As far as I know all rootsweb mailing lists archive their messages. Here is the address for Marion Co. IL. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/marion.html At the bottom of that page you can use "search" or "browse" to find anything you may feel you missed. The Civil War letters are there already. Dot
Bob, I reviewed what I have and I do only have 25 and the 26th is the June 23 with the PS. Sorry about that. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McCollum" <bobmac15@zianet.com> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 1:16 AM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > Kay > > I counted mine just now and I have 25 of them. > > Bob in NM > > At 09:39 PM 6/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Does anyone know the exact count of the number of letters that Dave has > >given us so far. I want to be sure I have them all. > >Thanks, > >Kay > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Donna Davis" <desk79@citlink.net> > >To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:24 AM > >Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > Does anyone know more about the John Foster that William was writing to? > >I > > > have a great great great grandfather by that name who moved from the > >Marion > > > Co. area to Mo by 1860, but his daughter married my great great > >grandfather > > > from Marion Co. in Jerseyville. My John Foster was married to a Mary and > > > had a daughter Mary. There are (or were) pictures of Civil War soldiers > > > named Foster from Marion Co. at www.ancientfaces.com. Donna > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> > > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:17 PM > > > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > > > > I THINK William A. Smith may have been in Co. F, 7th Cavalry. 1860 > >census > > > > shows them in Fosterburg Twp., Marion Co. IL. Mary Foster Smith Farmer > >is > > > > buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka Twp., Marion Co. IL. > > > > > > > > Dot > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Buffalo234@aol.com> > > > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:07 PM > > > > Subject: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" > > > > > <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to > > > Marion > > > > Brimberry, > > > > > and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more > >about > > > > Mr. > > > > > Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? > >Any > > > > little > > > > > thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson > >to > > > > share > > > > > them! > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > > > > > Carolyn > > > > > Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > >digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > >ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > >digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >
We're in trouble, Bob, I have 26 plus the one from her. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McCollum" <bobmac15@zianet.com> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 1:16 AM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > Kay > > I counted mine just now and I have 25 of them. > > Bob in NM > > At 09:39 PM 6/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Does anyone know the exact count of the number of letters that Dave has > >given us so far. I want to be sure I have them all. > >Thanks, > >Kay > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Donna Davis" <desk79@citlink.net> > >To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:24 AM > >Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > Does anyone know more about the John Foster that William was writing to? > >I > > > have a great great great grandfather by that name who moved from the > >Marion > > > Co. area to Mo by 1860, but his daughter married my great great > >grandfather > > > from Marion Co. in Jerseyville. My John Foster was married to a Mary and > > > had a daughter Mary. There are (or were) pictures of Civil War soldiers > > > named Foster from Marion Co. at www.ancientfaces.com. Donna > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> > > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:17 PM > > > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > > > > I THINK William A. Smith may have been in Co. F, 7th Cavalry. 1860 > >census > > > > shows them in Fosterburg Twp., Marion Co. IL. Mary Foster Smith Farmer > >is > > > > buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka Twp., Marion Co. IL. > > > > > > > > Dot > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Buffalo234@aol.com> > > > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:07 PM > > > > Subject: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" > > > > > <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to > > > Marion > > > > Brimberry, > > > > > and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more > >about > > > > Mr. > > > > > Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? > >Any > > > > little > > > > > thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson > >to > > > > share > > > > > them! > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > > > > > Carolyn > > > > > Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > >digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > >ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > >digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >
Kay I counted mine just now and I have 25 of them. Bob in NM At 09:39 PM 6/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone know the exact count of the number of letters that Dave has >given us so far. I want to be sure I have them all. >Thanks, >Kay >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Donna Davis" <desk79@citlink.net> >To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:24 AM >Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > Does anyone know more about the John Foster that William was writing to? >I > > have a great great great grandfather by that name who moved from the >Marion > > Co. area to Mo by 1860, but his daughter married my great great >grandfather > > from Marion Co. in Jerseyville. My John Foster was married to a Mary and > > had a daughter Mary. There are (or were) pictures of Civil War soldiers > > named Foster from Marion Co. at www.ancientfaces.com. Donna > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:17 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > I THINK William A. Smith may have been in Co. F, 7th Cavalry. 1860 >census > > > shows them in Fosterburg Twp., Marion Co. IL. Mary Foster Smith Farmer >is > > > buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka Twp., Marion Co. IL. > > > > > > Dot > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Buffalo234@aol.com> > > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:07 PM > > > Subject: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > > > > Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" > > > > <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to > > Marion > > > Brimberry, > > > > and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more >about > > > Mr. > > > > Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? >Any > > > little > > > > thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson >to > > > share > > > > them! > > > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > > > Carolyn > > > > Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the >digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > >==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to >ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the >digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com
