SARAH SUSANNAH HALL
&
HENRY MADISON SMITH
Sarah Susannah Hall &
Henry Madison Smith
Photo taken about 1842
Henry Madison Smith was born 17 Nov 1817 in South Carolina to General
James & Hannah Parker
Smith. He married Sarah Susannah Hall 9 Jan 1840
in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
He died 7 Dec 1882 in Oglesby, Coryell, Texas
and is buried in Post Oak
Cemetery, Coryell County, Texas.
Tombstone inscription:
CAPT. HM Smith
A Texas Veteran
Died Dec. 7, 1882
The Soldier has put his weapons down
Instead of a sword he accepts the crown
O let our grateful hearts praise and adore him who saves,
forgives, and every wound doth heal. God knows it all.
Sarah Susannah Hall Smith was born 29 Jul 1821 in Tennessee to John &
Susanna Hall.
They were the parents of nine children. She died 23 Dec 1885 and
may be buried in
an unmarked grave in Post Oak Cemetery near her husband.
Henry Madison & Sarah Hall Smith had the following children:
1.Green Lafayette 1841 [married Eliza Mariah Karnes],
2.James Delkalb 1843 [married Mary E. McMullin],
3.Susan Melvina 1844 [married Jesse Washington Ellison],
4.John P. abt 1847 [don't know what happened to him],
5.Joseph Marion 1848 [Chloe Cook],
6.Henry Mattison 1854 [Delilah/Dillie/Delia Jo Smith],
7.Thomas J. abt 1856 [don't know what happened to him],
8.Helen M. Smith abt 1857 [don't know what happened to her],
9.{William L. Smith, born 25 June 1863 and died 28 Sept 1886.
He married Alice Elliott Norton, they had 2 children
1. Donie born 7 Oct 1884 and died 18 Oct 1885
2. Myrtle Lee Smith Dalton born on 26 March 1886} info added
Aug.
2006 by Barbara Dalton Jones, great granddaughter.