I am looking for any information on my grandmother, Nancy Jane "Tennessee" Fowler Smith. I understand that she just loved Tennessee, so she gave herself the nickname "Tennessee". So presumably she spent some time in Tennessee between birth in Texas and marriage in Arkansas. Also a possibility that her parents were born and/or lived in Tennessee. She was born February 28, 1861 somewhere in Texas. She died and was buried in Paris, AR. Her first husband was Isaac Newton Mitchell. They had two children, Jim and Annie. She married my grandfather, William Barton Smith on May 9, 1886 in Creole Township, Logan County, AR. Her Smith children were C B, Barton, Bonnie, Seth, and Herbert. This is ALL the information I have on my grandmother, Nancy Jane Fowler Smith. So, please make the connection for me. Ever so thankful, Bill Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: <FOWLER-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <FOWLER-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:00 AM Subject: FOWLER-D Digest V04 #14

In my Fowler family there was a Tennessee Fowler (it was her actual given name) who married Alanthus "Lish" Fowler (cousins). My Tennessee married in 1848 and died in 1860, so she could not have been the mother of Nancy Jane. Also, I do not have the names of two infants born to Tennessee, but probably they did not live, which is why I don't have their names or sex. Tennesse's line was that of John B. Fowler and Elizabeth Lee. Perhaps one of her siblings had a child who began calling her Tennessee in memory of mine. These Fowlers were in Marshall Co, TN. Mary-Gene Page Bill & Velma Smith wrote: > I am looking for any information on my grandmother, Nancy Jane "Tennessee" > Fowler Smith. I understand that she just loved Tennessee, so she gave > herself the nickname "Tennessee". So presumably she spent some time in > Tennessee between birth in Texas and marriage in Arkansas. Also a > possibility that her parents were born and/or lived in Tennessee. She was > born February 28, 1861 somewhere in Texas. She died and was buried in > Paris, AR. Her first husband was Isaac Newton Mitchell. They had two > children, Jim and Annie. She married my grandfather, William Barton Smith > on May 9, 1886 in Creole Township, Logan County, AR. Her Smith children > were C B, Barton, Bonnie, Seth, and Herbert. This is ALL the information I > have on my grandmother, Nancy Jane Fowler Smith. So, please make the > connection for me. Ever so thankful, > > Bill Smith

Bill, I believe this is your grandmother, Tennessee, and perhaps a few more clues: 1870 Census, Shoal Creek Twp, Johnson Co, AR;Post Office Ellsworth;Jun 21, 1870;pg89/21 [Did Shoal Creek become part of Logan Co, AR?] HH158 Fam153 Vanmatre, Joseph 66 OH Farmer Miamie? 35 TN [Mianna or Miamie][Previously married to a Fowler] William ? 14 TN [Fowler but listed as Vanmatre] Sarah F 11 TX [Fowler] Tennessee 9 TX [Fowler] Joseph 4 TX [Vanmatre] Miamie A 1 AR [Miamie or Mianna? Vanmatre] ---------- 1880 Census Logan, Ellsworth Twp, Dist 96;pg26;supdist2;enum96;Jun 19, 1880 HH199 Fam206 Fowler, William A. 24 TN GA KY [1870 mother says born TN not KY] Lenora O. 18 AR TN TN Sarah 21 TX GA KY Tennie 19 TX GA KY [Census transcriber wrote "Pennie"] Vanmatre Joseph R 14 TX IL KY step brother Vanmatre Mianna (?) 11 AR IL KY step sister [or Miamie] " Mary 9 AR IL KY step sister " Major 7 AR IL KY step brother ---------- [from www.familysearch.com] Husband Isaac N. Mitchell Birth: 1857 Shoal Creek, Logan, Arkansas Christening: Marriage: 23 DEC 1880 , Logan, Arkansas Wife Tennessee Fowler Birth: 1860 Ellsworth, Logan, Arkansas Christening: Marriage: 23 DEC 1880 , Logan, Arkansas ---------- If Tennessee Fowler married Isaac Newton Smith in 1880 in Logan Co, AR, there would also be another Tennessee Smith there close to marrying age: [www.familysearch.com] Birthplace William MC NEAL Self M Male W 43 AL Farming IRELAND NC Marthia MC NEAL Wife M Female W 30 TN Keeping House NC NC John MC NEAL Son S Male W 12 MS AL TN Elizabeth MC NEAL Dau S Female W 11 MS AL TN Susan MC NEAL Dau S Female W 9 AR AL TN William MC NEAL Son S Male W 6 AR AL TN Thomas MC NEAL Son S Male W 2 AR AL TN Tennessee SMITH Other S Female W 12 AL TN TN John SCHMIT Other S Male W 44 AUSTRIA Farmer AUSTRIA AUSTRIA Source Information: Census Place Cane Creek, Logan, Arkansas Family History Library Film 1254050 NA Film Number T9-0050 Page Number 198B ---------- LOGAN CO., ARK., FEDERAL LAND RECORDS L Name F Name MI Sec No T R Acres Date Warrant Name Remarks VANMATRE JOSEPH B 14 7N 24W 40 1876/12/13 SMITH WILLIAM B 22 7N 23W 0 1895/05/11 SMITH WILLIAM B 22 7N 23W 0 1895/05/11 SMITH WILLIAM B 22 7N 23W 160 1895/05/11 Regards, Jim At 2/7/2004, you wrote: >I am looking for any information on my grandmother, Nancy Jane "Tennessee" >Fowler Smith. I understand that she just loved Tennessee, so she gave >herself the nickname "Tennessee". So presumably she spent some time in >Tennessee between birth in Texas and marriage in Arkansas. Also a >possibility that her parents were born and/or lived in Tennessee. She was >born February 28, 1861 somewhere in Texas. She died and was buried in >Paris, AR. Her first husband was Isaac Newton Mitchell. They had two >children, Jim and Annie. She married my grandfather, William Barton Smith >on May 9, 1886 in Creole Township, Logan County, AR. Her Smith children >were C B, Barton, Bonnie, Seth, and Herbert. This is ALL the information I >have on my grandmother, Nancy Jane Fowler Smith. So, please make the >connection for me. Ever so thankful, > >Bill Smith > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <FOWLER-D-request@rootsweb.com> >To: <FOWLER-D@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:00 AM >Subject: FOWLER-D Digest V04 #14 > > > > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237