Gideon Smith
Full Name: Gideon SmithDate of birth: April 10, 1815
Date of death: February 15, 1892
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 4 | Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 | 7th (1) | Bonham / Fannin | Fannin |
(1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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House District 4
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 Legislatures: 7th (1) Home City/County: Bonham / Fannin Counties in district: Fannin |
(1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- SMITH, GIDEON (1815-1892). Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, 9th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Sims'), Company B, enlistment date 10/14/1862, discharge date 5/26/1862. Gideon Smith, birth date 4/10/1815, death date 2/15/1892, burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, Troop B, 9th Regiment, Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Gideon Smith, birth date 4/10/1815, death date 2/15/1892, burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County. Biographical sketch in the Bonham News, 5/4/1909. Find a Grave.
- Confederate States Army, Captain, 9th Texas Cavalry; Colonel, 2nd Cavalry Texas State Troops. Gideon Smith. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Texas State Troops, p. 35. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- Relatives: Nathan A. Smith - father; Gideon Smith - son. "From Slave Days to the Present: A Fannin County Story," 2/28/2009. North Texas e-News.
- Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Committee Information top
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7th R.S. - 1857
Privileges and Elections Slaves and Slavery Tax Laws and Payment of Taxes Upon Real Estate |
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