This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Twilcox54 Surnames: Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7524.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert, I have a copy of my Johns will. The only person he mentions in it is his wife Ida. He gave everything to her. I haven't looked into deeds or probate records of him. I doubt that John had any military service. And I'm really not confident that that my John in the 1870 census in Chicago was him. I think theres not much chance of that. If we go by findagrave.com they have my John C. Smith born in West Springfield MA in 1848. The lady that posted it is a Methidost Episcapal researcher. John and Ida must have been members of the ME Church in Machias because Johns funeral was in that church. His obituary and the Machias town records says he was born in Boston. I even tried to pursue a lead with the West Springfield info but haven't been able to match him up with any Albert Smith in the 1850 and 1860 census. By the way, I wrote to the lady who put my John on findagrave but she never wrote back. Thanks for your interest............Terry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.