: Smith
Given Name: Thomas Wesley
Sex: M
Birth: 1830 in Kentucky
Marriage 1 Margaret Hope Arnold b: 8 Oct 1834 in Connecticut
Children
Owen F. Smith b: ABT 1861 in Texas
Estelle Smith b: ABT 1864 in Texas
Maggie Smith b: ABT 1867 in Texas
Willie Smith b: ABT 1870 in Texas
Lesslie Smith b: ABT 1873 in Texas
Lula Smith b: ABT 1875 in Texas
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Appointed Montgomery County Sheriff at 21 years of age on March 29, 1851, and served until August 2, 1852.
While Sheriff, Smith organized deputies to effectively stop cattle rustling in Montgomery County. He married Margaret Hope Arnold in 1855 and appointed as a captain in the Confederate Army in 1861. In 1873, Captain Smith builds the "Old Crawford House" and later an opera house in Willis, Texas. Captain Smith and his son Owen owned a tobacco plantation and built the first brick cigar factory. In addition to his accomplishments, Captain Smith was a merchant, planter, private backer and a Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge from 1868 to 1872. It was thought that he was instrumental in providing the railroad ties and labor to build the railroad between Willis and New Waverly.
Contributor: Fadi Rizk
Surname: Smith
Given Name: Thomas Wesley
Sex: M
Birth: 1830 in Kentucky
Marriage 1 Margaret Hope Arnold b: 8 Oct 1834 in Connecticut
Children
Owen F. Smith b: ABT 1861 in Texas
Estelle Smith b: ABT 1864 in Texas
Maggie Smith b: ABT 1867 in Texas
Willie Smith b: ABT 1870 in Texas
Lesslie Smith b: ABT 1873 in Texas
Lula Smith b: ABT 1875 in Texas
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Appointed Montgomery County Sheriff at 21 years of age on March 29, 1851, and served until August 2, 1852.
While Sheriff, Smith organized deputies to effectively stop cattle rustling in Montgomery County. He married Margaret Hope Arnold in 1855 and appointed as a captain in the Confederate Army in 1861. In 1873, Captain Smith builds the "Old Crawford House" and later an opera house in Willis, Texas. Captain Smith and his son Owen owned a tobacco plantation and built the first brick cigar factory. In addition to his accomplishments, Captain Smith was a merchant, planter, private backer and a Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge from 1868 to 1872. It was thought that he was instrumental in providing the railroad ties and labor to build the railroad between Willis and New Waverly.
Contributor: Fadi Rizk
Thomas Wesley Smith
Surname: Smith
Given Name: Thomas Wesley
Sex: M
Birth: 1830 in Kentucky
Marriage 1 Margaret Hope Arnold b: 8 Oct 1834 in Connecticut
Children
Owen F. Smith b: ABT 1861 in Texas
Estelle Smith b: ABT 1864 in Texas
Maggie Smith b: ABT 1867 in Texas
Willie Smith b: ABT 1870 in Texas
Lesslie Smith b: ABT 1873 in Texas
Lula Smith b: ABT 1875 in Texas
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Appointed Montgomery County Sheriff at 21 years of age on March 29, 1851, and served until August 2, 1852.
While Sheriff, Smith organized deputies to effectively stop cattle rustling in Montgomery County. He married Margaret Hope Arnold in 1855 and appointed as a captain in the Confederate Army in 1861. In 1873, Captain Smith builds the "Old Crawford House" and later an opera house in Willis, Texas. Captain Smith and his son Owen owned a tobacco plantation and built the first brick cigar factory. In addition to his accomplishments, Captain Smith was a merchant, planter, private backer and a Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge from 1868 to 1872. It was thought that he was instrumental in providing the railroad ties and labor to build the railroad between Willis and New Waverly.
Contributor: Fadi Rizk
Surname: Smith
Given Name: Thomas Wesley
Sex: M
Birth: 1830 in Kentucky
Marriage 1 Margaret Hope Arnold b: 8 Oct 1834 in Connecticut
Children
Owen F. Smith b: ABT 1861 in Texas
Estelle Smith b: ABT 1864 in Texas
Maggie Smith b: ABT 1867 in Texas
Willie Smith b: ABT 1870 in Texas
Lesslie Smith b: ABT 1873 in Texas
Lula Smith b: ABT 1875 in Texas
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Appointed Montgomery County Sheriff at 21 years of age on March 29, 1851, and served until August 2, 1852.
While Sheriff, Smith organized deputies to effectively stop cattle rustling in Montgomery County. He married Margaret Hope Arnold in 1855 and appointed as a captain in the Confederate Army in 1861. In 1873, Captain Smith builds the "Old Crawford House" and later an opera house in Willis, Texas. Captain Smith and his son Owen owned a tobacco plantation and built the first brick cigar factory. In addition to his accomplishments, Captain Smith was a merchant, planter, private backer and a Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge from 1868 to 1872. It was thought that he was instrumental in providing the railroad ties and labor to build the railroad between Willis and New Waverly.
Contributor: Fadi Rizk
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