William Gerard Tobin

1833 - 1884  (51 years)

• Name	William Gerard Tobin  [1]
  Born	21 May 1833	Barnwell Co., South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jul 1884	San Antionio,Texas
  Person ID	I0721	2015Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	DANIEL ISIDORE TOBIN SR.,   b. 1781, Kilkenney, Ireland ,   d. 22 Nov 1849, Blackville, South Carolina  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	AGNES LARTIGUE,   b. 1799, Barnwell Co. South Carolina ,   d. 14 Nov 1857  (Age 58 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1817	Barmwell   [2]
  Family ID	F011	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Josephine Augusta Smith,   b. 30 Oct 1836,   d. 22 Oct 1908, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1853	Bexar County, Texas
  Children	1. Zelima Susan Tobin Fraiser,   b. 1855,   d. 1911  (Age 56 years)   2. Annie Tobin Burroughs,   b. 1857,   d. 1925  (Age 68 years)   3. Mary Ellen Tobin Vance,   b. 1860,   d. 1917  (Age 57 years)   4. Agnes Tobin Bell,   b. 1861,   d. 1930  (Age 69 years)   5. Ella Tobin Carr,   b. 16 Jul 1863,   d. 15 May 1918  (Age 54 years)   6. William Gerard TOBIN Jr.,   b. 1865,   d. 1925  (Age 60 years)   7. John Wallace Tobin,   b. 1867,   d. 1927  (Age 60 years)   8. Josephine Tobin Rote,   b. 1868,   d. 1931  (Age 63 years)   9. Charle Milton Tobin,   b. 1871,   d. 1933  (Age 62 years)   10. Lucie Tobin Thornton,   b. 1875,   d. 1937  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F010	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Ancestors William Gerard Tobin

  
  

  Headstones

  William Gerard Tobin San Antonio Cemetery #1

  
  

• Notes

  William Tobin, brother of Daniel Tobin, served in the Cortinas War and was appointed brigadier general in Texas State Troops by Governor Sam Houston. During the War berween the States, William served as a captain. He married Josephine Smith daughter of John W. Smith, the first mayor of San Antonio 1837-47. It was John W. Smith who succeeded in getting out of the ill-fated Alamo in 1836 to get help, after several other volunteers had failed, but before reinforcements could arrive, the Mexicans had massacred the entire garrison.

  
  

• Sources

  [S04060] With the Makers of San Antonio: Genealogies of Early San Antonio Families, Frederick C. Chabot, (San Antonio, Texas, Artes Graficas, 1937.), 157. [S02150] Roots in Virginia: An Account of Captain Thomas Hale, Virginia Frontiersman - His Descendants and Related Families, Nathaniel Claiborne Hale, 162.