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Seaborn Smith
3 Feb 1810 – 28 Apr 1896
| Birth | 3 Feb 1810 |
| Death | 28 Apr 1896 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Grove Cemetery #02 Boyd , Wise County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Daniel Bode on 15 Feb 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28976056 |
Bio
Seaborn Smith married Elizabeth Goodwin on April 5, 1841, in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. They were the parents of 10 children: four sons and six daughters. The Smith Family moved to Polk County, Texas, in 1856. Seaborn Smith purchased 640-acres on Bear Creek in what became known later as the community of Hortense. After the death of his wife in 1873, Seaborn Smith remained in Polk County until the mid-1880's when he moved to Wise County, Texas, where several of his children had settled. Seaborn Smith sold 640-acres of land to J. C. Feagin on June 1, 1881. This document for the deed of sale was not filed in the Polk County Courthouse in Livingston until August 25, 1885. Seaborn Smith still owned 200-acres of land in Polk County at the time of his death in 1896. At his death in 1896 at the age of 86 years, Seaborn Smith was survived by his 10 children: Sarah Ellen Smith Nicholas and her husband, Minityre Nicholas of Wise County, Texas; John P. Smith and his wife, Nancy J. Beard Smith of Jack County, Texas; Rebecca Jane Smith Coker of Hopkins County, Texas; William H. Smith and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Odell Smith, of Wise County, Texas; Seaborn T. Smith and his wife, Julia Emma Murrah Smith of the Indian Territory; J. Monroe Smith and his wife, Georgia Canon Smith, of Polk County, Texas; Miss Dollie Smith of Wise County, Texas; Frances "Pinkie" Smith Barnett and her husband, William H. Barnett, of Wise County, Texas; Nancy E. "Bettie" Smith Canon and her husband, John I. Canon, of Polk County, Texas, and Dorcas E. "Missie" Smith Griffin and her husband, Radford E. Griffin, of Polk County, Texas. Seaborn Smith had 42 living grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. ********************************************************* Seaborn Smith was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Goodwin Smith, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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In memory of our Father Gone but not forgotten.
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Family
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Children
- Sarah Ellen "Sis" Smith Nicholas 1842–1926
- John Porter Smith 1843–1919
- Rebecca Jane Smith Coker 1845–1927
- William Harrison "Bill" Smith 1847–1925
- Seaborn Thadeas "Toby" Smith 1848–1913
- James Monroe Smith 1851–1915
- Dollie Smith Ditmore 1853–1950
- Francis Missouri "Pinkie" Smith Barnett 1855–1934
- Nancy Elizabeth "Bettie" Smith Canon 1857–1942
- Dorcas Elvira "Missie" Smith Griffin 1861–1933
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