Cornelius Franklin "Frank" Smith, M. D.

1871 - 1962  (91 years)

• Name	Cornelius Franklin "Frank" Smith  [1, 2]
  Suffix	M. D.
  Nickname	Frank
  Birth	25 Mar 1871	Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jun 1962	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Burial	Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Notes	From OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS Dr. Cornelius Franklin Smith 29 March 1962 Dr. C.F. Smith, veteran Sabine County physician, celebrated his 91st birthday at his home in Hemphill Sunday, March 25, 1962 with members of his family, other relatives and friends. "Dr. Frank," as he is affectionately known, was born on March 25, 1871 at Fairmount, Sabine County, the son of Dr. John Wesley Smith and Caroline Smith (first cousins). Dr. John Wesley Smith had practiced medicine for 52 years prior to his death at the age of 79 in 1923. Dr. Frank practiced medicine for 60 years before his retirement about three years ago. He began his practice in the Fairdale community in 1899, later establishing offices above Hemphill Drug Company in Hemphill. In the past years, Dr. Frank hasn't been as active as in previous years and folks "around the square" in Hemphill have missed his warm smile and friendly greeting. However, he was able to attend the recent meeting of Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge. Recalling his early days as a practicing doctor in an interview last year, Dr. Frank said, "The first 17 years of my practice of medicine was during the horse and buggy days, only mine was mostly "horseback." I have saddled my horse many times in all kinds of weather, put on slickers and overcoats in rainy and cold weather, stretched an umbrella, put my lantern on the bend of my elbow, sometimes not returning for a day or more. I recall one time my horse got scared of the stretched umbrella, threw me and medicine in every direction, but usually I managed to keep gentle horses." "One time I was called across the Sabine River in Louisiana in a somewhat rowdy vicinity. The ferry was bad and the river was high so I was forced to spend the night. When I went to bed, I slipped my pocketbook under my pillow, thinking it would be safer there. The next morning when I was about a mile away on my way back home, heard someone behind me calling. The man was bringing me my purse, which I had forgotten and left under the pillow." Dr. Frank says the Model T was warmly welcomed by the doctors and helped to ease their heavy load, even though the times were many when a team of good horses or mules were necessary to pull you and the Model T and later Model A's from the mud holes or deep sand. It was still years before modern highways were constructed. In February 1896, Dr. Smith was married to Eva Clementine McDaniel, who is now deceased. She was the daughter William (Bill) Watson and Zerowine Joan Smith McDaniel. The McDaniel family came to Texas in 1850 from Spartenburg, South Carolina after stopping for awhile in Itawomba County, Mississippi. There were five children born to this marriage, four of whom are still living. Dr. and Mrs. Smith also raised a foster son, Jack McDaniel of Port Arthur. The children are Mrs. Bertha Peveto of Beaumont, Mrs. Edna (Ted) Barbee of Crockett, Mrs. Sadye Nelsen of Kirbyville, and Robert Earl Smith of Hemphill. (Research):Census Listings: 1910 Census Texas, Sabine County, JP 3, District 133 Enumerated 21 April 1910 SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 8B 151-156 Smith, Frank C. Head M W 39 M1 14 Tx US US Physician Genera l Practice Smith, Eva Wf F W 30 M1 14 5/4 Tx SC SC Smith, Bertha Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Smith, Sadie Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx Smith, Edna Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx Smith, C. R. Son M W 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
  Person ID	I14049	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Smith, M. D.,   b. 5 Dec 1844, Louisiana d. 15 Apr 1923, Sabine County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Caroline Smith,   b. Abt 1842, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1866	Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Family ID	F3548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Clementine McDaniel,   b. 15 Sep 1879, Bayou Community, Sabine County, Texas d. 21 Jul 1957, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1896	Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Bertha Smith,   b. Aft 1897, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sadie Smith,   b. Abt 1904, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   3. Edna Maude Smith,   b. Abt 1908, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Robert Earl Smith,   b. 28 Nov 1909, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Sep 1999, Sabine County, Texas (Age 89 years)
  Photos		Smith, Dr. Corneilus Franklin and wife, probably ca. 1900-1910 Dr. Corneilus Franklin Smith and his wife, Eva Clementine McDaniel, of Sabine County, Texas
  Family ID	F5564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Mar 1871 - Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 20 Feb 1896 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 14 Jun 1962 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983). [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 3, District 133 Enumerated 21 April 1910 SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 8B 151-156 (Reliability: 3). [S192] McCary, Kay Parker--Sabine Co Gen Web Volunteer (McCary@jas.net).