Frances "Fanny" Smith: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Frances "Fanny" Smith was born in 1854 in Texas (daughter of Thomas Floyd Smith and Ella Ann Lowrey); died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 12 Jun 1880, Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1880 Census: age 26, b TX; Father TN, mother PA.
According to Kirby, she died "around 1890 along with their children."

Census:
12 Jun 1880 Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas

210 Court, William 21 work at saw mill TX - TX
Darinda, 22 wife Texas Georgia Texas
Danie 3 dau TX
Benton 1 son TX

211
J.M. COURT Self M Male W 50 LA Wagoning ENGLAND LA
Julia A. COURT Wife M Female W 43 TN Keeping House NC AL
Helma (Helmer) COURT Son S Male W 18 TX Wagoner LA TN
James COURT Son S Male W 15 TX At Home LA TN
Annie COURT Dau S Female W 12 TX At Home LA TN
Lillian COURT Dau S Female W 8 TX At Home LA TN
Fannie COURT Dau S Female W 5 TX At Home LA TN
Emmet COURT Son S Male W 3 TX At Home LA TN
Viola COURT Dau S Female W 11M TX At Home LA TN

213
Court, Clifton 25 1855 raftsman TX LA TN
Fannie 26 1854 TX TN TN
Ella M. 3 1877 TX

(Peter Stockholm & Pierre Frugia in this community. No Sparks or Blocks or Burrrells. Must be Beaumont proper.)

Frances married Henry Clifton Courts, Sr on 31 Dec 1874 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Henry (son of James* Madison Court and Julia* Ann Sparks) was born on 5 Jul 1854 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 18 May 1938 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

story told by Kirby Courts and apparently by several other Courts family members:
"Cliff had six children in a previous marriage. The family died of yellow fever in the epidemic of the 1880s. My father Coley said, his father would never talk about his first family."

Jun 12 1880 he is shown in Aurora (Port Arthur) with wife Fannie and Ella M. age 3, living one residence away from James & Julia. Record of his marriage to Fannie was 31 Dec 1874. The other children had to have been born between likely after 1878/9 and bef about 1890. It would take about 10 years to have 5 more children; so the deaths must have been about 1890-91.

Married:
Name: Clifton Courts
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 31 Dec 1874

Spouse: Frances Smith

Marriage City: Jefferson
Marriage State: Texas

Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900

Children:

Ella M. Courts was born in 1877 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).
(5 other children) Courts was born between 1878 and 1889 in Sabine Pass; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).

Generation: 2

Thomas Floyd Smith was born in 1819 in Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 25 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
Census: 3 Aug 1860, Newton, Jasper Co, Texas
Census: 1 Jul 1870, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
(Asst Marshal: Worthy Patridge)
(census page does not say "Sabine Pass" but other Sabine Pass residents are nearby)
(ancestry images - pg 32 of 38)

25 Oct 1850
residence 221
John Railey 51 1799 Georgia laborer
Delinda Railey 34 1816 LA (Malinda Cole Johnson)
Elisabeth Railey 17 1833 LA (step-dau Elizabeth Johnson)
James Railey 14 1836 TX (step-son James Johnson)
Nancy Railey 13 1837 TX (step-dau Nancy Johnson)
Sally Railey 12 1838 TX (step-dau Sally Johnson)
Moses Railey 7 1843 TX (step-son Moses Johnson)
Christian Railey 2 1848 TX
James Hayes 23 1827 LA laborer
Emily Hayes 21 1829 TX
Alzena Hayes 2 1848 2
Matilda Hayes 0 6/12 TX 1850

residence 223
Clubb, Thos B. 32 1818 SC laborer
Clubb Maria 24 1826 TX
Clubb William C. 1846
Clubb Sarah 1 1849
Burris Enos 1801 Canada blacksmith
Gibson Robert 20 1830 England laborer
Willis John 16 1834 TX laborer (relation unk)
Willis William 49 1801 TN laborer (relation unk)
Willis William J. 14 1836 LA laborer (relatin unk)
Wilson John 27 1823 LA laborer (relation unk)
Taylor John 39 1811 TN laborer (relation unk)

residence 224
Thomas F. Smith 31 1819 carpenter Tennessee
Ella A. 26 1824 Pennsylvania
Nancy F. 4 1846 Louisiana
William M. 2 1848 Texas
Sarah L. Lawrey 14 1836 Ohio (prob sis-in-law)
James Penrod 18 1832 laborer Illinois (relation unk)
James Dyson 57 1793 saddler Mississippi (relation unk)

nearby:
Solomon Sparks and Martha family
John Sparks and Melinda family and James Court and Julia Ann

