This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, West Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SMB.2ACI/249.293.4.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Thanks for filling in the "initials" of J. O. Smith, Sabrina's husband. Now I can link J. O. Smith to his parents. After you told me who they were and they were the ones that I had figured were her parents from the 1880 Benton Co Mo census, I entered them into my database to make it more complete. I try to fill in blanks as often as possible in order to have it when someone comes along who is interested in it. Then I can share it with them as so many have shared with me over the years. I am sure that you have Sabrina's obit that is recorded in the Benton Co Mo histories, but for those who might be interested and not have access to them, I am copying it to this letter. I have all three copies of the Benton Co Mo history books and will do look-ups on particular persons (not just one surname such as Smith) for those of you interested. I will send them by email as time permits. Just let me know. Sincerely, Eddene Hightower Thompson **************************************** INFO: History of Benton Co Mo, vol 3, page 157: Sabrina West Smith Mrs. Sabrina J. Smith, 85, died August 15 at her home near Fristoe. She was born near Dell October 9, 1861, daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth West. She married J. O. Smith at Warsaw, December 25, 1886. They had seven children. Two preceded her in death, Mrs. Mettie Hudgens and Della Frances Smith. She was a member of the Fristoe community for fifty-six years. She was a member of Post Oak Baptist and Fristoe Baptist Church and was the oldest member of the latter at the time of her death. She is survived by five children: Mrs. Matilda Maxwell, Windsor; Mrs. Ollie Day, Golden, Colorado; Mrs. Bessie Tripp, Fristoe; Mrs. Letha Maxwell, Eugene, Oregon; and Everett Smith, Fristoe; also a brother, the Rev. James West of Fristoe and a sister, Mrs. Matilda Walthall of Windsor; also 22 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.