Does anyone know the exact count of the number of letters that Dave has given us so far. I want to be sure I have them all. Thanks, Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Davis" <desk79@citlink.net> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > Does anyone know more about the John Foster that William was writing to? I > have a great great great grandfather by that name who moved from the Marion > Co. area to Mo by 1860, but his daughter married my great great grandfather > from Marion Co. in Jerseyville. My John Foster was married to a Mary and > had a daughter Mary. There are (or were) pictures of Civil War soldiers > named Foster from Marion Co. at www.ancientfaces.com. Donna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:17 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > I THINK William A. Smith may have been in Co. F, 7th Cavalry. 1860 census > > shows them in Fosterburg Twp., Marion Co. IL. Mary Foster Smith Farmer is > > buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka Twp., Marion Co. IL. > > > > Dot > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Buffalo234@aol.com> > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:07 PM > > Subject: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > > > > Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" > > > <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to > Marion > > Brimberry, > > > and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more about > > Mr. > > > Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? Any > > little > > > thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson to > > share > > > them! > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > Carolyn > > > Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > >
Haven't seen your wife, Cheryl, on line for awhile. We have exchanging info for yrs, I hope everything is fine with her. Tell her I said "hi" > [Original Message] > From: <Boring29p@aol.com> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/10/2003 9:48:13 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Civil War Letters from William A. Smith > > THANKS A MILLION. Tom Boring. > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com
Does anyone know more about the John Foster that William was writing to? I have a great great great grandfather by that name who moved from the Marion Co. area to Mo by 1860, but his daughter married my great great grandfather from Marion Co. in Jerseyville. My John Foster was married to a Mary and had a daughter Mary. There are (or were) pictures of Civil War soldiers named Foster from Marion Co. at www.ancientfaces.com. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] civil war letters > I THINK William A. Smith may have been in Co. F, 7th Cavalry. 1860 census > shows them in Fosterburg Twp., Marion Co. IL. Mary Foster Smith Farmer is > buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka Twp., Marion Co. IL. > > Dot > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Buffalo234@aol.com> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:07 PM > Subject: [ILMARION] civil war letters > > > > Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" > > <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to Marion > Brimberry, > > and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more about > Mr. > > Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? Any > little > > thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson to > share > > them! > > > > Sincerely > > > > Carolyn > > Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the > digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >
Carolyn William's family history is on this list!! meb
I THINK William A. Smith may have been in Co. F, 7th Cavalry. 1860 census shows them in Fosterburg Twp., Marion Co. IL. Mary Foster Smith Farmer is buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka Twp., Marion Co. IL. Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: <Buffalo234@aol.com> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:07 PM Subject: [ILMARION] civil war letters > Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" > <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to Marion Brimberry, > and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more about Mr. > Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? Any little > thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson to share > them! > > Sincerely > > Carolyn > Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma! > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >
Just a note to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to "David Thomson" <dave@volantis.org> for sharing the Civil War Letters belonging to Marion Brimberry, and written by William A. SMITH in 1862. I just wish we knew more about Mr. Smith. Do we have an idea of his regiment or township he was from? Any little thing? The letters are a treasure and it is so kind of Mr. Thomson to share them! Sincerely Carolyn Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma!
Lydia Pursley moved to Texas. after her husbands death, with some of her children, I often wonder, if she made local history there also. One of these I think I will check it. (smile) > [Original Message] > From: mebrimberry <mebrimberry@mvn.net> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/11/2003 3:42:41 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Civil War Letters from William A. Smith - Smith Family Genealogy > > Dave, you will enjoy this story. Go look it up. > > Sarah Pursley's mother rescued Tom Higgins at Hills Fort in Bond County when > the Indians were in the act of giving him a skin deep hair cut. > > mebrimberry > > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com
Dave, you will enjoy this story. Go look it up. Sarah Pursley's mother rescued Tom Higgins at Hills Fort in Bond County when the Indians were in the act of giving him a skin deep hair cut. mebrimberry
THANKS A MILLION. Tom Boring.