Census:
3 Aug 1860 Newton, Jasper Co, Texas
Smith, Thomas 41 1819 Tennessee carpenter
Smith, Ella 36 1824 Pennsylvania
Nancy 14 1846 Louisiana
William H. 1848 12 Texas
Parmelia 8 1852 Texas
Ella 5 1855 Texas
Thomas 1 1859 Texas

Census:
1870 Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
residence 190
J F Smith 57 1813 Tennessee wheelwright 325, 250
Ella Smith 46 1824 Pennsylvania
Nancy Smith 24 1846 Louisiana
William H Smith 21 1849 farmer Texas
Francis Smith 16 1854 Texas
Ella Smith 14 1856 Texas
Thomas Smith 11 1859 Texas
John Smith 5 1865 Texas

residence 192
J.J.F. Gilliland 38 1832 saw miller Pennsylvania
Anna M. Gilliland 33 Maryland (died 1873 in Jeff Co.)
William N. Gilliland 2 1868 Texas
(william N. m Clara E Broussard, dau of Moise Broussard)

Mentioned in THE GREAT STORM OF 1886:
A DAY OF AGONY AND DEATH AT
SABINE PASS, TEXAS
By W. T. Block
Reprinted from Beaumont ENTERPRISE, January 9, 1977.
Sources: Galveston DAILY NEWS, October 14-21, 1886.

"After the 1886 (Oct 12) storm had subsided, all that remained intact was Gus Higby's store and the residences of Dr. J. J. L. Gilliland and W. F. McClanahan, the town's
publisher and printer."

Thomas married Ella Ann Lowrey about 1845. Ella was born in 1824 in Green Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ella Ann Lowrey was born in 1824 in Green Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 25 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
25 Oct 1850
residence 221
John Railey 51 1799 Georgia laborer
Delinda Railey 34 1816 LA (Malinda Cole Johnson)
Elisabeth Railey 17 1833 LA (step-dau Elizabeth Johnson)
James Railey 14 1836 TX (step-son James Johnson)
Nancy Railey 13 1837 TX (step-dau Nancy Johnson)
Sally Railey 12 1838 TX (step-dau Sally Johnson)
Moses Railey 7 1843 TX (step-son Moses Johnson)
Christian Railey 2 1848 TX
James Hayes 23 1827 LA laborer
Emily Hayes 21 1829 TX
Alzena Hayes 2 1848 2
Matilda Hayes 0 6/12 TX 1850

residence 223
Clubb, Thos B. 32 1818 SC laborer
Clubb Maria 24 1826 TX
Clubb William C. 1846
Clubb Sarah 1 1849
Burris Enos 1801 Canada blacksmith
Gibson Robert 20 1830 England laborer
Willis John 16 1834 TX laborer (relation unk)
Willis William 49 1801 TN laborer (relation unk)
Willis William J. 14 1836 LA laborer (relatin unk)
Wilson John 27 1823 LA laborer (relation unk)
Taylor John 39 1811 TN laborer (relation unk)

residence 224
Thomas F. Smith 31 1819 carpenter Tennessee
Ella A. (Lowrey) 26 1824 Pennsylvania
Nancy F. 4 1846 Louisiana
William M. 2 1848 Texas
Sarah L. Lawrey 14 1836 Ohio (relation unk)
James Penrod 18 1832 laborer Illinois (relation unk)
James Dyson 57 1793 saddler Mississippi (relation unk)

nearby:
Solomon Sparks and Martha family
John Sparks and Melinda family and James Court and Julia Ann

Children:

Nancy Smith was born in 1846 in Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
William H. (or M.) Smith was born in 1849 in Texas; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Parmelia Smith was born in 1852 in Texas; died after 1860 in of, Jasper Co, Texas.
1. Frances "Fanny" Smith was born in 1854 in Texas; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).
Ella Janet Smith was born in Nov 1857 in Texas; died on 21 Nov 1928 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Thomas F Smith was born on 11 Apr 1859 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1936 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 12 Jan 1936 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
John H. Smith was born in Jun 1866 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 6 Feb 1935 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.