I believe I was in contact with you some years ago. I am related to William Smith and Delila Kees. My great grandfather was William Christian Smith b. Nov. 11, 1842 in Brookhaven, Lawrence Co. MS, d. September 14, 1918 in McComb, Pike Co., MS. He was married to Martha Emeline Lea, b. November 24, 1842 in Lawrence Co., MS and d. July 9, 1897 in McComb. I am always looking for information on their children. My grandmother was Lula Elizabeth Smith b. Feb. 11, 1874 and d. May 27, 1917 in McComb. She was married to William Franklin Johnson. After Martha's death William married Fannie C. Unknown, from her tombstone in Hollywood Cemetery I know she was born in 1863 and died in 1940. All I know is she was very kind to my father and he visited her when he was in the area. William and Fannie had a daughter Margarite Smith b. December 24, 1898. My mother told me that Margarite had an illegitimate child. In the 1920 census I found Geneva Smith living with her grandmother Fannie Smith in McComb. The granddaughter is 3 1/2 so she was born about 1917. I'm looking for any information on Margarite and Geneva. My father was also born in 1898 and he and his mother lived with William and Fannie so Margarite and my father were raised together. I'm sorry but I don't remember line is yours. Jan >From: "Edward Hall" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Hello Cousin Smith >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 04:46:13 -0800 > >I am a Smith, and yes, indeed, I know what you mean. It took me about >twenty >years or so to get mine sorted just to 1700, as they were all named John >and >William, In the early seventies when I was sorting Smiths, genealogy was >not >so popular, there was no internet, and no one had previously taken the >incentive to tackle them. I had to begin as they say, from "scratch". > >Did you go all the way back to Captain Billy and the Four Pennies? That is >to the American Revolution. The Turners who married into the Smiths are >direct lines to me. The Smiths are direct lines via marriage and some of >them go round and round if you know what I mean. So you can have an >Uncle-Cousin etc. relationship or have someone who married once into the >family, then divorced and then remarried back into the family lines. And >all with children. > >By the way ever hear of Barefoot Benny Hall? 30 wives, 99 children...With >that many to feed, no wonder he was barefoot. (Smile) For years I did not >think we were related, then I found out we were. What a tangled mess to >unweave that was. So it is important to get up to date contacts in your >base also. Why do we go to family reunions if not to get that updated info >on who all had babies etc. to add to data base. That and home cooking of >course. (smile) > >SIN > > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate >link for the list you want, then click on Send > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

There are marriage records in the Pike County courthouse after 1882. An inquiry may find a marriage license for William Christian Smith and Fannie In 1940 there were two funeral homes in McComb: Catching's Funeral Home, 506 Maryland Ave., McComb, MS, 39648 Hartman Funeral Home, 1801 Delaware Ave., McComb If you can obtain a specific date from the funeral home the Library likely would check the newspaper on microfilm for an obituary for the date and make a copy. The Library has a web site with links to the catalog including the genealogy collection. http://www.pawls.lib.ms.us/ Patsy

Both Funeral Homes are still there today. SIN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy V. Bostick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:26 AM Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Fannie (unknown) Smith > There are marriage records in the Pike County courthouse after 1882. > An inquiry may find a marriage license for William Christian Smith and > Fannie > > In 1940 there were two funeral homes in McComb: > Catching's Funeral Home, 506 Maryland Ave., McComb, MS, 39648 > Hartman Funeral Home, 1801 Delaware Ave., McComb > If you can obtain a specific date from the funeral home the Library likely > would check the newspaper on microfilm for an obituary for the date and > make a copy. > > The Library has a web site with links to the catalog including the genealogy > collection. > http://www.pawls.lib.ms.us/ > > Patsy > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >