This tombstone is at Riverside cemetery in Seguin Texas Ezekiel Smith was born 19 October 1781 in Giles County Virginia, Married Susannah Dingess 4 February 1802 in Montgomery County Virginia. He died 28 October 1854 in Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas. Ezekiel and Sussanah had eight children all born in Giles County, Virginia: Paris, Peter D., French C., Charles A. and Gertrude (twins), Eliza The inscription on the tombstone reads: A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF TEXAS IN THE MIER EXPEDITION 1842. BORN IN VIRGINIA, DIED IN SEGUIN, TEXAS OCTOBER 28, 1854 Erected by the State of Texas 1936.
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Ezekiel Smith and wife, Sussanah Dingess Smith, have been described aptly as a pair of rolling stones. They were in Giles County, Virginia in 1820, Warren County, Illinois in 1830 and in Gonzales County, Texas in 1840. Isaac Smith, father of Ezekiel and the first known ancestor, was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1746. He married Hannah Sims in 1770 in Augusta County. Ezekiel was born in Giles County October 19, 1781, married Sussanah Dingess, daughter of Peter Dingess Sr. and Mary "Polly" Smith February 4, 1802 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Ezekiel and Sussanah had eight children all born in Giles County, Virginia: Paris, Peter D., French C., Charles A. and Gertrude (twins), Eliza, and Polly and Harriet (twins).
n the mid-1820's Ezekiel and Sussanah began to move westward. By 1829 Ezekiel and Sussanah, Paris and Dorcas Wilson Smith, William A. and Peter D. were in Warren County, Illinois. The families later relocated across the Mississippi River to what became Burlington, Iowa, operated a ferry and farmed. Paris had a store and was a land surveyor. Ezekiel, Sussanah and son Charles left Iowa to join French C. Smith and his wife, Elizabeth Hector, in Texas. In a claim for state land, Ezekiel attested that he arrived in Texas in May, 1837. French received a land grant in DeWitt's Colony in 1831.
All the Smiths began to move to the area in Gonzales County that became Seguin. Paris and Dorcas were reported to have arrived there July 12, 1840. Ezekiel and French fought in the Texas War for Independence. Ezekiel enlisted in the Texas army for the Somerville Expedition and in the Mier Expedition in 1842. At the age of sixty-two he was with the group of Texan shareholders on the Mier Expedition who chose to cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Mexicans. They were captured and marched to Tampico where Ezekiel remained in prison for two and one-half years before he was released September 16, 1844 to return to Seguin [descendants say he walked the entire distance from Tampico to Seguin--WLM]. Ezekiel Smith died October 28, 1854. Sussanah died October 26, 1848 and both were buried in Riverside Cemetery, Seguin. The Kemp Papers in the Barker Library, The University of Texas at Austin, contain other information. Walter Williams (From The History of Gonzales County, Texas. Reprinted by permission of the Gonzales County Historical Commission). Information found on the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website.
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Ezekiel Smith and wife, Sussanah Dingess Smith, have been described aptly as a pair of rolling stones. They were in Giles County, Virginia in 1820, Warren County, Illinois in 1830 and in Gonzales County, Texas in 1840. Isaac Smith, father of Ezekiel and the first known ancestor, was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1746. He married Hannah Sims in 1770 in Augusta County. Ezekiel was born in Giles County October 19, 1781, married Sussanah Dingess, daughter of Peter Dingess Sr. and Mary "Polly" Smith February 4, 1802 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Ezekiel and Sussanah had eight children all born in Giles County, Virginia: Paris, Peter D., French C., Charles A. and Gertrude (twins), Eliza, and Polly and Harriet (twins).
n the mid-1820's Ezekiel and Sussanah began to move westward. By 1829 Ezekiel and Sussanah, Paris and Dorcas Wilson Smith, William A. and Peter D. were in Warren County, Illinois. The families later relocated across the Mississippi River to what became Burlington, Iowa, operated a ferry and farmed. Paris had a store and was a land surveyor. Ezekiel, Sussanah and son Charles left Iowa to join French C. Smith and his wife, Elizabeth Hector, in Texas. In a claim for state land, Ezekiel attested that he arrived in Texas in May, 1837. French received a land grant in DeWitt's Colony in 1831.
All the Smiths began to move to the area in Gonzales County that became Seguin. Paris and Dorcas were reported to have arrived there July 12, 1840. Ezekiel and French fought in the Texas War for Independence. Ezekiel enlisted in the Texas army for the Somerville Expedition and in the Mier Expedition in 1842. At the age of sixty-two he was with the group of Texan shareholders on the Mier Expedition who chose to cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Mexicans. They were captured and marched to Tampico where Ezekiel remained in prison for two and one-half years before he was released September 16, 1844 to return to Seguin [descendants say he walked the entire distance from Tampico to Seguin--WLM]. Ezekiel Smith died October 28, 1854. Sussanah died October 26, 1848 and both were buried in Riverside Cemetery, Seguin. The Kemp Papers in the Barker Library, The University of Texas at Austin, contain other information. Walter Williams (From The History of Gonzales County, Texas. Reprinted by permission of the Gonzales County Historical Commission). Information found on the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website.