Here is the family of William A. Smith from http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1536653&id=I6842 0760 ID: I68420760 Name: William A SMITH Given Name: William A Surname: Smith Sex: M Birth: 22 April 1832 in Foster Twp. Marion Co., Illinois Death: 5 Dec 1862 Civil War in Coffeeville, Mississippi Father: Mordecai SMITH b: 1 April 1804 in Elizabeth City, N.C. Mother: Sarah PURSLEY b: 12 Sept. 1815 in Bond Co. Illinois Marriage 1 Mary "Polly" FOSTER b: 14 March 1837 in Illinois Married: 12 August 1851 in Marion Co. Illinois Children Mary Hester SMITH b: 19 Janurary 1857 in Foster Twp. ,Marion Co., Illinois Diora SMITH b: 14 Sept. 1852 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Il. Byron SMITH b: 20 August 1854 Walter Scott SMITH b: 20 April 1859 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois William Rollin SMITH b: 18 Feb. 1861 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois
Here is the full genealogy information from the previous message I posted. This ought to make it easier for folks to see if they have a relationship to William A. Smith and Mary (Polly) Foster Smith. I'm going to contact the GEDCOM owner and inform him/her of the letters at the ILMARION list as well. Dave 1. Abram Smith. Children: 2. i Abraham Smith b. 18 August 1775. Second Generation 2. Abraham Smith, b. 18 August 1775 in N. Carolina. He married Lucy Sexton, b. 1775 in N. Carolina, d. after 1860. Abraham died 5 Feb. 1856 in Marion Co. Il. Children: 3. i Mordecai Smith b. 1 April 1804. 4. ii John A. Smith b. 8 Nov 1808. 5. iii Britton Smith b. 7 Nov 1811. iv Edmund Smith. 6. v Mary Ann Smith b. 1806. 7. vi Nancy Smith b. 1803. Third Generation 3. Mordecai Smith, b. 1 April 1804 in Elizabeth City, N.C. He married Sarah Pursley, married 23 June 1831 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 12 Sept. 1815 in Bond Co. Illinois, d. 5 Oct. 1873 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois. Mordecai died 10 Sept.1884 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Il. Children: 8. i William A Smith b. 22 April 1832. 9. ii Mary "Polly" Smith b. 28 Sept. 1834. 10. iii Lucinda "Lucy" Smith b. 1837. 11. iv Nancy Smith b. 13 Feb. 1840. v Lydia Smith, b. 1842 in Marion Co. Illinois, d. 7 Aug. 1879 in 36 Yr 10mn 16da. vi Fannie Smith, b. 1845 in Marion Co. Illinois, d. 18 Sept 1852 in 4yr 11mn 10da. vii Amanda Smith, b. 1850 in Marion Co. Illinois, d. 3 Sept. 1852 in 2Yr 5mn 10da. 12. viii Elizabeth Deliah Smith b. 7 Jan 1858. 4. John A. Smith, b. 8 Nov 1808 in Raliegh, N. Carolina. He married Sarah E. Mabry, married 25 June 1840, b. 2 Feb 1824 in Tennessee, d. 3 Aug 1881 in 57ys5ms1da. John died April 1888. Children: i David Smith, b. 21 March 1846 in Illinois, d. 8 June 1852 in Illinois. ii Lucy A. Smith, b. 13 Nov 1848. She married (1) James K. Sweet, married 13 March 1870. She married (2) Henry Sellers. Lucy died 24 Feb 1892. iii Nancy Smith, b. 6 Nov 1850, d. 6 Nov 1852. iv Rebecca L.J. Smith, b. 30 Oct 1852. She married David P. Parker. Rebecca died 28 Jan 1886. v Susan M. Smith, b. 8 Aug 1855. She married Joseph F. Richards, married 25 Dec 1873. Susan died 30 April 1936. 13. vi Abram Smith b. 17 March 1857. vii Mahala J. Smith, b. 8 Aug 1859. She married Simon Guy, married Aug 1901. Mahala died 12 March 1904. viii John R. Smith, b. 3 Jan 1862, d. 15 Aug 1868. ix William E. Smith, b. 1 April 1864, d. 1 Aug 1865. x Ella E. Smith, b. 1 April 1864. She married John S. Walker, married 11 Sept 1885. Ella died 22 Jan 1945. 5. Britton Smith, b. 7 Nov 1811 in N. Carolina. He married Mahala Foster, b. 1822, d. 1855 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem. Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Britton died 26 Jan 1892 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois- Smith/Jones Cemetery. Children: i John Smith, b. 7 Oct 1838. He married Frotiller Nichols, b. 2 June 1842 in Illinois, d. 25 April 1864 in Illinois, buried: in Fredonia Cem. , Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. John died 17 Dec 1910 in Illinois, buried: in Fredonia Cemetery, Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. 14. ii Mary "Polly" Smith b. 1841. iii Hardy Smith, b. 1843. iv Lucinda Smith, b. 10 Sept 1844. She married Hilary D. Chance, b. 13 Feb 1840, d. 30 July 1901, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Lucinda died 29 Dec 1921. v Sarah Smith, b. 1847. 15. vi Catherine "Katie" Smith b. 2 Feb 1849. vii Abraham Smith, b. 1850 in Illinois. viii Elizabeth "Libby" Smith, b. 30 April 1852 in Illinois. She married Hiram L. Ballance, b. 17 Sept 1851, d. 16 Sept 1923, buried: in Cruse Cem., Patoka Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Elizabeth died 10 April 1926, buried: in Cruse Cem., Patoka Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. ix Mahala Frances"Fannie" Smith, b. 1854. She married Robert Beecher Nichols. Mahala died 1935, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. 