Historical Marker
Benjamin F. Highsmith
Historical marker location:
SH 187, Jones Cemetery, Utopia, Texas
( Jones Cemetery, Highway 187, Utopia)
Marker installed: 1936
Served in the Army of Texas, 1835-36 a Ranger under Capt. John C. Hays, a member of the Somervell Expedition, 1842 born in Missouri Sept. 11, 1817. Died Nov. 20, 1905. His wife, Elizabeth Turner Highsmith, born in Missouri March 22, 1836, died Oct. 7, 1900.