Hltrrmtz@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for the cemetery in which my gggrand parents are buried. They > had a son named Samuel and his wife was Margaret Gray Smith. They were > married in 1849 in Columbus, Ohio. In 1850 they were living in Brown > Township in Franklin County, Ohio. Their first child was born after the 1850 > census was made. They were living in Riceland Township, it is Richland, not riceland, > Keokuk County , > Iowa. His parents were John and Rebecca Beall Smith they had also lived in > Ohio prior to coming to Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa according > to the 1860 census. We are very close, very close indeed. Have a William R. Smith b. 1837 Franklin Ky, m Sarah Dill, d/o John Dill of Keokuk County, Clear Creek Twsp 28 Dec 1856 in Keokuk county Iowa. They moved to Jefferson Township, Adair Co Ia. Had 8 kids one of which is Samuel and another Rebecca. Where are we tied? Please answer. If you are half way across the county will catch this up better when I get back to Madison and Adair county. The smiths that I have sometime before any of their kids died or were married left Adair county, and havent a trace of them. Maybe these are the ones in Ks. Reason I hope so is that John Dills oldest son went to what is now Lyon Ks, and when died at the age of 43 was considered an old pioneer. Alot of this particular group of people , and I mean as many as 7-8 families ended up in Ks. Please drop me a not about your ideas. Thank you. cdp > In 1864, Samuel and family moved to Winterset, Iowa. > They were living there in 1870 according to the 1870 census. Samuel was > listed as a house mover. Living in his home were his parents, John and > Rebecca. My grandmother was born Nov 8, 1866 in Winterset. Her obituary > states that she moved to Kansas when she was 6 years old. Does it say where in Ks? > Or about the year > of 1872-3. Her grand parents did not come to Kansas to the best of our > knowledge. In the 1870 census Rebecca is listed as 72 (we have had her born > in 1798 for some time previous). John was age 73 in that census. So they > both could have been dead by the time Samuel moved to Kansas. > > Does any one know if they are buried in one of the cemeteries near Winterset? Dont know that one. They were a generation ahead of the Smiths I am speaking of. Would really like to know about the ones I discussed. The dill lady is a dau of my 4 g grandfather. Thank you cdp