Sabine Pass Cemetery
 Dr. Niles F. Smith 1800-1858. Veteran, Texas Corps of Engineers-1836. Sabine's 1st Physician-Texas' First Bank Examiner, Collector of Customs 1841-42. Close friend of Sam Houston. & Wife Abigail-1812-1862 |
(1800-1858) Niles F. Smith, a native of New York, came to Texas with Robertson's Colony in 1834. He served as a soldier in the Texas Revolution. In 1839 he moved to Jefferson County, and settled in Sabine Pass in 1841. He held many official positions in the Republic of Texas government, including the first banking commissioner, collector of customs and land agent, a developer of Sabine Pass. He built the first steam sawmill and the first church in Jefferson County. Smith supported the annexation of Texas to the United States in 1845. He is buried here along with his wife Abigail and their two sons.
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1st Lieut. Co. B. Spaight's Texas Inf. Confederate States Army - Se. 21, 1832 - Jan 14, 1891 |
Oct. 25, 1941 - April 26, 1990 |
May 23, 1947 - July 23, 2001 |
Mar. 17, 1921 - Jan 23, 1994 Aug 6, 1932 |
 To the m our belov Nee ___ oss. Born Aug. 31, 1804 - Died Dec. 14, 1875. |
 Broken stone of Marie ?? next to memorial for Mary E. Whiting, Homer, Lucy and Musette King |
 To the memory of our relatives MARY E. WHITING. Who were drowned in the overflow of Oct. 12, 1886. |
Photographs taken 12 April, 2009 by Carl & Carolyn Griffith unless otherwise noted.
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