Not to be confused with Jabez Melville Smith of Mississippi.

Jabez M. Smith (died 1891) was a state legislator in Arkansas. He was a state senator in the Arkansas Senate from 1866-1867.[1] He and his fellow senators were photographed and included in a composite by T. W. Bankes.[2] He chaired the select committee.[1]

He was also delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention in Arkansas, served in the Confederate Army, served as a delegate at the 1874 Akansas Constitutional Convention, and served as a judge in Arkansas. He acquired the Rowland-Lenz House and his brother David Smith lived there.[3][4]

He was a delegate at the 1861 secession convention, he voted to leave the Union,[5] He served in the Eleventh Arkansas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has a photo of him.[6] He was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention. He became a circuit court judge in Saline County, Arkansas.[7]

Relation to Dr. Jabez Melville Smith (born August 10, 1843) of Coffeeville and then Yalobusha County?

Married Elizabeth Gibbs April 27, 1871.

Correspondence[8]

In 1866, Unionist J. M. Tibbets wrote to him as a senator, withdrawing as a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Senate, Arkansas General Assembly (December 11, 1870). "Journal of the Senate of Arkansas" – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Bankes, T. (December 31, 1867). "1866-1867 Senate Memorial". Arkansas General Assembly composite images, 1866-2023.
  3. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  4. 1 2 Representatives, Arkansas General Assembly House of (August 8, 1870). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Saline County in the Civil War". arkansascivilwar150.thesocialinnovation.net.
  6. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  7. ↑ "Jabez M. Smith letter, 1861". Finding Aids. April 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mississippi Official and Statistical Register". August 8, 1904 – via Google Books.
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