Civil War veteran
Major (Confederate Army) John Mayrant Smith was born May 31, 1842. He and his wife, Mary Terry Smith, moved to Dallas from Galveston shortly after the hurricane there in 1900.
His wife was the daughter of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, 8th Texas Cavalry of Terry's Texas Rangers. His statue (on horseback) is on the State Capitol grounds in Austin.
Major Smith had two sons: Franklin Mayrant Smith, born February 26, 1874, died December 1957 and William R. Smith, born January 20, 1872, died April 21, 1940.
Courtesy Robert Mayrant Robinson, Jr. for Proud Heritage, Volume III by Dallas County Pioneer Association. Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
Major (Confederate Army) John Mayrant Smith was born May 31, 1842. He and his wife, Mary Terry Smith, moved to Dallas from Galveston shortly after the hurricane there in 1900.
His wife was the daughter of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, 8th Texas Cavalry of Terry's Texas Rangers. His statue (on horseback) is on the State Capitol grounds in Austin.
Major Smith had two sons: Franklin Mayrant Smith, born February 26, 1874, died December 1957 and William R. Smith, born January 20, 1872, died April 21, 1940.
Courtesy Robert Mayrant Robinson, Jr. for Proud Heritage, Volume III by Dallas County Pioneer Association. Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
Civil War veteran
Major (Confederate Army) John Mayrant Smith was born May 31, 1842. He and his wife, Mary Terry Smith, moved to Dallas from Galveston shortly after the hurricane there in 1900.
His wife was the daughter of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, 8th Texas Cavalry of Terry's Texas Rangers. His statue (on horseback) is on the State Capitol grounds in Austin.
Major Smith had two sons: Franklin Mayrant Smith, born February 26, 1874, died December 1957 and William R. Smith, born January 20, 1872, died April 21, 1940.
Courtesy Robert Mayrant Robinson, Jr. for Proud Heritage, Volume III by Dallas County Pioneer Association. Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
Major (Confederate Army) John Mayrant Smith was born May 31, 1842. He and his wife, Mary Terry Smith, moved to Dallas from Galveston shortly after the hurricane there in 1900.
His wife was the daughter of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, 8th Texas Cavalry of Terry's Texas Rangers. His statue (on horseback) is on the State Capitol grounds in Austin.
Major Smith had two sons: Franklin Mayrant Smith, born February 26, 1874, died December 1957 and William R. Smith, born January 20, 1872, died April 21, 1940.
Courtesy Robert Mayrant Robinson, Jr. for Proud Heritage, Volume III by Dallas County Pioneer Association. Dallas Gateway: Dallas County Pioneers
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