A history of Texas and Texans . han her-self has an interesting family history, and belongs toone of the best known households of the South. Herparents were Dr. Hildreth H. and Mary Brent HokeSmith, formerly from North Carolina. Mrs. McAshanis a sister of the Georgian statesman. Senator HoksSmith, and another of her brothers is Bu/ton Smith, oneof the ablest lawyers of the South. Her father, , a graduate of Bowdoin CoUese of Maine, was agreat scholar and one of the ablest educators of his name properly has a permanent place in the historyof the city of Houston, as the founder
A history of Texas and Texans . han her-self has an interesting family history, and belongs toone of the best known households of the South. Herparents were Dr. Hildreth H. and Mary Brent HokeSmith, formerly from North Carolina. Mrs. McAshanis a sister of the Georgian statesman. Senator HoksSmith, and another of her brothers is Bu/ton Smith, oneof the ablest lawyers of the South. Her father, , a graduate of Bowdoin CoUese of Maine, was agreat scholar and one of the ablest educators of his name properly has a permanent place in the historyof the city of Houston, as the founder of the publicschools in that city. Mrs. McAshans maternal uncle,Eobert F. Hoke, was the youngest general in the Con-federate army. Mrs. McAshan in 1878 graduated fromthe Packer Collegiate Institute of Brooklyn, New their marriage were born the following children:Samuel Maurice, who married Aline Harris; ilary Brent,the wife of Dr. J. P. Gibbs; Hoke Smith McAshan; Hil-dreth Nabors, who married AUine Ehode; James Everett,. C^-z^ Cje^^^^ M^7. (^Z^Hy /(c Cl^-i^ TEXAS AND TEXANS 1625 Jr., who married Laurie Ward; Eobert Burton, and Vir-ginia, who died in 1S94. Egbert Emmett Swinney. One of the oldof Chambers county, and representing both on hisfathers and mothers side two of the pioneer familiesin southern Texas, Eobert Emmett Swinney is an oldcattleman and merchant, and at the present time is hon-ored with two important public offices, that of post-master at Anahuao, and as county treasurer of Chamberscounty. Robert Emmett Swinney was born at Wallisville, theold county seat of Chambers county, in 1857. Hisparents were Newton and Julia (Wallis) Swinney, bothnow deceased. His father, who was born and reared atAtlanta, Georgia, came with his widowed mother andher family to Texas about 1S34 or 1835. Their settle-ment was at Moss Bluflf in Liberty county, just northof what is now the Chambers county line. Grand-mother Swinney brought a number of slaves to Georgia,and her farming
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