This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2193.2.1 Message Board Post: Elizabeth, Who I am looking for is anyone who is related to this family. I don't know if your Smedley is the same family but I am sure it most likely is. All I have on the name of the person I am looking for is: M.H. Smedley, he married my Great Great Grandmother in Johnson Co in 1896. I would like to know what the M.H. stands for and what happened to him? Here's the story I have found out about My Great Grandmother and M.H. Smedley: My Great Great Grandmother was Zilpha Theodocia Frazier born 21 Jun 1866 Fairfield Wayne County Illinois died 6 Sep 1937 Houston Harris County Texas Buried Bearden Ouachita County Arkansas in Salem Cemetery. Her parents were Harrison Frazier and Amanda Campbell. She married 1) James Milton Williams born 22 Jun 1865 Wayne Co. Illinois Died 2 Mar 1940 Bearden Ouachita County Arkansas Buried Salem Cemetery. She married my Great Great Grandfather James on 10 Feb 1884 in Clarksville. He was the son of William Stephen Williams and Cordelia Ellet King from Lamar, Johnson Co Ark. Sometime before 1896 Zilpha, or Docia as she was called, Divorced James (or visa versa) and left their 4 children with James and went back to Johnson Co. Zilpha then married 2) M.H. Smedley (spelled Smelley on the marriage license but it's actually Smedley from what I was told by many people from Johnson Co). What happened to him or this marriage is a mystery to me and my family. This is why I am interested in this man and the Smedley Family. This marriage was preformed by Isaac Newton Frazier who was a minister and the brother of Zilpha. I find Zilpha back with James & the children and living in the home again by 1910 in Bradley Co Arkansas (James worked as a Engineer for the Railroad in the Fordyce Lumber Camp, which covered many Counties in Arkansas). Maybe we can put our heads together and find out more about this family? Please feel free to email me personally at: kris440@comcast.net Sincerely, Kristen