“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published: Chicago; The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. HENRY H. SMITH, a prominent business man of Dallas, was born in Covington, Kentucky, a son of Colby T. and Marium H. (Stevenson) Smith, natives of Clark county, Kentucky. His father was a cabinetmaker and builder, and came to Texas in 1860, settling in Dallas, when his son, our subject was ten years of age. The latter grew up on a farm, engaged in teaching and farming for several years, and then was clerk for “Thompson Bros.” four years. In 1884 he was called to the office of County Treasurer, which he filled for six years, being re-elected twice; and with the due respect to many able officers was never more ably or more satisfactorily filled. On the expiration of his last term he retired with the confidence of the people. His majority was larger at each election. When he first came here there were no banks in the place, and the nearest railroad depot was at Houston. Probably no man in Dallas is more intimately connected with its growth. He is a member and Past Chancellor of Cœur de Lion Lodge of the Knights of Pythias here, and for years has also been one of the pillars of the Christian Church. In politics he is a Democrat of the strictest type. He was married in 1875, to Miss Ellen V. Bond, a native of Virginia, and they are the parents of two children: Loyd B., now fourteen years old, and Maud, eleven years of age. Mrs. Smith came to Texas in 1859, when five years old, was educated in Bonham, this State, and for some years was a teacher. In this profession she closed a successful career at the time of her marriage. Her parents were Charles F. and Mary (Wilson) Bond, natives of Virginia, where they were reared and married. They came to Texas in 1859. The father was a teacher, farmer and latterly a merchant. He and his wife are both deceased; the latter in 1859. They were both devout members of the Baptist Church, were excellent people and left a good name. They had two children – one, La Fayette W., a farmer and stock-raiser of Dallas county. His wife was Kate Fletcher, of Dallas county. Colby T. Smith, our subject’s father, was a member (as well as his wife) of the Christian Church. He was a Deacon for many years. He was well and favorably known as an honest, worth citizen. He served three years as private in the cavalry of the Confederate States, a member of Captain Welch’s Company. They were known as the Gano Guards, an independent company named for General R.M. Gano, under whom they served. He served with General Gano in the trans-Mississippi Department. He died at Bonham, Texas, August 7, 1877, and was fifty-two years of age. His wife died in November, 1887, and was born July, 1827. She was the mother of five sons and two daughters; one son, Joseph C., deceased September 13, 1867, aged sixteen years; Edward C., married to Mattie A. Fletcher, resides in Dallas, and is an undertaker; Henry H., our subject; Garrett D., a partner of E.C., is married to Miss Sue Evans, a native of Fannin county, Texas; Mary B., wife of Oliver Thomas, a prominent real-estate man, of Dallas; Ellen, wife of John Hardy, residing in London the past two years; Willis R., a student in medical reading with Dr. Thompson, of Dallas. Submitted by L.Pingel