ELIZABETH HUNGERFORD SMITH CALHOUN BARNHILL

Elizabeth Hungerford Smith Calhoun Barnhill was the daughter of James Norman and Sarah Jenkins Smith. She was born August 9, 1814 in Maury County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was named for her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Barton and Jane Warren Hungerford, descendents of emigrant ancestors Captain William Barton, Thomas Warren, William Smoot, and William Hungerford, all part of Maryland's Seventeenth Century CHARLES COUNTY GENTRY . Elizabeth's paternal grandmother, Constantina Ford Smith, was the daughter of Charles Allison Ford, granddaughter of Edward and Ann Chandler Ford who was the daughter of emigrant ancestor Thomas Allanson, Lord of Christian Temple Manor (1659) Charles County Maryland. Both of Elizabeth's grandfathers – James Turner Smith of North Carolina, and Phillip Jenkins of Maryland were American Revolutionary patriots.

In 1832, Elizabeth Hungerford Smith married William Calhoun of Tipton County, Tennessee. Widowed in 1841, she moved to Texas with her four children: Samuel Daniel, William Turner, John Richard, and Lizzie. Elizabeth arrived in Texas the spring of 1842 escorted by her brother-in-law Francis Stanton Latham, Editor, Memphis Eagle Newspaper. She was also accompanied by a cadre of Tennessee volunteers calling themselves THE TEXIAN WOLF HUNTERS . The arrival is described in F.S. Latham's writings TRAVELS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1842 edited and published by Gerald Pierce through Encino Press, Austin, Texas in 1971.

Amidst continued threat from Indian uprisings and the Mexican army, Elizabeth's father, James Norman Smith had moved his family from Cuero to Mill Creek for safety. Joining her father's family, she returned with them to the Guadalupe in 1845. Elizabeth supported her children teaching school in Clinton. In 1848, she married John D. Barnhill and had three daughters, Martha, Sallie, and Lydia. Elizabeth Barnhill died in February 1864 while her sons were in Tennessee fighting in the Civil War.

Submitted by: BENNIE LOU HOOK ALTOM
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