6. Mary Ann Smith, b. 1806 in N. Carolina. She married Henry Pool, b. 1806 in N. Carolina. Children: i Sarah Pool, b. 1829 in Tennessee. ii Martha Pool, b. 1835 in Illinois. iii George W. Pool, b. 23 Feb 1840 in Illinois, d. 22 June 1907 in Illinois. iv Eliza Pool, b. 1842 in Illinois. v William Pool, b. 1844 in Illinois. vi Mariann Pool, b. 1847 in Illinois. vii Edmond Pool, b. 1849 in Illinois. viii Abram Pool, b. 1832 in Illinois. He married Martha Malone, b. 1833 in Tennessee, d. 1922 in Illinois. Abram died 1898 in Illinois. ix Meddie Pool, b. 7 Dec 1843. She married John "Pete" Hines, b. 6 Jan 1849, d. 21 March 1927, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Meddie died 24 Dec 1937, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. 7. Nancy Smith, b. 1803 in N. Carolina. She married John"Abe" Earnheart, b. 1802 in N. Carolina. Children: i Nancy Earnheart, b. 1840 in Illinois. ii Abraham Earnheart, b. 1842 in Illinois. iii Georgia Earnhart. She married George Lamont. Fourth Generation 8. William A Smith, b. 22 April 1832 in Foster Twp. Marion Co., Illinois. He married Mary "Polly" Foster, married 12 August 1851 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 14 March 1837 in Illinois, d. 24 Feb 1907 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois. William died 5 Dec 1862 Civil Wa in Coffeeville, Mississippi. Children: 16. i Mary Hester Smith b. 19 Janurary 1857. 17. ii Diora Smith b. 14 Sept. 1852. iii Byron Smith, b. 20 August 1854. He married Harriet "Hattie" Gray, married 7 October 1875, b. July 1860 in Illinois. iv Walter Scott Smith, b. 20 April 1859 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois. He married Edna Thiell, married 1 Oct. 1895 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 1875. v William Rollin Smith, b. 18 Feb. 1861 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois. 9. Mary "Polly" Smith, b. 28 Sept. 1834 in Marion Co. Illinois. She married Vanquelin O. Lee, married 7 July 1850 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 24 July 1823 in Tennessee, d. 5 Feb. 1890 in Marion Co. Illinois. Mary died 9 Nov. 1877 in Marion Co. Illinois. Children: i Matilda Lee, b. 28 Dec 1851 in Illinois. She married Samuel F. Chandler, b. 17 May 1851, d. 24 Dec 1876, buried: in Smith/Jones Cemetery, Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Matilda died 11 Jan 1882, buried: in Smith Jones Cemetery, Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. 18. ii Mordecai Lee b. 1853. iii George W. Lee, b. 1856 in Illinois. iv Mary Lee, b. 1858 in Illinois. She married William W. Hayden, married 25 March 1891 in Marion Co., Illinois, b. 1848. v Sarah Lee, b. 1858 in Illinois. vi Barton Lee, b. 1863 in Illinois. vii William Lee, b. 1864 in Illinois. viii Maggie Lee, b. 1869 in Illinois. She married Shubal G. Robins, married 3 Jan 1893 in Marion Co., Illinois, b. 1865. ix Flora Lee, b. 1873 in Illinois. She married George A. Walker, married 23 Sept 1894 in Marion Co., Illinois, b. 1863. x Nuton Lee, b. 1875, d. 17 Oct 1877. 10. Lucinda "Lucy" Smith, b. 1837 in Marion Co. Illinois. She married Elijah Albert Chance, married 13 Aug. 1858, b. 1833 in Illinois. Lucinda died 18 July 1872. Children: i Amanda Chance, b. 1855, d. 1938, buried: in Tilman/Vernon Cem., Oatoka Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. ii Fannie Chance, b. 1857. iii Sarah Chance, b. 1862. iv Edward Chance, b. 1865 in Illinois. 11. Nancy Smith, b. 13 Feb. 1840 in Marion Co. Illinois. She married John Bell Chandler, married 13 Oct 1858, b. 12 April 1837, d. 12 Aug. 1911. Nancy died 26 Oct. 1926 in Marion Co. Illinois. Children: i Emmet C. Chandler, b. 10 Nov 1859, d. 22 Dec 1873, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. ii Cecil E. Chandler, b. 29 Sept 1869 in Illinois, d. 30 Jan 1870, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. iii Marvin A. Chandler, b. 27 April 1872, d. 1 April 1910, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. iv Ernest Chandler, b. 25 Oct 1882, d. 17 May 1903, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. 12. Elizabeth Deliah Smith, b. 7 Jan 1858 in Marion Co. Illinois. She married William L. Caldwell, b. 1850 in Missouri, d. 1935, buried: in Smith/Jones Cemetery, Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Elizabeth died 31 March 1882 in 24Yr 2Mn 24Da Illinois, buried: in Smith/Jones Cemetery, Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Children: i Georgia Caldwell, b. 1877. ii William H. Caldwell, b. 1879. iii Sarah Ann Caldwell, b. 3 Sept 1875, d. 27 July 1876, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp., Masrion Co., Illinois. 