Details for Dr. D. Port Smythe
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5055009784
Data
| Marker Number | 9784 |
| Atlas Number | 5055009784 |
| Marker Title | Dr. D. Port Smythe |
| Index Entry | Smythe, D. Port, Dr. |
| Address | 631 S. Colorado St. |
| City | Lockhart |
| County | Caldwell |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 628064 |
| UTM Northing | 3313296 |
| Subject Codes | Civil War; medical topics and health professionals; pioneers; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Lockhart go north 5 mi. on US 183 to roadside park |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | (1824-1889) Pioneer Lockhart physician, from Alabama. Studied medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Was Civil War surgeon, Texas Mounted Rifles and Cavalry, on Texas frontier and in Louisiana, Arkansas and Indian Territory. Typical of Texas Confederates, his letters home show concern for wife and children: contain instructions on teaching child to read, crops, plowing, animal care, fences, debt collection. Professor of chemistry, 1871, Galveston Medical college. A&M College physician, 1879-82. First to serve full time in any Texas college or university. |