Hi Brenda- We probably have family ties. Give me a few days to get my Christmas Cards out, and see what you have. I'll be back with you. I have WARD, SMITH, MCDANIEL, AND LAMB. GLS ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda D. Monroe <brendad@pioneer.net> To: <ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 4:47 AM Subject: Surname: Smith, Nolen, Watkins, Hickman, Andrews, Hill, Payne, Tate, Brus, Pigue, Strope, Wax, Sacks, Gaines, Sullivan, Taylor, McGraw, Caine, McKenzie, Erbar, Potkins, Henley, Panky > > > > >>Hi- > >> This is my first post to the list, looking for cousins! This is my > >>Mom's Dad's side, My Mom's Mom's side (Payne's, McDaniel's Ward's, > >>Kicrease, Smith and > >Lamb's) > >>will be my next post. > >>Brenda. > >>------ > >> > >>Name: Seth L. (Jack) SMITH (L. is it for Leathan?) > >> > >>ALIA: "Jack"Smith > >> > >>Birth: 1828 MS > >> > >>Death: 1910 TX > >> > >>Marriage 1 Matilda NOLEN b: 1831/1840 in North Carolina (d/o Leah and > >>Lenuel Nolen, Matilda's siblings were Mary b: 1820,Wiliam b: 1825, > >>Nancy b: 1827 and John b: 15 MAY 1835 all NC)Matilda is buried in > >Finch > >>cemetery in Finch, Greene Co.,AR > >> > >>Children > >> > >>1.Mary J. SMITH > >> > >>2.Sarah A. SMITH (Watkins/Wadkins?) > >> > >>3.Frances Leora (Frank) SMITH (Frankie McCraw/McGraw? in TX in 1910) > >> > >>4.Melinda Susan (Lindy) SMITH b:1859-1934 (m:John Ashberry HICKMAN > >>1858-1918). Lov Anna HICKMAN was b in Paragould,Greene Co.Feb 3 1896 > >and > >>m.James Butler MARSHALL b:Aug 27,1908.-died on Sep 10.1912 > >> > >>5.Laura Delila SMITH (Andrews?) > >> > >>6.John Franklin (Bud) SMITH b: 3 December 1866 m:Flora Alice Payne > >b:1874 AR > >> > >>7.Nancy A. (Dumpy) SMITH (Hill?) > >> > >>Child #6 Bud Smith is my grandfather, him and his wife /Flora are > >also > >>buried in the Finch cemetery along with about 30 other Smiths. > >>Their Children were;(12 not in order) > >>1. Ade Hilbert Smith "Hill" b:1894, d:Sept 17 1981, m: Adella Taylor > >22 > >>July 1899-27 Nov. 1960; sired John Willard 19 July 1917, > >>Frankie, Alberta, Violet, Renie, Albertina, George, Tommy, Tomasine, > >>Herbert, Joe, Shirley, Sue, Darsmack. > >>2. Earl Leathan Smith b: 1914 married his one love Mabel Sullivan at > >18. > >>They were blessed with several children and seemed to have a happy > >marriage > >>until one tragic day. The day started with the usual chores, Earl's > >oldest > >>child, Vera, was cleaning the bedroom of her mother and father. The > >night > >>before > >>Earl had thought he heard a prowler near the house and had placed a > >loaded > >>shotgun in the bedroom. Vera picked up the gun, it went off. As fate > >would > >>have it, her father walked in the path of the discharging gun. He > >died on > >>the way to the hospital. He lived long enough to tell his daughter he > >did > >>not > >>blame her and to pray for him. > >>2. Woodrow Wilson Smith b: 1917 remained at home with his parents > >until > >>WWII began. He was drafted into the army at the approximate age of > >23. > >>He was about 7 feet tall. After serving 4 years he returned home and > >>married Ruby. They had 3 children all boys. Ruby died of cancer when > >the > >>youngest baby was about 5 months old. Woodrow's sister, May, helped > >him > >>raise the boys, Gary, Jamie, and Dale. > >>3. Dollie Mae Smith b:1902/3, on her parents 380 acre farm in Finch. > >She > >>attended Finch elementary school and was taught by her Uncle Henry > >>Woods. > >>Women were not allowed to vote or attend university when Dollie was > >born, > >>but that same year Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and > >>Political Union. In 1920 when women got the vote Dollie lied about > >her age > >>so she could vote in the first election. > >>Dollie's father was a Sheriff in Greene Co.,AR and her brother was a > >>Deputy, and her Uncle Hub Payne was a justice of the peace.Dollie's > >maternal > >>grandfather, James C. "Jim" Payne, built a cotton gin in Greene Co. > >it was > >>powered by oxen at first and then later converted to steam. > >>Dollie m: Paul H. Gaines in Benton,MO 26 May 1923. They had a stormy > >>marriage during the hardest of times. They made bathtub gin in St. > >>Louis,Mo and sold it to the railroad men Paul worked with during the > >>roaring 20s and prohibition. Then the Great Depression. Dollie was > >carrying > >>her > >>3rd child when the stock market crashed.Dollie and Paul had 6 > >children; > >>Lowell Wesley, Hechell Paul, Dollie Pauline, Bobby Edward, Barney > >Harold, > >>Brenda Darlene. Dollie lived 85 years and her life span stretched > >from the > >>horse and buggy days to men on the moon.She was a great cook, a > >creative > >>seamstress, and a fanatic house keeper, and also worked outside the > >>home.She died in San Jose California. > >>4. Jake Sullivan Smith, b"14 Nov. 1890 Greene Co.,AR. in 1914 he m: > >>Marjorie Clarice Gaines b:6 August 1894 Carmi,IL d:18 July 1970. Jake > >>married again after Margie died in OK, his 2nd wife retired to a rest > >home. > >>Jake was tall and straight, smoked a pipe, drank a little red wine, > >and > >>liked to play dominoes with the kids. He was almost 100 when he died > >in > >>Texas. > >>Him and Margie raised;Chauncy Sullivan, Darrell Franklin, Talmage > >Hilliard, > >>Gordon Alvin, Mildred Irene, Melba lavern, Mary Francine, Jake > >sullivan, > >>Charles Doyle, and Maxine. > >>5. John L. Smith, b:1895, occupation undertaker, married Nanny Sacks > >and > >>had 2 children. > >>6. App Sheridan Smith, b: 1899 d: 1964 St. Louis, MO. He married > >Annie > >>Brus, a beautiful German girl, they had 2 children, Virginia and Bill > >James. > >>Annie ran away with another man, but came back only to die of typhoid > >>fever. Bill James and Virginia went to live with their Smith > >grandparents. > >>Bill > >>James died of a ruptured appendix at age 15, and Virginia was killed > >by a > >>rapist, leaving 3 children. App died of some infection later that > >year. > >>7. Leona Smith b: 1901, m: Price Wax and moved to Arizone. They had 8 > >>children; Leland, Elderae, Hubert, Otis, Eddy, Elinore, Delbert, and > >>Wilburn. > >>8. Midola Smith b: 1904 married Walter Strope and bore 5 children > >Mack, > >>Junior, Louise, Jerry and Donald. > >>9. Sylvia May Smith (nicknamed Princess), b: 1907 m: Arthur Potkins, > >2nd: > >>James Henley. She had no children but she helped her youngest brother > >>raise his. She died in 1986. > >>10. Lowell Alonzo "Jack" Smith , a retired Paragould, Ar farmer born > >15 > >>January 1910. Jack got the name Lowell Alonzo from some neighbors, > >Marilee > >>and Mandy Panky, he got his nickname from his grandfather who was on > >his > >>way to Texas in 1910, when he stopped by to see the baby and > >said,"You > >>should have called him Jack". Jack married Mildred Tate and had Lola > >May, > >>Betty Jean (who married Herbert s/o Richard and Nell Gaines > >Pigue-they > >>had 1 son Alvin L. "Al" Pigue shanged to Caine), Sylvia, L.D., M.J., > >>Maryann and Edward (twins). > >>11.Della Nete Smith, M; 1st Jay Payne, 2nd, Mike McKenzie, 3rd Harold > >Erbar. > >>12. Anner Smith died as an infant. > >> > >>Brenda Darlene Gaines- Monroe > >>Swamp Creek Garden -Oregon > >> > >>http://www.pioneer.net/~brendad/ > >> > >>Mom's side - Smith, Payne, Ward, Rowland, Killcreece, McDaniel, Lamb > >>Dad's side - Gaines, Malcome, Holderby, Lewis, Harvey. Felix, Mays > >> > >> > > > > Brenda Darlene Gaines- Monroe > Swamp Creek Garden -Oregon > > http://www.pioneer.net/~brendad/ > > Mom's side - Smith, Payne, Ward, Rowland, Killcreece, McDaniel, Lamb > Dad's side - Gaines, Malcome, Holderby, Lewis, Harvey. Felix, Mays > > >