13. Abram Smith, b. 17 March 1857. He married Sarah Frances Higgison, married 26 Jan 1880 in Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, b. 24 Feb 1862, d. 28 June 1906. Abram died 5 May 1936. Children: 19. i Herman Warren Smith b. 11 Nov 1880. ii David L. Smith, b. 23 Nov 1882 in Salem, Marion Co., Illinois. He married Cora Rollen, married 1913 in Benton, Illinois. David died 12 May ?. iii Infant son Smith, b. 26 June 1885, d. 26 June 1885. iv Elizabeth Temple Smith, b. 3 March 1887 in Omega, Illinois. She married William T. Smith, married 1902 in Breese, Clinton Co., Illinois. Elizabeth died 10 Sept 1945. v Mahala Clara Smith, b. 31 Dec 1889 in Sandoval, Illinois, d. 19 Jan 1891. 20. vi Verna Edna Smith b. 2 March 1892. 14. Mary "Polly" Smith, b. 1841. She married William J. Nichols, b. 1835, d. 1895, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Mary died 1889, buried: in Fredonia Cem.,Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Children: i Charles H. Nichols, b. 1865. He married Mary A. "Molly" UNKNOWN, b. 1869, d. 1939, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Charles died 1943, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. 15. Catherine "Katie" Smith, b. 2 Feb 1849 in Illinois. She married Thomas Wilson Gray, married 23 Dec 1869, b. 9 Nov 1846, d. 24 Feb 1931, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Catherine died 18 March 1938 in Illinois, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Children: i Mahala Maybell Gray, b. 7 Nov 1873, d. 8 April 1878, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. ii James Denton Gray, b. 10 Oct 1876, d. 2 April 1878, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. iii Emma Gray, b. 3 June 1871. She married Charles Edward Maulding, married 19 Nov 1891 in Marion Co., Illinois, b. 1 Dec 1870, d. 31 Aug 1935, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Emma died 28 Nov 1926, buried: in Fredonia Cem., Tonti Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Fifth Generation 16. Mary Hester Smith, b. 19 Janurary 1857 in Foster Twp. ,Marion Co., Illinois. She married Robert Alexander Simcox, married 1 May 1878 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 18 September 1854 in Maysville, Kentucky, d. 18 December 1917 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery , Marion Co. Illinois. Mary died 3 July 1923 in Patoka, Marion Co. Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois. Children: 21. i George Walter Simcox b. 4 July 1883. ii Howard Simcox, b. 9 May 1881. He married Mae Arnold, married 24 Sept. 1902 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 27 Jan. 1880, d. 13 Sept. 1949. Howard died 1915. 22. iii Anna Maude "Bobby" Simcox b. 8 Jan. 1879. 23. iv Helen Burnett Simcox b. 30 November 1886. v Martha Simcox, d. in infancy. vi Jessie Simcox, d. in infancy. 17. Diora Smith, b. 14 Sept. 1852 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Il. She married John Wesley Oglesby, married 31 Oct. 1870, b. 28 Jan. 1848, d. 17 Nov. 1904. Diora died 1933 in Marion Co. Il. Children: i Henry Oglesby, b. 1873. He married Ella Faye Tolle, b. 1875, d. 1933. Henry died 1965. ii Hester Oglesby, b. 1884, d. 1938. 18. Mordecai Lee, b. 1853 in Illinois. He married Almira Smith, b. 1861, d. 1923, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem. Foster Two., Marion Co., Illinois. Mordecai died 1932, buried: in Smith/Jones Cemetery, Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois. Children: i Frankie Lee, b. 28 Aug 1882, d. 1 Oct 1882, buried: in Smith/Jones Cem., Foster Twp.,Marion Co., Illinois. 19. Herman Warren Smith, b. 11 Nov 1880 in Patoka, Illinois. He married Jessie P. Sterner, married 28 June 1905 in Breese, Illinois. Herman died 14 Jan 1974. Children: i David Orval Smith, b. 21 July 1906, d. 10 Feb 1975. ii Herman Clifford Smith, b. 16 May 1908. iii Sarah Pearl Smith, b. 13 March 1910, d. 25 Sept 1910, buried: in Sandoval Cem., Sandoval, Illinois. iv Robert Lester Smith, b. 12 Aug 1911. v Mariane Lovina Smith, b. 28 May 1914. vi Raymond E. Smith, b. 2 June 1917. vii Lillian Isabell Smith, b. 27 Nov 1919. viii Richard Earl Smith, b. 14 Aug 1923. 20. Verna Edna Smith, b. 2 March 1892 in Sandoval, Illinois. She married Silas Book, married 29 Oct 1909 in Breese, Clinton Co., Illinois, b. 25 Dec 1890. Verna died 25 July 1986, buried: in Sandoval Cem., Sandoval, Illinois. Children: 24. i Alta Mae Book b. 4 July 1911. ii William Orval Book, b. 16 Dec 1912. He married Dimple Naomi Smith, married 16 Feb 1935, b. 18 Jan 1916. Sixth Generation 21. George Walter Simcox, b. 4 July 1883 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois. He married Minnie May Wasem, married 24 June 1906 in Salem, Marion Co. Illinois, b. 14 Sept. 1883 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois, d. 20 May 1953 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois. George died 18 April 1955 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co. Illinois. Children: 25. i Dale Lawrence Simcox b. 27 June 1910. 