Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Birth Date31 Jul 1885
Death Date24 Jun 1946 Age: 60
Burial PlaceSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
FatherAllison Woodville "Wood" SMITH , M (1855-1928)
MotherIda HARDCASTLE , F (1862-1957)
Notes for Earnest Lafayette SMITH
E. L. organized and was president of the E. L. Smith Oil972 and was living in Mexia, Limestone Co., TX when his father died in 1928.1043
Notes found on the Internet regarding Smith and an oil company - In May, 1923, the Thompson #1, struck oil. This was a 1,200 barrel per day producer. The most cautious oil speculator was now convinced of the potential value of the field. The rush was on. Some of the companies that rushed into the Powell field were: Humphrey's, Atlantic, Simms, Roxanna, Humble, Blake and Smith, Sanders and Wheelock, Fred M. Allison, Texas Oil, Corsicana Oil and Development, Corsicana Oil and Refinery, Cranfill Brothers and Penn, Buttram-Tidal, Smith Oil, Gulf and Lone Star Gas. Oil developers, lease hounds, rough necks, businessmen, bootleggers, prostitutes, gamblers, adventurers and curious onlookers rushed into the area.17 (Tuckertown Researched by Billy Batton and Wyvonne Putman, Originally published in "The Navarro County Scroll", Vol. XXI 1987. Reprinted with permission of the Navarro County Historical Society - # 17 reference was from the Corsicana Daily Sun, June 29, 1976, Bicentennial Issue, p. 10.)
Notes found on the Internet regarding Smith and an oil company - In May, 1923, the Thompson #1, struck oil. This was a 1,200 barrel per day producer. The most cautious oil speculator was now convinced of the potential value of the field. The rush was on. Some of the companies that rushed into the Powell field were: Humphrey's, Atlantic, Simms, Roxanna, Humble, Blake and Smith, Sanders and Wheelock, Fred M. Allison, Texas Oil, Corsicana Oil and Development, Corsicana Oil and Refinery, Cranfill Brothers and Penn, Buttram-Tidal, Smith Oil, Gulf and Lone Star Gas. Oil developers, lease hounds, rough necks, businessmen, bootleggers, prostitutes, gamblers, adventurers and curious onlookers rushed into the area.17 (Tuckertown Researched by Billy Batton and Wyvonne Putman, Originally published in "The Navarro County Scroll", Vol. XXI 1987. Reprinted with permission of the Navarro County Historical Society - # 17 reference was from the Corsicana Daily Sun, June 29, 1976, Bicentennial Issue, p. 10.)