Still looking for all possible combinations of Cox and Smith. Smiths and Ballards of Greene, Morgan, Jersey, Macoupin County. Wm A Cox married Martha Loretta Smith in 1898 in Macoupin County. Wm was born in Morgan County, son of Wm. R. Cox and Sarah M. Boyer. Martha, born 1869, may have been the daughter of Martin Smith, TN,and Mary Ballard, MO I feel there is probably a connection with the Ballards and Smiths of Greene County. William A. Cox had several sisters who married Smiths from Greene County.Looking for all info on Martha Loretta Smith. Martha had a son, George Arthur Smith, out of wedlock in 1892, in Illinois. She married Wallace Gafney in 1893 in Jersey County, Illinois. No info of what happened with this marriage. She married Wm. A. Cox in 1898 in Macoupin County. Any info as to the father of George Arthur Smith? Info on his mother, Martha Loretta Smith? Need her parents' names and other info. Thanks M. Cox