26. ii Harold James "Johnny" Simcox b. 11 January 1907. 27. iii Betty Fern Simcox b. 27 July 1920. 22. Anna Maude "Bobby" Simcox, b. 8 Jan. 1879 in Patoka, Illinois. She married Fred Bowe Miller, married 8 Feb. 1898 in Vandalia, Illinois, b. 29 Sept. 1878 in Ancona Illinois, d. 24 July 1964 in Miami, Florida. Anna died 26 October 1975 in Eureka, Illinois. Children: 28. i Myrtle Mae Miller b. 29 April 1899. ii Mary H. Miller, b. 1905, d. 1909. 23. Helen Burnett Simcox, b. 30 November 1886 in Patoka, Illinois. She married James Lewis Davidson, married 15 April 1906 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 10 July 1881 in east of Patoka, Illinois, d. 10 May 1966 in Florida. Helen died 4 March 1986 in Cresent City, Florida. Children: i Anna Mae Davidson, b. 8 Jan. 1907 in Patoka, Illinois. ii James Robert Davidson, b. 26 Feb. 1909 in Mercedes, Texas, d. 18 Sept. 1967 in Belleglade. iii Charles Howard Davidson, b. 25 March1911 in Patoka, Illinois, d. 11 Nov. 1971 in Pittsburg, PA. iv Esther Helen Davidson, b. 10 March 1913 in Patoka, Illinois. v Carl William Davidson, b. 19 April 1922 in Pomona Park, Florida, d. 20 March 1997 in Florida. vi Stella Gertrude Davidson, b. 3 August 1925 in Pomona Park, Florida. 24. Alta Mae Book, b. 4 July 1911. She married Daniel H. Meyer, married 2 July 1928, b. 25 Dec 1906. Children: i Evelyn Louise Meyer, b. 7 March 1929. ii Living Meyer. iii Living Meyer. Seventh Generation 25. Dale Lawrence Simcox, b. 27 June 1910 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois. He married Lola Pauline Cole, married 10 Aug 1929 in Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, b. 9 Dec 1909 in Pope Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Dale died 21 February 1991 in Centralia, Marion Co., Illinois, buried: in Hillcrest Memorial Park, N. of Centralia, Illinois. Children: i Living Simcox. She married Billie Joe Mayfield, b. 8 July 1930 in Centralia, Illinois, d. 14 October 1982 in Centralia, Illinois, buried: in Hillcrest Memorial Park, N. of Centralia, Illinois. ii Living Simcox. 26. Harold James "Johnny" Simcox, b. 11 January 1907 in Patoka, Marion Co. Illinois. He married (1) Thelma Mindora Hopkins, married 25 May 1929 in Aurora, Illinois, b. 27 March 1908 in Fayette Co., Illinois, d. 17 Feb. 1958 in Centralia, Marion Co.,Illinois, buried: in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka, Illinois. He married (2) Burnell Apple-Hafeli, d. 1972. He married (3) Julia Esther"Julie" Lampia-Carlson, married 7 July 1973, b. 7 July 1911 in Brainerd, Minnesota. Harold died 9 January 1994 in Centralia, Marion Co. Illinois. Children: 29. i Living Simcox. ii Martha Sue Simcox, b. 31 July 1939 in Centralia, Illinois, d. 2 December 1981 in Illinois. 27. Betty Fern Simcox, b. 27 July 1920 in Patoka, Marion Co. Illinois. She married Alphonse Paluski, married 31 Oct. 1945 in St. Lawrence Ch. Sandoval, Illinois, b. 24 Dec. 1915, d. 18 June 1992 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Children: i Living Paluski. ii Living Paluski. iii Living Paluski. iv Living Paluski. v Living Paluski. 28. Myrtle Mae Miller, b. 29 April 1899 in Centralia, Illinois. She married Dr. Frank M. Phifer, b. 30 October 1886 in Illinois, d. 26 March 1976 in Eureka, Illinois. Myrtle died 19 July 1959 in Eureka, Illinois. Children: i Frances Marion Phifer, b. 24 Oct. 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. She married Dr. Ralph B. Johanson, b. 22 June 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. Frances died !9 Feb. 1985 in Naples, Florida. ii John Newton Phifer, b. 13 July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. iii Joseph Carl Phifer, b. 13 July 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, d. 1 Sept. 1989 in Eureka, Illinois. Eighth Generation 29. Living Simcox. He married Marilyn Rose "Susie" Woolbright, b. 25 May 1929 in Central City, Marion Co. Illinois. Children: i Living Simcox. He married Living Blackburn. 30. ii Living Simcox. iii Living Simcox. He married Living Dennis. iv Living Simcox. She married Living Abell III. Ninth Generation 30. Living Simcox. She married Living Teschner. Children: 31. i Living Teschner. ii Living Teschner. iii Living Teschner. She married Living Malone. Tenth Generation 31. Living Teschner. She married Living Kauzlarich. Children: i Living Kauzlarich.
