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Harry Carlos SMITH

Male 1893 - 1975  (81 years)


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  • Name Harry Carlos SMITH 
    Birth 28 Jun 1893  Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jan 1975  Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at 8:45 a.m. at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
    Burial 22 Jan 1975  Port Lavaca Cemetery, Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13569  von Rosenberg Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 May 2009 

    Family Frankie L. BAUER,   b. 28 Aug 1895, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1990, Calhoun County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1915 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 8 Mar 1917, Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 2007 (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F9462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2014 

  • Notes 
    • Harry was the first Ford dealer in Calhoun County. He was a member of the Smith Brothers Seafoods Co., a family partnership. With his brother-in-law, W. H. Bauer, he founded the Bauer-Smith Dredging Co. in 1935. Owning extensive property, he and Bauer sold the 3,000-acre Mitchell Point Ranch to Aluminum Company of Amercia in 1947, for the site of the company’s Point Comfort operations. He retained and continued to operate his Wolfe Point Ranch where he also maintained a ranch home.

      Harry was a member of the board of directors of First State Bank & Trust Co. in Port Lavaca for over 25 years. He was also a charter director of the Bank of Commerce in Point Comfort. He was a member of the Texas Cattlemen’s Association, the Texas Centennial Commission, the parole board, and Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church.