Family Group Record for Joseph P. and Minerva Ann Hall Smith SUBMITTED BY: Sandra Smith Gwilliam EMAIL: sandyscouter@yahoo.com *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** ================================================================================ Husband: Joseph P. SMITH ================================================================================ Birthdate: Abt 1825 - , Lincoln, Tennessee Death date: Abt 1860 Buried: Abt 1860 - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Father: General James Smith (1792-1854) Mother: Hannah Parker (Abt 1799-1864) Marriage: 23 Nov 1845 Place: , Rusk, Texas ================================================================================ Wife: Minerva Ann HALL ================================================================================ Birthdate: 7 Sep 1829 - , Bedford, Tennessee Death date: 13 Jan 1898 - Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas Buried: Abt 15 Jan 1898 - Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche, Texas Father: John Hall (1780-1840) Mother: Susanna (1788-1840) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Spouse: Ezekiel Huckabee (1836-1902) Date: 24 Dec 1876 - , Coryell, Texas ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M James Jasper Smith Birthdate: 10 Dec 1848 - Henderson, Rusk, Texas Death date: 23 Jan 1890 - , Comanche, Texas Buried: - Ninevah Cemetery, Comanche, Texas Spouse: Mary Josephine Hall (1852-1941) Marr. Date: 24 Nov 1872 - , Coryell, Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M John Thomas Smith Birthdate: Abt 1851 - , , Texas Spouse: Lucy J. (Abt 1856- ) Marr. Date: Abt 1875 - , , Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 F Hannah Texana Smith Birthdate: May 1853 - , Rusk, Texas Death date: 2 Oct 1919 - Abilene, Taylor, Texas Buried: - Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas Spouse: James Johnson Black (Abt 1830-1888) Marr. Date: 13 May 1874 - , Coryell, Texas Spouse: Williamson Milner (Abt 1845- ) Marr. Date: 3 Dec 1868 - Henderson, Rusk, Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Delilah Jo Smith Birthdate: 26 Jul 1857 - , Rusk, Texas Death date: 24 May 1927 - Durango, La Plata, Colorado Buried: - Cedar Hill, San Juan, New Mexico Spouse: Henry Mattison Smith (1854-1925) Marr. Date: 24 Jan 1875 - , Coryell, Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 M Wm Smith (may have been a mistake on the 1860 census-is not in Joseph Smith probate) Birthdate: Abt 1857 - , , Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Research Notes & sources (Husband) ================================================================================ (1) 1850 Rusk Texas Census (2) War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae (3) p. 215 Nacogdoches Archives transcribed by R.B. Blake vol XLVIII (4) Marriages of Rusk Texas FHL film 1020943 (index in 1020942) (5) Probate records of Rusk County Texas Volume I FHL film # 1020931 Rusk County Court probate records Volume I No 659 pages 40-45; 76-78 Guardianship of James Smith Et Al. ================================================================================ Research Notes (Wife) ================================================================================ (1) 1850 Rusk Texas Census (2) John A. Hall Bible record (3) Probate records for John Hall (4) 1860 Rusk county Texas census next door to Hannah Smith (5) Marriages of Coryell County Texas to Ezekiel Huckabee Marriage: FHL film 0984711 Marriage book D1 page 208. "E. Huckabee and Miss M. A. Smith December 24, 1876" (6) Comanche County, Texas, Cemetery Records -Sipe Springs Cemetery At Sipe Springs Cemetery you can find: HUCKABEE EZEKIEL 4 December 1836 30 November 1902 HUCKABEE MINERVA A. Wife of E. Huckabee 7 September 1829 13January 1898 Also at Sipe Springs Cemetery HUCKABEE GEORGE M. 15 November1861 11 February 1896 (7) Both Minerva Ann Hall Smith Huckabee and Ezekiel are buried next to Dilly and HM Smith's children in Sipe Springs Cemetery. The cemetery records say she was Minerva Ann born in 1829 in Tennessee. (8) Guardianship papers for a Delia or Dila Smith [it is spelled both ways] . H M Smith Sr. became Delia's guardian about 2 years before a Miss Dillie Smith married Henry M. Smith Jr. Last Modified: 14 Jun 2006