This tombstone is at Riverside cemetery in Seguin Texas Ezekiel Smith was born 19 October 1781 in Giles County Virginia, Married Susannah Dingess 4 February 1802 in Montgomery County Virginia. He died 28 October 1854 in Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas. Ezekiel and Sussanah had eight children all born in Giles County, Virginia: Paris, Peter D., French C., Charles A. and Gertrude (twins), Eliza The inscription on the tombstone reads: A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF TEXAS IN THE MIER EXPEDITION 1842. BORN IN VIRGINIA, DIED IN SEGUIN, TEXAS OCTOBER 28, 1854 Erected by the State of Texas 1936.
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Ezekiel Smith and wife, Sussanah Dingess Smith, have been described aptly as a pair of rolling stones. They were in Giles County, Virginia in 1820, Warren County, Illinois in 1830 and in Gonzales County, Texas in 1840. Isaac Smith, father of Ezekiel and the first known ancestor, was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1746. He married Hannah Sims in 1770 in Augusta County. Ezekiel was born in Giles County October 19, 1781, married Sussanah Dingess, daughter of Peter Dingess Sr. and Mary "Polly" Smith February 4, 1802 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Ezekiel and Sussanah had eight children all born in Giles County, Virginia: Paris, Peter D., French C., Charles A. and Gertrude (twins), Eliza, and Polly and Harriet (twins).
n the mid-1820's Ezekiel and Sussanah began to move westward. By 1829 Ezekiel and Sussanah, Paris and Dorcas Wilson Smith, William A. and Peter D. were in Warren County, Illinois. The families later relocated across the Mississippi River to what became Burlington, Iowa, operated a ferry and farmed. Paris had a store and was a land surveyor. Ezekiel, Sussanah and son Charles left Iowa to join French C. Smith and his wife, Elizabeth Hector, in Texas. In a claim for state land, Ezekiel attested that he arrived in Texas in May, 1837. French received a land grant in DeWitt's Colony in 1831.
All the Smiths began to move to the area in Gonzales County that became Seguin. Paris and Dorcas were reported to have arrived there July 12, 1840. Ezekiel and French fought in the Texas War for Independence. Ezekiel enlisted in the Texas army for the Somerville Expedition and in the Mier Expedition in 1842. At the age of sixty-two he was with the group of Texan shareholders on the Mier Expedition who chose to cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Mexicans. They were captured and marched to Tampico where Ezekiel remained in prison for two and one-half years before he was released September 16, 1844 to return to Seguin [descendants say he walked the entire distance from Tampico to Seguin--WLM]. Ezekiel Smith died October 28, 1854. Sussanah died October 26, 1848 and both were buried in Riverside Cemetery, Seguin. The Kemp Papers in the Barker Library, The University of Texas at Austin, contain other information. Walter Williams (From The History of Gonzales County, Texas. Reprinted by permission of the Gonzales County Historical Commission). Information found on the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website.
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Ezekiel Smith and wife, Sussanah Dingess Smith, have been described aptly as a pair of rolling stones. They were in Giles County, Virginia in 1820, Warren County, Illinois in 1830 and in Gonzales County, Texas in 1840. Isaac Smith, father of Ezekiel and the first known ancestor, was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1746. He married Hannah Sims in 1770 in Augusta County. Ezekiel was born in Giles County October 19, 1781, married Sussanah Dingess, daughter of Peter Dingess Sr. and Mary "Polly" Smith February 4, 1802 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Ezekiel and Sussanah had eight children all born in Giles County, Virginia: Paris, Peter D., French C., Charles A. and Gertrude (twins), Eliza, and Polly and Harriet (twins).
n the mid-1820's Ezekiel and Sussanah began to move westward. By 1829 Ezekiel and Sussanah, Paris and Dorcas Wilson Smith, William A. and Peter D. were in Warren County, Illinois. The families later relocated across the Mississippi River to what became Burlington, Iowa, operated a ferry and farmed. Paris had a store and was a land surveyor. Ezekiel, Sussanah and son Charles left Iowa to join French C. Smith and his wife, Elizabeth Hector, in Texas. In a claim for state land, Ezekiel attested that he arrived in Texas in May, 1837. French received a land grant in DeWitt's Colony in 1831.
All the Smiths began to move to the area in Gonzales County that became Seguin. Paris and Dorcas were reported to have arrived there July 12, 1840. Ezekiel and French fought in the Texas War for Independence. Ezekiel enlisted in the Texas army for the Somerville Expedition and in the Mier Expedition in 1842. At the age of sixty-two he was with the group of Texan shareholders on the Mier Expedition who chose to cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Mexicans. They were captured and marched to Tampico where Ezekiel remained in prison for two and one-half years before he was released September 16, 1844 to return to Seguin [descendants say he walked the entire distance from Tampico to Seguin--WLM]. Ezekiel Smith died October 28, 1854. Sussanah died October 26, 1848 and both were buried in Riverside Cemetery, Seguin. The Kemp Papers in the Barker Library, The University of Texas at Austin, contain other information. Walter Williams (From The History of Gonzales County, Texas. Reprinted by permission of the Gonzales County Historical Commission). Information found on the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website.
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