This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peters, Rentz, Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mEB.2ACI/487 Message Board Post: I have seen several gedcoms that list the wife of Matthew Smith as Jane Emily Peters, born 1832 in Lawrence County, Ms. Jane is listed as the daughter of Joseph Peters and Olive Rentz Peters. The 1880 Winn census list Matthew's wife as Martha J. age 38 which would place her birth year as 1842. Are these two seperate wives or a numerical misprint on the birthdate? What became of Jane Emily or Martha J. after Matthew's murder?