This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/1634 Message Board Post: Seeking info on THOMAS J.and MAHALA SMITH. Thomas was a Methodist preacher, bn 1831 TN. Mahala bn 1831. They appear in the 1880 Johnson County census, Sprada Twp with children MARTHA V., BEVERLY P., JOHN T., and HOWELL.