Benjamin Franklin Highsmith
Appearance
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Benjamin F. Highsmith | |
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Born | September 11, 1817 St. Charles District, Missouri Territory, US |
Died | November 20, 1905 (aged 88) Uvalde County, Texas, US |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Battles | |
Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth Turner (m. 1853) |
Children | 13 |
Benjamin Franklin Highsmith (1817–1905) was a Texian patriot, a veteran of the Revolution and the Mexican War, and a Texas Ranger.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Groneman 2019.
Sources
[edit]- Groneman, Bill (October 30, 2019). "Highsmith, Benjamin Franklin (1817–1905)". Handbook of Texas (online ed.). Texas State Historical Association.
Further reading
[edit]- Groneman, Bill (1990). "Highsmith, Benjamin Franklin". Alamo Defenders, A Genealogy: The People and Their Words. Austin, TX: Eakin Press. pp. 60–61.
- Sowell, Andrew Jackson (1900). Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas. Ben C. Jones & Co.
- "Last Messenger From the Alamo". Boston Evening Transcript. December 9, 1905. p. 21.