This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smithson, Ripley, Deeds, Meador Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IM0.2ACEB/350.1.1 Message Board Post: This is what info. I have about Lillie Mae Smithson: Ancestors of Lillie Mae Smithson Generation No. 1 1. Lillie Mae Smithson, born June 1881 in WV. She was the daughter of 2. James Floyd Smithson and 3. Amanda C. Ripley. She married (1) John Everett Meador. He was born January 1864 in WV. He was the son of Samuel Jordan Hugh Meador and Mary Elizabeth Deeds. More About Lillie Mae Smithson: Census: 1900, District 100, Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV - listed as Lillie M., 18. More About John Everett Meador: Census: 1880, District 136, Jumping Branch, Summers Co., WV - listed as John E., 17, Laborer, living w/parents. Generation No. 2 2. James Floyd Smithson, born 24 August 1850 in VA; died 7 September 1934 in Monroe Co., WV. He was the son of 4. Thomas Smithson and 5. Margaret Alderson. He married 3. Amanda C. Ripley 22 February 1872 in Monroe Co., VA. 3. Amanda C. Ripley, born 2 February 1854 in VA; died 29 July 1907. She was the daughter of 6. John D. Ripley and 7. Mary ???. More About James Floyd Smithson: Census: 1860, Not Stated, Monroe Co., VA - listed as James T. Smitson, 9, living 2 houses from Amanda Ripley. More About Amanda C. Ripley: Census: 1860, Not Stated, Monroe Co., VA - listed as Amanda C., 5, 2 houses from James Smithson. Children of James Smithson and Amanda Ripley are: i. Fletcher G. Smithson, born December 1872. More About Fletcher G. Smithson: Census: 1880, District 90, Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV - listed as Fletcher, 7. ii. Rosita Smithson, born July 1879. 1 iii. Lillie Mae Smithson, born June 1881 in WV; married John Everett Meador. iv. Frank A. Smithson, born August 1883. v. Fannie Blanch Smithson, born July 1885. vi. Robert C. Smithson, born 4 January 1889. Generation No. 3 4. Thomas Smithson, born 8 October 1824 in Monroe Co., VA; died 26 August 1902 in Monroe Co., WV. He married 5. Margaret Alderson 10 November 1849 in Monroe Co., VA. 5. Margaret Alderson, born 26 August 1826 in Monroe Co., VA; died 16 June 1900 in Monroe Co., WV. More About Thomas Smithson: Census: 1860, Not Stated, Monroe Co., VA - listed as Thomas Smitson, 36, Carpenter. More About Margaret Alderson: Census: 1870, Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV - listed as Margaret, 43. Children of Thomas Smithson and Margaret Alderson are: 2 i. James Floyd Smithson, born 24 August 1850 in VA; died 7 September 1934 in Monroe Co., WV; married (1) Amanda C. Ripley 22 February 1872 in Monroe Co., VA; married (2) Mattie Elizabeth Allen 1907. ii. George D. Smithson, born 1851. iii. Margaret Elizabeth Smithson, born 4 November 1853. iv. Millard F. Smithson, born 10 April 1856. v. Thomas H. Smithson, born 1858. vi. Charles Frankin Smithson, born 9 May 1860. More About Charles Frankin Smithson: Census: 1860, Not Stated, Monroe Co., VA - listed as John Smitson, 1/12. vii. Calvin Marcus Smithson, born 4 March 1862. viii. John Lewis Smithson, born 1 May 1865. ix. Cary Wyatt Smithson, born 1 January 1867. x. Willard Hickman Smithson, born 26 July 1869. xi. Laura Bell Smithson, born 21 March 1873. 6. John D. Ripley, born 1808 in VA. He married 7. Mary ???. 7. Mary ???, born 1813 in VA. More About John D. Ripley: Census: 1870, Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV - listed as John D., 62, Farmer. Children of John Ripley and Mary ??? are: i. May E. Ripley, born 1844. ii. John M.D. Ripley, born 1845. iii. Nancy J. Ripley, born 1846. iv. Minerva A. Ripley, born 1848. v. Joshua H. Ripley, born 1850. vi. Julia A.M. Ripley, born 1852. 3 vii. Amanda C. Ripley, born 2 February 1854 in VA; died 29 July 1907; married James Floyd Smithson 22 February 1872 in Monroe Co., VA. viii. George E. Ripley, born 1867. ix. Harriett Ripley, born 1868.