Moses McCoy Smith

Full Name: Moses McCoy Smith
Date of birth: January 21, 1853
Date of death: September 18, 1931

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Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	10	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Pittsburg / Camp		Camp, Upshur
H	10	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Pittsburg / Camp		Camp, Upshur

(1) "M.M. Smith Nominated," The Houston Post, 7/24/1904, p. 19. Pittsburg, Texas, July 23, "M.M. Smith of this county was declared the nominee" for representative. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 10
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pittsburg / Camp
Counties in district: Camp, Upshur

House District 10
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pittsburg / Camp
Counties in district: Camp, Upshur

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Other Resources

Moses McCoy Smith, birth place Douglasville, George; residence place Pittsburg, Texas; child Grady McCoy Smith, as of 5/20/1924. U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925; Kathryn Burdette Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1900 - Moses M. Smith, Camp County, age 46, birth date January 1854 in Georgia, lawyer, wife Fannie, daughter Louise, son Grady.
Census of 1910 - Moses M. Smith, Pittsburg, Camp County, age 56, born circa 1854 in Georgia, lawyer, wife Fannie P., daughter Louisa E., son Grady M.
Census of 1920 - Moses M. Smith, Pittsburg, Camp County, age 64, lawyer/general practice, wife Fonnie P., son Grady, granddaughter Louise Orr.
Census of 1930 - Moses M. Smith, Pittsburg, Camp County, age 76, lawyer/law office, wife Hattie M., daughter Ethel Mitcham, granddaughter Louise Orr. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930
M.M. Smith, birth date 1/21/1853 in Georgia; death date 9/18/1931 in Pittsburg, Camp County, Texas; lawyer, father Moses Smith, mother Loisa; burial in Pittsburg, Texas, on 9/19/1931. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Moses M. Smith, birth date 1/21/1853, death date 9/18/1931, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Pittsburg, Camp County. Includes obituary from Pittsburg Gazette, 9/25/1931. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave. Fannie P. Smith Louisa E. McKoy Smith Moses M. Smith Moses Montgomery Smith
Letter to the News from Moses M. Smith, Representative Tenth District, Pittsburg, Tex., June 23. "Criticism Is Just," 6/26/1905, p. 4. "The News has received the following additional answers in regard to the holding of an extra session to correction the election law." Galveston Daily News.
Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers and Alumni of the University of Georgia, from 1875 to 1894, Alumni, 1877, B.L., Moses M. Smith, Pittsburg, Tex., Lawyer, Mem. Georgia Legislature. Internet Archive.
Col. M.M. Smith, law partner W.T. Roberts of Douglasville. "County News," Carroll Free Press (Carrollton, Georgia), 4/9/1886, p. 3.
"Colonel Moses M. Smith has removed from Douglasville to Birmingham, Ala., where he will resume the practice of his profession. He has been several times mayor of Douglasville, and was a member of the general assembly of 1884-5 . . . , " lawyer, "Prominent Georgia Personals," Atlanta Constitution, 11/11/1887, p. 2. Newspapers.com.
29th Legislature (1905) - M.M. Smith, postoffice Pittsburg, nativity Georgia, age 51 (born circa 1854), lawyer, member of Georgia Legislature 1884-5, 14 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. M.M. Smith, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M.M. Smith, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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30th R.S. - 1907 Judicial Districts Military Affairs Public Grounds and Buildings Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure State Affairs
29th R.S. - 1905 Commerce and Manufactures Criminal Jurisprudence Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs

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