The Lucy Chance to which reference is made in the Civil War Letters of William A. Smith as generously transcribed by David Thompson is probably the Lucy N. Chance, b. 10 Jun 1842, d/o James Wiley Chance, Sr,. and Mary Margaret "Millie" Nichols. Lucy m. 28 Mar 1868 in Marion County George W. Kretzer. The Jeff Boring and John Boring to which reference is made in those letters are probably the brothers (or half-brothers) Thomas Jefferson Boring and John Boring, sons of Thomas J. Boring, Sr., and his second wife, Margaret Ann Irwin, although John Boring may have been the son of Thomas J. Boring, Sr and his first wife, Elizabeth Pursley. Thomas Jefferson Boring <jr> m. (1) 27 Jul 1867 in Bibb County, Georgia Samantha Rush (2) 5 Aug 1883 in Marion County Josia Eagan.
I've posted all the letters I'm going to have time for until next week. I'll be out of town for a few days. There should be plenty to keep everyone busy for now. Thank you all for your patience while I loaded up your inboxes. Dave
Enjoying the letters. Off the subject though. I found a web in Scotland & am trying to research some Thomson wills(smile). > [Original Message] > From: David Thomson <dave@volantis.org> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/10/2003 11:00:02 AM > Subject: RE: [ILMARION] Civil War Letters from William A. Smith > > *** > This is a continuing presentation of Civil War letters written by William A. > Smith. The letters are made available through Marion Brimberry. I have > attempted to type the letters as true to the grammar and spelling as > presented to me. > > David Thomson > *** > > Jacinto, Mississippi > Thursday evening, July 17, 1862 > > My Dear Wife:- > > Having wrote quite a lengthy letter to you yesterday, I have nothing of > interest to write to you now, but only wish to drop you a line to let you > know that I am quite well today. I will still continue to send you a note > every chance that I have, besides writing to you at least once a week. > The old letters I hope you will take care of for me, as well as any others > that I may send you from time to time; as nobody but yourself will want to > read them, you will put them in the drawer with my others and not put them > with those I write to you, then if you ever want to see any of them you will > know where to find them without trouble. > Felix W. Arnold had his trial yesterday but I do not know the finding of > the court. We will know in about a week, then I will write to you. I sent > you a pamphlet of the findings of Courts Martial, did you ever get it? > Two men of Company �L� was discharged and started home at noon today. Two > Lieutenants and four con-commissioned officers of this Regiment started home > when I was in Corinth, to recruit for the Regiment. If you hear of any one > that wants plenty of work and good pay, besides the chance to help Uncle Sam > a little, tell them to write to me and I will tell them all they may want to > know about the matter. > I sent John Foster my certificate of appointment as corporal. You will get > it and take good care of it. It may possibly be of use to you some time; > you can remember the cases where proof of identity was hard to get, when > such a paper as the one I sent you would be all that would be necessary, > then the necessity of taking good care of it is apparent enough. > I think I will certainly get a letter from Lucy or Nancy in todays mail, > which will soon be in and I will expect one from John Foster in a day or > two. > It has been some time since I wrote to uncle M.T. Ballance. I think he > will soon write to me. > You need not be surprised if you get a letter from some of my friends in > Tennessee that you have never saw. You may perhaps remember a letter that I > wrote there some time last summer. I have lately heard of it, and expect > you will receive an answer to it. Tell me whether you are going to have any > school in our District this summer or not. Tell me how Diora and Byron got > along reading and spelling at the last school. Tell me about those grafts. > Why did so few of them live. > Expecting to get a big letter from you in a few days, and hoping that you > and the children are all in good health. I bid you good bye. > William A. Smith > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com
*** This is a continuing presentation of Civil War letters written by William A. Smith. The letters are made available through Marion Brimberry. I have attempted to type the letters as true to the grammar and spelling as presented to me. David Thomson *** Jacinto, Mississippi Thursday evening, July 17, 1862 My Dear Wife:- Having wrote quite a lengthy letter to you yesterday, I have nothing of interest to write to you now, but only wish to drop you a line to let you know that I am quite well today. I will still continue to send you a note every chance that I have, besides writing to you at least once a week. The old letters I hope you will take care of for me, as well as any others that I may send you from time to time; as nobody but yourself will want to read them, you will put them in the drawer with my others and not put them with those I write to you, then if you ever want to see any of them you will know where to find them without trouble. Felix W. Arnold had his trial yesterday but I do not know the finding of the court. We will know in about a week, then I will write to you. I sent you a pamphlet of the findings of Courts Martial, did you ever get it? Two men of Company L was discharged and started home at noon today. Two Lieutenants and four con-commissioned officers of this Regiment started home when I was in Corinth, to recruit for the Regiment. If you hear of any one that wants plenty of work and good pay, besides the chance to help Uncle Sam a little, tell them to write to me and I will tell them all they may want to know about the matter. I sent John Foster my certificate of appointment as corporal. You will get it and take good care of it. It may possibly be of use to you some time; you can remember the cases where proof of identity was hard to get, when such a paper as the one I sent you would be all that would be necessary, then the necessity of taking good care of it is apparent enough. I think I will certainly get a letter from Lucy or Nancy in todays mail, which will soon be in and I will expect one from John Foster in a day or two. It has been some time since I wrote