This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fm.2ADI/359.1 Message Board Post: Benjamin is buried in East Hill Cemetery near Erie, KS His tombstone reads: Ben J. Smith 28 Mar 1854 Philadelphia, PA 24 Jan. 1916 Ava, MO This information is from our Neosho County Cemeteries book. I do not see an obit in the Chanute Tribune, but you might find one in the Erie newspapers. I do not see any Neosho County probate records listed for him either.