...the late Judge Thomas Jackson Smith, who became a resident of Bee county in 1860 and whose death occurred in Beeville on the 27th of May, 1874. Judge Smith was born in Warren county, Georgia, July 27, 1815, and became a pioneer settler of southwest Texas, having moved to this state in 1853, and first located in Guadalupe county; in 1860 he removed to the northern part of Bee county, and six years later located permanently at Beeville, the county seat. Judge Smith was a prominent man in business and public affairs. For several years and at the time of his death he was serving as district and county clerk. He also showed great interest in the public schools and gave valuable assistance in systematizing and promoting their efficiency. It was his distinction to have taught the first public school in his neighborhood at Beeville, Bee county. Mrs. Ray's mother, the wife of Judge Smith, was before her marriage Lugana Roberts, who was born in Blount county, Alabama, in 1821, and died in August, 1901, at Beeville. Judge Smith removed his family from his ranch in the northern part of Bee county in 1866 to a town residence in Beeville, and that continued his home until the end of his life.
The History of Texas and Texans, Vol 4, by Francis W. Johnson, Editor: Eugene C. Barkder, Ernest William Winkler, Page 1636-1637, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914.
The History of Texas and Texans, Vol 4, by Francis W. Johnson, Editor: Eugene C. Barkder, Ernest William Winkler, Page 1636-1637, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914.
...the late Judge Thomas Jackson Smith, who became a resident of Bee county in 1860 and whose death occurred in Beeville on the 27th of May, 1874. Judge Smith was born in Warren county, Georgia, July 27, 1815, and became a pioneer settler of southwest Texas, having moved to this state in 1853, and first located in Guadalupe county; in 1860 he removed to the northern part of Bee county, and six years later located permanently at Beeville, the county seat. Judge Smith was a prominent man in business and public affairs. For several years and at the time of his death he was serving as district and county clerk. He also showed great interest in the public schools and gave valuable assistance in systematizing and promoting their efficiency. It was his distinction to have taught the first public school in his neighborhood at Beeville, Bee county. Mrs. Ray's mother, the wife of Judge Smith, was before her marriage Lugana Roberts, who was born in Blount county, Alabama, in 1821, and died in August, 1901, at Beeville. Judge Smith removed his family from his ranch in the northern part of Bee county in 1866 to a town residence in Beeville, and that continued his home until the end of his life.
The History of Texas and Texans, Vol 4, by Francis W. Johnson, Editor: Eugene C. Barkder, Ernest William Winkler, Page 1636-1637, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914.
The History of Texas and Texans, Vol 4, by Francis W. Johnson, Editor: Eugene C. Barkder, Ernest William Winkler, Page 1636-1637, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914.
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