Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
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Birth29 Nov 1804, Wake Forest, Wake County, NC, USA710
Death20 Jan 1882, Dallas County, AR, USA710
BurialTulip Cemetery, Tulip, Dallas County, AR, USA710
FatherJohn Martin (~1773-)
MotherMary Kimbrough (~1777-)
Notes for General Nathaniel G Smith
GENERAL NATANIEL G. SMITH 65 was born 7 August 1802 in Chatham County, North Carolina; he was an industrious and intelligent young man, whose interests were more of a commercial and political nature. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1827-31.
General SMITH was married to Sarah (Sallie) Kimbrough MARTIN (1804-1882), of Wake Forest, some miles from Raleigh, in February 1828; a daughter of John and Mary KIMBROUGH MARTIN of Forest District, Wake County.
The SMITH's moved to Hardeman County in west Tennessee a few years after their marriage, where they lived and prospered for several years; made their final move to Dallas County in 1847. There General SMITH grew into considerable state-wide prominence in his associations with Freemasonry and the Baptist Church.
General SMITH was "initiated, passed and raised in Tulip Lodge No. 25, F. & A.M. in 1848. He was made a Royal Arch Mason in Camden, Arkansas, and knighted in Cincinnati, Ohio. Although he joined the Masonic Order late in life, yet he at once manifested all the zeal of his enthusiastic nature, and rapidly passed from station to station in his lodge, of which he was W.M. in 1850. In 1850 he was a representative to the grand Lodge, and appointed Chairman of the Committee on education; and the report upon this subject to the grand Body during this session, presented by him, demonstrated very conclusively his ardent love and zeal for schools and colleges. His recommendations upon the subject were adopted, and at the next session of the Grand Lodge he, with eleven other brethren, presented the charter of St. John's CollegeS" Furthermore, in his address before the communication at Little Rock, having been Grand Master in 1854-55, he exclaimed:
Everything that is truly excellent in Masonry is dependent upon the moral principles, which are the foundation of the whole system. Our creed is faith in God, hope in immortality, and charity to all mankind.
"He died at Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas, April 28th, 1869 S and was buried in the church-yard of that quiet, that beautiful town."
The children in this family were: Bethunia Perkins SMITH (born 1831), who was married to Major William Archer LEA of the Ridge; Mary Kimbrough SMITH; Sarah SMITH (1835-1874), who was married to E. M. HARRIS; Captain John Martin SMITH (1839-1893), banker and merchant of Arkadelphia; Lemuel Pryor SMITH (1841-1917), who lived on the ridge throughout his life.710
General SMITH was married to Sarah (Sallie) Kimbrough MARTIN (1804-1882), of Wake Forest, some miles from Raleigh, in February 1828; a daughter of John and Mary KIMBROUGH MARTIN of Forest District, Wake County.
The SMITH's moved to Hardeman County in west Tennessee a few years after their marriage, where they lived and prospered for several years; made their final move to Dallas County in 1847. There General SMITH grew into considerable state-wide prominence in his associations with Freemasonry and the Baptist Church.
General SMITH was "initiated, passed and raised in Tulip Lodge No. 25, F. & A.M. in 1848. He was made a Royal Arch Mason in Camden, Arkansas, and knighted in Cincinnati, Ohio. Although he joined the Masonic Order late in life, yet he at once manifested all the zeal of his enthusiastic nature, and rapidly passed from station to station in his lodge, of which he was W.M. in 1850. In 1850 he was a representative to the grand Lodge, and appointed Chairman of the Committee on education; and the report upon this subject to the grand Body during this session, presented by him, demonstrated very conclusively his ardent love and zeal for schools and colleges. His recommendations upon the subject were adopted, and at the next session of the Grand Lodge he, with eleven other brethren, presented the charter of St. John's CollegeS" Furthermore, in his address before the communication at Little Rock, having been Grand Master in 1854-55, he exclaimed:
Everything that is truly excellent in Masonry is dependent upon the moral principles, which are the foundation of the whole system. Our creed is faith in God, hope in immortality, and charity to all mankind.
"He died at Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas, April 28th, 1869 S and was buried in the church-yard of that quiet, that beautiful town."
The children in this family were: Bethunia Perkins SMITH (born 1831), who was married to Major William Archer LEA of the Ridge; Mary Kimbrough SMITH; Sarah SMITH (1835-1874), who was married to E. M. HARRIS; Captain John Martin SMITH (1839-1893), banker and merchant of Arkadelphia; Lemuel Pryor SMITH (1841-1917), who lived on the ridge throughout his life.710