"Texanettes," Shiner Gazette, 5/31/1899, image 3, middle of col. 1. "Col. E.B. Smyth, a pioneer citizen of Mart at one time a member of the legislature and a member of the penitentiary board under the Hogg administration, died very suddenly at that place."
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"Necrological," Houston Daily Post, 5/18/1899, mailable edition, page 2, image 2, near end of col. 6. Smythe - dateline Mexia, Texas, May 16. Biographical sketch/obituary - "Captain E.B. Smythe, of Mexia, Texas, died last night at Mart . . . "
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E.B. Smyth, birth date 1/9/1832, death date 5/15/1899, burial in Mexia City Cemetery, Limestone County.
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E.B. Smyth, "Ready to make laws . . . Eighty members present (House)" (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1.
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"Mortuary," 5/17/1899, p. 4. Dateline, Smyth, Mexia Tex., May 16. "E.B. Smyth, a pioneer citizen of this county, at one time a member of the legislature . . . died suddenly at Mart last night where he had gone a few days ago on business . . . "
Galveston Daily News .
Elias P. Smyth.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Biographical sketch, Hon. Elias Brooks Smyth. Born 1/9/1832 in Abbeville district, "the Palmetto State" (South Carolina). "In 1876 he represented Limestone County in the State Legislature, and in 1891 was appointed by Governor Hogg a Commissioner of the State Penitentiary, which position he now holds." Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 672-673, crediting Palestine Public Library.
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Confederate States Army, "enlisted in a company of which Captain Sanders had command, which was attached to Colonel Bates' regiment, which was stationed on the Texas coast . . . he again enlisted, this time in Colonel Bradford's regiment, in which command he served until the war was over." Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 672-673, crediting Palestine Public Library.
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