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.