Gipson Smith (1844 - 1912)

Born 30 Jun 1844 in Scott, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jones (Bonds) Smith — married about 1871 in Bosque, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1912 at age 68 in Bosque, Texas, United States

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Biography

Gipson was born in 1844. He was the son of Jack Smith and Margaret Butler.

Gipson (Gip) Smith was the youngest son of John Jackson Smith and Margaret "Peggy" Butler. He was 11 years of age (1855) when his family left Scott County, Mississippi, travelled to Texas and settled in what became known as Smithsbend in Hill County.

Gip went to local schools, then attended Burleson College in Waco. He joined his father in the stock-raising business after one year. At 18 (1862) Gip enlisted in the Nineteenth Texas Cavalry, Co. D, under Colonel Burford and was in the Battle of Yellow Bayou among others. After the Civil War ended, Gip returned home to rebuild his business and assist his father; his stock had been stolen and driven away, but he built up his stock business once again. Gip married Elizabeth "Betty" Bonds in October, 1870, a daughter of Chesley C. Bonds and Martha Burks. They raised five surviving children: Septimus, Lena, Effie, Chesley and Bessie. Gip passed away in 1912 at age 68 and is buried in the Smiths Bend - Coon Creek Cemetery near Smithsbend, along with numerous family members.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/17972281/gipson-smith : accessed 11 May 2021), memorial page for Gipson “Gip” Smith (31 Jun 1844–28 Nov 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17972281, citing Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery, Smiths Bend, Bosque County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Indigo Falls (contributor 46887827) .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-Z86 : 22 December 2020), Gipson 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.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFY-9GV : 18 February 2021), Gibson Smith in entry for J J Smith, 1860.
• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6Y5-J8Q : 22 January 2020), Gip Smith, 1866.
• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLZL-3X9 : 10 March 2021), Gip Smith and Uraula Pittillo, 22 May 1866; citing Bosque, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 989,186.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMP-G3H : 20 February 2021), Gip Smith, 1867.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMP-GJC : 20 February 2021), Gip Smith, 1868.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMP-5C7 : 20 February 2021), Gip Smith, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGK-1HN : 4 January 2021), Gip Smith in entry for Maryann Smith, 1870.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBMP-TDK : 20 February 2021), Gip Smith, 1871.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFG-WJV : 20 February 2021), Gip Smith, Smiths Bend, Bosque, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 12, sheet 420D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,291.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM5-RJP : 20 February 2021), Gip Smith, 1882.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MB-FH4 : accessed 12 May 2021), Gipson Smith, Justice Precinct 6, Bosque, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 11A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1533; FHL microfilm 1,375,546.
• Personal family details of maternal great-grandfather of K. Arnold.