In a message dated 7/27/99 11:10:08 PM Atlantic Daylight Time, Lynde126@aol.com writes: << Does anyone remember Eli Smith? b: 1912 d: 30 Oct 1972 at the age of 60. He is buried in Upper Alton Cemetary. His father was Jacob Smith nickname "Jack" and his mother was Nettie Smith. I was told he lived in Edwardsville and I think he worked for the railroad (?) His father worked for the Illinois Terminal. Don't have his address. Can anyone help me. He must have had friends. Don't know if he was married. It's only been 27 years since his death, not so long ago that someone must remember him. Thank you kindly, Lynn DeTrano >> Lynn - The library in downtown Alton should have the newspaper that has his obituary. You should be able to get a lot of information from that. The name of the library is The Hayner Library. Hope this helps. Carol