Peggy I know that in 1900, the Thomas J. Smith and Elizabeth Ball family was living either near of right next to the Strattons. I looked in what I had - and the Smiths had a son named William, although I do not have any information on him. He was not listed in the 1900 Smith household; so must have been "of age" at that time - which would ring true with the 30 year old Will Smith, in the 1910 Mary Stratton household, I would think. But, if I had to guess - I would think that this Willliam in 1910 was their son. But, Peggy............check this one out? 1930 Buford Township, Baxter County, Arkansas, household # 64/64: SMITH, Willie M head 71 IL NY Scotland Wonder who he was? Many of Thomas and Elizabeth Ball Smith's children intermarried with my families - and one would think that he would be connected to my own Tom Smith - but, nothing yet. Nothing yet. They also had a daughter named Kate and she was married to a Massey. Any ideas at all on which Massey family that would be? Bernie Moore-Knowles Phoenix, Arizona - Papa'aloa, Hawai'i "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to question my honesty." ........Will Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Truesdell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [ARBAXTER] STRATTON - DARNELL / SMITH (Bernie) > 1910 Census - Baxter County, Arkansas > Barren Creek Township > Line 19 > 40 / 41 > STRATTON > (Head) Mary, 40, Wd. 4/4; MO TN TN; English; NN; OFF 37 > DARNEL > (Son) Willie, 16, MO AR MO > STRATTON > (Son) William, 2, AR AR MO > SMITH > (Boarder) Will, 30, single, AR AR AR; English; Laborer; YY\ > ***** > > I am familiar with marriage of Mary {Unknown} DARNAL / DARNELL on 7 March 1899 in Baxter County, Arkansas, to Abner C. "Mack" STRATTON (December 1855 - bet. 1908-1910) -- so understand about Willie (is he a/k/a Willlis ?) DARNEL and two-year old William STRATTON. > > My question: Can you identify this 30-year old and single Will SMITH? > > Peggy > > > ==== ARBAXTER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Baxter Co., AR list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List > to [email protected] > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >
Bernie -- I have extracted all the 1910 Barren Creek Township census records; and, at this time, I'm going through and identifying the wives by their maiden names -- if I have them. Are you printing the entire page from HQ? I need to learn how to do that -- what I'm doing is so labor intensive. However, I seem to retain the names better when I write them, rather than just reading through them. It's amazing that out of all the many pages, there are less than ten families that are "newcomers" to Barren Creek in 1910. Most have lived there for three, four or more decades. In the "mix" are descendants of Harvey Alexander SMITH (1819, poss. Maury County, TN - 1887, Seymour, MO) who married 2 April 1844 in Saint Francois County, MO: Sarah BALDWIN (1825 - 1906, Mountain Grove, MO), daughter of Benjamin BALDWIN. I have 14 children for them, and several lived in Baxter County. Webster and Madison Counties in Missouri are where they married or were born. Martin L. SMITH (wife Bessie SMITH -- her maiden name) is one of theirs. Lafayette SMITH is son of Hensley SMITH. Can't identify William SMITH, 36, b. MO / MO / MO, whose wife is Susie. They are 92 / 93 with four children. Fred T. SMITH (b. 1880) is brother of Charley E. SMITH -- husband of your Dora SINOR. They are sons of Thomas J. SMITH and Elizabeth C. BALL. Yes, quite confusing with so many marriages into your families. Just looked through all the 1910 pages and don't see any more "maverick" (unidentified) SMITHs. So, I'm not able to tell you much you don't already know -- but will keep looking. Have a good night. Peggy