This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jAB.2ACI/1846 Message Board Post: Eugene "Chester" Smith was born in Clinton County, KY in November of 1878, and was the son of Calvin Smith and Ellen Unknown. He was a minister and might have one time been the minister at Cedar Hill Church. A picture of Chester can be found on page 4 of CLINTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, A PICTORIAL HISTORY, VOLUME III, published by the Clinton County Historical Society in 1994. The caption under the picture reads as follows: Singing Group - Gospel Meeting - 1921 Below Cedar Hill Meeting House OVID SMITH, SALLY SMITH, Myrtle Burchett, Rufus Honeycutt, CHESTER SMITH, Schuyler Honeycutt. Chester married Sarah Helen ("Sally") UNKNOWN. They had four sons, Oakley Hoye Smith, Otis Paul Smith, Oren Hall Smith, and Ovid Roy Smith. Chester appears in the Clinton County census in 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. In the 1930 census, Chester, Sarah, and Ovid were in Jamestown, Russell County, KY where Chester was the preacher in a Methodist Church. My aunt is the daughter of Ovid Smith and was never given much information about her grandparents. She recalls that Sarah remarried after Chester's death to an Unknown Rodgers/Rogers. Sarah died in April of 1959 in Adair County. My aunt thinks her grandmother Sarah was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery next to Chester. I would be very grateful if someone could do a cemetery lookup for Chester and Sarah and provide me with the information on their headstones. Additionally, I am interested in exchanging information with anyone connected to this Smith family. I have only been researching for a short time and find myself not quite experienced enough to research the Smith surname. If e-mailing me directly, please put Eugene Chester Smith or Chester Smith in the subject line. Thanks in advance. Valerie Locke Louisville, KY valsusan@aol.com