to uncle M.T. Ballance. I think he will soon write to me. You need not be surprised if you get a letter from some of my friends in Tennessee that you have never saw. You may perhaps remember a letter that I wrote there some time last summer. I have lately heard of it, and expect you will receive an answer to it. Tell me whether you are going to have any school in our District this summer or not. Tell me how Diora and Byron got along reading and spelling at the last school. Tell me about those grafts. Why did so few of them live. Expecting to get a big letter from you in a few days, and hoping that you and the children are all in good health. I bid you good bye. William A. Smith
*** This is a continuing presentation of Civil War letters written by William A. Smith. The letters are made available through Marion Brimberry. I have attempted to type the letters as true to the grammar and spelling as presented to me. David Thomson *** Jacinto, Mississippi Tuesday, July 15th, 1862 My Dear Wife:- I yesterday received yours of the 4th, 7th and 10th inst., and will now try to write you a reply. I am glad to hear that the celebration at the Burgh went off in good style. I hope that you may live to see many such. I am sorry to hear of the sudden death of John Fosters babe. I see by the paper that esquire Wills big house is burned down. On last Wednesday evening I found that the Regimental Quartermaster was going to Corinth and I stopped from writing a letter to Mrs. Lee and went with him to Corinth to send some money to John Foster. I sent him $100.00 which I hope he has received by this time (the mail is in and brings me a letter from Miss E.A. Hamilton which I will answer in a day or two.) I took twenty nine hundred and seventy five dollars to Corinth to send to Illinois. I stayed all night. This is the first time that I have ever saw Corinth. It is very poorly situated but has some very nice houses in it, but it has a sad, forsaken appearance. Piles of ashes and rubbish mark the places where have stood stores, warehouses and depots, Oh! Such a waste of property. Returning I passed by where there is hundreds of waggons collected together and nearly all partly burned up. I had supposed that we had only a few troops now in this neighborhood, as our scouts are always off in a southern direction and we never see but a few Regiments, but it is sixteen miles from here to Corinth and it is literally a camp all the way, though I noticed the names of three Generals whose headquarters are on the road. General Rosencranz, General Stanley and General Granger. Then there is General Jeff. C. Davis, his headquarters are here in town. Our headquarters is with Colonel Mysner at Rianza, eight miles west from here. Then there is an endless lot of field artillery all though the country. If the rebels should attack us we could yet give them something of a fight. When I was about half way to camp I passed through a place where there was some Indians standing guard. These are the first that I have seen since I have been in the service, they are from Minnesota. They would say halt, got pass. I was haulted by three different squads of them in Tuscumbia river bottom. It soon bean to rain and I think the hardest rain that I ever saw fall, fell on me from there to camp. The next night after that, Jack Foster waked up and Felix W. Arnold was trying to get his pants from under his head. Jack spoke out and Felix laid down and laid still for a few minutes. Then he got up and the boys watched him and he went over into Company L and commenced talking to a man there. Clay missed his money, $111.15 but they did not have Felix arrested. The next morning Clay went to Lieut. Lee and told him of it. About the same time I went down the line to make out the sick report for the day and fell in with Jack and he commenced telling me of it. Felix came up and heard Jack telling me and asked Jack what he said. Jack told him that somebody had stole Clays money and the he caught Felix trying to steal his and that Felix was the one that stole Clays money. At this Felix began to tremble all over, then he began to try to make light of the matter, but Jack told him that it would not win, for he had stole Clays money. Felix then went across the road to the Commissary store, then down the side of the hill to a big stump, but Charlie Lee was watching him and ran towards him and called to Felix and asked him what he was doing. Felix told him a lie and Charlie caught him in it by going to him, for he was grubbing behind the stump. He jumped up and Charlie accused him of stealing the money and told him to give it up and Felix put his hand in his pocket and drew out Clays pocket book with all the money in it except the fifteen cents. He then said that he took Clays money for a joke. Charlie asked him why he buried it and he said that he was afraid some one would steal it from him (he was on guard himself). They took him to the guard house and he is still there awaiting his trial. I have no idea when he will be tried. His trial will be at Rianza. What do you think of his case. One man in our Regiment was caught asleep on guard post a few nights ago and had his trial last Friday and was sentenced to imprisonment three years or during the war. I pity him but it will not do to allow sentinels to sleep on the posts. Your uncle Montgomery is now a Lieut. in his company. Success to him. He stayed with us last night. I wrote to Polly Lee and sent you a note enclosed. I will expect a letter from Nancy in a few days. I sent you Harpers Weekly from Corinth. I think you have received it ere this. The health of the Company is first rate, only five absent and five present sick. None is in the hospital here of our Company. My health could not be better except my nerves are as unsteady as a man eight years old. I lay it to the powder, the surgeon lays it to the strong coffee. I have never taken a dose of medicine for it. Captain Ludwig of Company M resigned and went home to Randolph County. One of the men of his company that had been discharged, got into a quarrel with him and killed him on the 3rd inst. The fellow escaped. Our Company has been organized eleven months tomorrow. Then two years and one month and I will come home if I keep well. If you are tired of trying to read this, I will stop, promising to write again in a few days. William A. Smith P.S. Felixs trial will be tomorrow.