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    Submitted by: Sheryl Williams
    Email address: <sherwillia60@sbcglobal.net>
 

    Husband: Samuel HIGHSMITH
    Birthdate: 1804
    Birthplace: Boone County, Kentucky
    Death date: 11 Jan 1849
    Place of death: San Antonio, Texas
    Burial: Unmarked grave in Market Plaza, San Antonio, Texas
    Father: Benjamin HIGHSMITH
    Mother: Abigail (Mrs.) MORRIS

    Marriage date: 4 Sep 1826
    Marriage place: Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri

    Wife: Teresa WILLIAMS
    Birthdate: c1809
    Birthplace: Tennessee
    Death date: 23 Nov 1873
    Place of death: Bastrop, Texas
    Burial: Bastrop City Cemetery
    Father: William WILLIAMS
    Mother: Mary Elizabeth WILLIAMS Williams Turner
 

    CHILDREN

    Child No. 1: Malcijah Benjamin (Kige) HIGHSMITH
    Sex: M
    Birthdate: 17 May 1827
    Birthplace: Old Caney, Bazoria Co., Texas
    Death date: 04 May 1893
    Place of death: Bastrop, Texas
    Burial:
    Marriage date: 1851
    Marriage place: Bastrop Co., Texas
    Spouse's name: Evaline COUPEE

    Child No. 2: Sarah Jane HIGHSMITH
    Sex: F
    Birthdate: 13 Nov 1830
    Birthplace: Gonzales, Texas
    Death date: 1902
    Place of death: Hutto, Williamson Co., Texas
    Burial:
    Marriage date: 21 Jul 1851
    Marriage place: Bastrop Co., Texas
    Spouse's name: John TOMLINSON

    Child No. 3: Amanda Louisa HIGHSMITH
    Sex: F
    Birthdate: 1832
    Birthplace: Gonzales, Texas
    Death date:
    Place of death:
    Burial:
    Marriage date: 3 Mar 1852
    Marriage place: Bastrop County, Texas
    Spouse's name: John R. ARMSTRONG

    Child No. 4: Henry Albert HIGHSMITH
    Sex: M
    Birthdate: 11 Jan 1843
    Birthplace: Bastrop, Texas
    Death date: 19 Mar 1930
    Place of death: Hutto, Williamson Co., Texas
    Burial:
    Marriage date: 31 Jul 1867
    Marriage place:
    Spouse's name: Sarah A. MCCUTCHEON

    Child No. 5: Edwin W. HIGHSMITH
    Sex: M
    Birthdate: 1845
    Birthplace:
    Death date:
    Place of death:
    Marriage date: 4 Mar 1863
    Burial:
    Marriage place:
    Spouse's name: Lela (?) DABNEY
 
 

    Documentation: 1)Researcher: BEN GRIMES bengrimes@cox.net -Descendants
    of BENJAMIN HIGHSMITH
    2)Bibliography:Maude Wallis Traylor "CaptainSamuel Highsmith, Ranger",
    FRONTIER TIMES XVII APRIL 1940.
    3)"Adventures of Benjamin Highsmith" -
    http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/highsmithben.htm
    4)DeWitt Colony Land Grants -
    http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/landgrants.htm
    5)San Jacinto Veterans -http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/sanjvets.htm
    6)Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website has fabulous information about this
    family and many other early Texas pioneers.
    http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewitt.htm .