Benjamin Franklin SMITH3,1,4,7,5,6

about 18393,4,5 - 27th Aug 18871,6

Life History

about 1839	Born in Tennessee.3,4,5
between 1862 and 1865	Military in Co C 32nd Texas Dismounted Cavalry.1
28th Aug 1864	Married Mary Isabella HENSON in Cass County, Texas.3,1,5,6,6
10th Apr 1868	Birth of daughter Catherine Jane SMITH in Cass County, Texas.8,7,9,10,4,11,12
9th Jul 1870	Birth of daughter Hester Ann SMITH in Cass County, Texas.4,5,13,14,15
about 1873	Birth of son Charles H SMITH in Texas.4,7
about 1877	Birth of son William L SMITH in Cass County, Texas.4,16,17
Sep 1881	Birth of daughter Ella SMITH in Texas.18
Mar 1887	Resident in Bryan's Mill, Cass, Texas.2
27th Aug 1887	Died in Bowie County, Texas.1,6

Notes

1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 12 July, Precinct 3, District 12, page 60 (scan 150A), Hse/Fam #562
Barcroft, Eliza W F 70 (No Relationship) Widow Farming NC NC NC
Smith, D F [BF] W M 45 (No Relationship) Married Farming TN TN TN
Smith, Mary E W F 38 Wife Married Keeps House TX NC NC

Records from 1909 provide Ben's Civil War record. His wife Mary applied for a confederate widow's pension.

U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Benjamin Franklin Smith
Widow Application 16 Aug 1909 Cass, Texas
Enlisted June 1862, surrendered at end of war
Co C 32nd Texas Dismounted Cavalry
Pension File Number 14852
Spouse Mary I Smith
Marriage 1 Aug 1864 Cass, Texas
Death 27 Aug 1887 Bowie, Texas

An actual summary of service in the file related to Mary's pension request reports that Ben enlisted 4 November 1861. Last service date on record was 22 December 1863, when he was furloughed to go to Texas. The report indicates no further service entry was in the record.

Benjamin Franklin Smith Widow Pension File
War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
September 1, 1909
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensoins
State of Texas
Austin
It is shown by the records that B F Smith, private, Company C, 32d TExas Cavalry, Confederate State Army, enlisted November 4, 1861. On the muster roll of that company dated April 5, 1864 (the last on file), he is reported as "Absent, furloughed for 50 days, 22d December, 1863, by order General Johnston to go to Texas -- supposed to be there yet." No later record of his has been found.

Sources

1. U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
2. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
3. Epperson Genealogy
- Name: Jimmy Epperson;
- Benjamin Franklin Smith, Mary Isabella Henson, http://epperson.eppygen.org/FamilyTree/F390.htm
4. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 12 July, Precinct 3, District 12, page 60 (scan 150A), Hse/Fam #562
5. Harold K Christian, Pedigree Chart, January 1990
6. Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA14846; Roll #: 121; Roll Description: Pension File Nos 14846 to 14895, Application Years 1899 to 1978
7. Ancestry Trees
8. 1910 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- 30 April, Kiowa Township, District 226, page 17B-18A, Hse #306, Fam #311
9. Ancestry Trees
- Christian and related, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v70t0775&id=I08258
10. 1920 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- 31 January, Kiowa Township, District 199, page 18B, Hse #350, Fam #357
11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #18336101, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18336101
12. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 2 July, Marlow Town, District 164, page 18A, Hse #326, Fam #329
13. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 19 June, Marlow Town, District 164, page 8A (scan page 310A), Hse #131, Fam #133
14. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 19 June, District 164, Marlow, Page #310, Family #133
15. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
16. 1920 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- 31 January, Kiowa Township, District 199, page 19A, Hse #350, Fam #357
17. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 26 April, Precinct 3, District 32, Page 10A, Hse #124, Fam #126
18. 1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
- 15 June, Precinct 2, District 7, page 16A, Hse/Fam #281