C Burton Smith (1832 - 1856)

Born 30 Apr 1832 in Scott, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Jul 1856 at age 24 in Bosque, Texas, United States

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Biography

C was born in 1832. He was the son of Jack Smith and Margaret Butler. He passed away in 1856. He was married to Isabella Jane Hearne. He attended the University of North Carolina, receiving a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Jun 1855.^[1][2]

After his father acquired land in Bosque County, he and his wife went there to begin a settlement on land his father had purchased close to the Brazos River. he was with a group that went out to hunt a bear that had been raiding the livestock. He drank water from the river and died right after that. He was the first burial in Coon Creek Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Educational Institutions. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
2. ↑ Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina) 13 Jun 1855, from https://www.newspapers.com/image/56472027
3. ↑ Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91038/: accessed March 17, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-Z8C : 22 December 2020), Burton Smith in household of John J Smith, Scott, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/17972227/c.-burton-smith : accessed 11 May 2021), memorial page for C. Burton “Burt” Smith (30 Apr 1832–5 Jul 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17972227, citing Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery, Smiths Bend, Bosque County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Indigo Falls (contributor 46887827) .