Fayette Smith
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Joshua Lafayette "Fayette" Smith (June 29, 1830 – July 2, 1867) was mayor of Dallas, Texas, in 1861;[1] he was shot to death in 1867 on the steps of the courthouse.[2][3] He was also known as Fayette Smith. He was born to The Reverend James Anderson Smith and Anne Killen Smith. The Smith family moved to Texas in 1846. He was married to Margaret (née Sims) Daniel.[4]
References
- ^ "History of Dallas Mayors". Dallas City Hall. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "Cold-Blooded Murder". Dallas Herald. July 6, 1867. p. 2.
- ^ Brown, John Henry (1887). History of Dallas County, Texas, from 1837 to 1887. Milligan, Cornett, & Farnham, Printers.
- ^ Smith, Frances Killen (1989). McElhaney, Jackie (ed.). "An Antebellum Chronicle: The Diary of Frances Killen Smith". Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. 1 (1) – via The Portal to Texas History.
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