Ben Goodman Smith | b: 1889 MAR 4 |
Died 1968 NOV 6 | Attorney in Fort Worth Tarrant Co. TX |
Spouse 1: Estelle Thurman Dobkins | b: 1909 AUG 6 Rosen Heightons, Tarrant TX |
Spouse 2: Charlton Higbee Miller Martin | b: 1884 JUL 27 died 1944 OCT 28 |
Children: | |
none of their issue - Charlton had 3 children with her first husband Maurice Allen Martin |
Spouse 3: unknown | b: unknown |
He had a "surviving wife" per his obituary in 1968 | |
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Daddy Ben
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Thanks to the wonderful help of the archivist: Jeff Adams at the Center for Legal History at the State Bar of Texas I was able to obtain the following information (obituary);
Ben Goodman Smith, 79, died November 6, 1968. He had practiced in Fort Worth since 1919, engaging in oil andAfter enlisting in the Army during 1917, Mr. Smith received training at camps in Texas, South Carolina and Oklahoma, and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was on duty in California when the Armistice came.
Mr. Smith was a lifelong Democrat, and at one time was active in party affairs. An avid student of history, he was a member of the Baptist Church and Tarrant County Bar. Six of Mr. Smith's eight brothers, now all deceased, were lawyers. Those included Chief Justice Edward W. Smith Jr. of the San Antonio Court of Civil Appeals, Stuart R. Smith, Robert E. Smith and Charles D. Smith, all of Beaumont,and Sawnie B. Smith of Edinburg.
Beginning with a great-grandfather and a grandfather, prominent Tyler lawyers during the Antebellum and Reconstruction eras, and including uncles, brothers, first cousins and nephews, Mr. Smith's family numbered 23 Texas lawyers.
Three nephew lawyers, Judge Tillman Smith and Travis Smith, both of Corpus Christi, and Robert Smith Briggs of Beaumont, survive him.
He is also survived by his wife; and two step daughters, Mrs. Jack McCallister of Fort Worth and Mrs. Stanley Disney of Pasadena, Calif.