Mary Ludington, wife of Charles Barnes was a daughter of Nelson Lud, a grandson of Col Henry. Nelson was a wealthy banker in Chicago IL Ron ----- Original Message ---- From: M Inoue <meinoue@cox.net> To: LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 6:36:59 PM Subject: [LUDDINGTON] Clinch Smigh/Ludington Barnes Re: Bertha Ludington Barnes and James Clinch Smith, Family Search has them ad being married on June, 5 1895 in Cook, Illinois and your report lists Clifford L. Barnes of Lake Forest as Bertha's Father google for Clifford Barnes Lake Forest produced this at Lake Forest College Historical Campus Don't know if it is the same individual "Glen Rowan (1908, Howard Van Doren Shaw, architect; renov. c. 1970). This home of Clifford and Alice Reid Barnes was purchased by the College from Lilace Barnes in the Cole years, initially for use by the First National Bank of Chicago as a Conference Center and after 1980 as a guest house and meeting place for the College. Renovated by the Bank and decorated by the Women's Board's Charlotte Simmons, this archetypical country place is preserved as one of the best. Around 1967 Martin Luther King visited Miss Barnes, a reformer daughter of eminent reformer Clifford Barnes, to socialize in a relaxed setting with decision-makers on the housing issues of the day. " " footnote to this history is the discovery recently on a landscape plan for what was, early in the century, the Lake Forest Academy grounds the outline of a building just east of East House (now Moore Hall of Lake Forest College). This is designated as the "Barrell Garage." This building since 1940 has been Hixon Hall -- at first at the Academy and by the end of that decade at Lake Forest College's South Campus. Today this Shaw structure houses the Alan Carr Theater and the College's Drama Department. This brings the total number of buildings designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw on the College campus to seven -- including also Glen Rowan (originally the Clifford Barnes residence; 1908), Durand Commons (1907), and the western four houses at the entrance to Faculty Circle (1917). " This site http://longislandgenealogy.com/smith/grpname1.html has a photo of James Clinch Smith and the following Mr. James Clinch Smith, 56, was born on 3 April 1856. A resident of St James, Long Island, New York, Mr. Smith boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger (17764, ￡30 13s 11d). He occupied cabin A-7. Smith was a lieutenant in the Third Cavalry, United States Army and the brother of Bessie Smith White of Smithtown, Long Island, New York. Bessie Smith White was the wife of architect Stanford White. White was murdered in June 1906 by Harry Thaw then recently married to White's mistress of five years, Evelyn Nesbit. James Clinch Smith was a witness to the event. James Clinch Smith died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. Information came from the Encyclopedia Titanica: First Class Passenger: James Clinch Smith http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/bio/p/1st/smith_jc.shtml JAMES CLINCH8 SMITH (JOHN LAWRENCE7, RICHARD6, RICHARD5, EBENEZER4, RICHARD3, RICHARD2 SMYTHE, RICHARD1 SMYTH) was born April 03, 1856, and died April 15, 1912 in died on the Titantic. He married BERTHA LUDINGTON BARNES. She was born November 24, 1870 in of Chicago, ILL, and died August 19, 1913 in Leysin, Switzerland. Heritage Quest has James being the son of Judge John Lawrence Smith (Born 1816 Died 1889) and Sarah N. Clinch. "June 5, 1895, James Clinch-Smith was united in marriage with Miss Bertha Ludington Barnes, Daughter of Charles J. Barnes of Chicago. This lady was born at the family homestead on Calument Avenue, Chichao, and received an excellent education at Ogontz. An accomplished linguist and charming conversationalist, she is, however, perhaps best known through her musical compositions, having composed 'Traumerii', 'Estelle' and 'Michaus Club', waltzes and other pieces of acknowledged merit" Can't find who her mother is and have two different names of Father ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail