Jabez M. Smith
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Jabez M. Smith (died 1891) was a delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention in Arkansas, served in the Confederate Army, served as a delegate at the 1874 Akansas Constitutional Convention, and served as a judge in Arkansas. He acquired the Rowland-Lenz House and his brother David Smith lived there.[1]
He was a delegate at the 1861 secession convention, he voted to leave the Union,[3] He served in the Eleventh Arkansas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has a photo of him.[4] He was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention. He became a circuit court judge in Saline County, Arkansas.[5]
Relation to Dr. Jabez Melville Smith (born August 10 , 1843) of Coffeeville and then Yalobusha County?
Married Elizabeth Gibbs April 27, 1871.
Correspondence[6]
In 1866, Unionist J. M. Tibbets wrote to him as a senator, withdrawing as a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ Representatives, Arkansas General Assembly House of (August 8, 1870). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Saline County in the Civil War". arkansascivilwar150.thesocialinnovation.net.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ "Jabez M. Smith letter, 1861". Finding Aids. April 27, 2021.
- ^ "Mississippi Official and Statistical Register". August 8, 1904 – via Google Books.
- ^ Representatives, Arkansas General Assembly House of (August 8, 1870). "Journal" – via Google Books.