Gary, what ties to do you have to the BOOTH surname, if any? Since it was common practice to give their child the mother's surname as a middle name, is, that what happened with your g'fa? Norma Thornton CA Gary Smith wrote: >Hi Barb, > Thank you for the inquiry; my great grandfather was Peter Booth SMITH, MD >b: 1844 Cedar Springs, d: 12 Sep 1915 Augusta, Butler Co., KS. His wife was >Mary Ellen ESLINGER of Washington Co., IN. I descend from one of his sons, >Ira Samuel SMITH who removed to southern Oregon in 1900. > Peter's father was Elder Obediah SMITH, who was an early Baptist preacher >in the area and a moving force behind the development of a strong regional >conference of Baptist churches. He was also a strong Unionist who gave short >shrift to Missouri's southern sympathizers, so, he was assassinated 18 Apr >1863 by Quantrill and his raiders at his farmhouse near Cedar Springs. > Peter, his father Obediah and grandfather Andrew are all mentioned on one >of Goodspeed Press's puff pieces on Peter of 1880 or so. > Our immigrant ancestor came to New Jersey Colony in 1677 from England. > Best Regards, > Gary Smith > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "barb" <barb@aub.com> >To: <mocedar@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:50 PM >Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) > > > > >>Hi Gary, What was your greatgrandfather's name? >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Gary Smith" <garymarian@comcast.net> >>To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <mocedar@rootsweb.com>; >><MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 9:09 PM >>Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) >> >> >> >> >>> I did my usual, which I try to advise others to do FIRST before asking >>>others: I typed those two towns into GOOGLE and got this interesting link >>>among others: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/school_pics.htm and this >>>one >>>that's more direct: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ceco_places_p1.html >>>and >>>you should most certainly consider this one: >>>http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/moser/cedarpl.html >>> >>> My great grandfather was a doctor in Cedar Springs in the late 1800s and >>>had drugstores in Lebeck and Cedar Springs, before moving his medical >>>practice to Kansas. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > >

Norma, Peter's mother was a HARTMAN. I've seen no connection anywhere in my family with the name 'BOOTH', or it would have leapt out at me, as the name does have a sensational 1860s connection. It is intriguing... Use of that surname for a given name could be as simple as an example later when Peter's son Ira named my father 'Wellman' as a show of respect to an army officer he had known and admired. Cheers, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Thornton" <nonie@pacbell.net> To: <mocedar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) - and BOOTH question > Gary, what ties to do you have to the BOOTH surname, if any? Since it > was common practice to give their child the mother's surname as a middle > name, is, that what happened > with your g'fa? > > Norma Thornton > CA > > Gary Smith wrote: > >>Hi Barb, >> Thank you for the inquiry; my great grandfather was Peter Booth SMITH, >> MD >>b: 1844 Cedar Springs, d: 12 Sep 1915 Augusta, Butler Co., KS. His wife >>was >>Mary Ellen ESLINGER of Washington Co., IN. I descend from one of his >>sons, >>Ira Samuel SMITH who removed to southern Oregon in 1900. >> Peter's father was Elder Obediah SMITH, who was an early Baptist >> preacher >>in the area and a moving force behind the development of a strong regional >>conference of Baptist churches. He was also a strong Unionist who gave >>short >>shrift to Missouri's southern sympathizers, so, he was assassinated 18 Apr >>1863 by Quantrill and his raiders at his farmhouse near Cedar Springs. >> Peter, his father Obediah and grandfather Andrew are all mentioned on >> one >>of Goodspeed Press's puff pieces on Peter of 1880 or so. >> Our immigrant ancestor came to New Jersey Colony in 1677 from England. >> Best Regards, >> Gary Smith >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "barb" <barb@aub.com> >>To: <mocedar@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:50 PM >>Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) >> >> >> >> >>>Hi Gary, What was your greatgrandfather's name? >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Gary Smith" <garymarian@comcast.net> >>>To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <mocedar@rootsweb.com>; >>><MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 9:09 PM >>>Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> I did my usual, which I try to advise others to do FIRST before asking >>>>others: I typed those two towns into GOOGLE and got this interesting >>>>link >>>>among others: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/school_pics.htm and this >>>>one >>>>that's more direct: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ceco_places_p1.html >>>>and >>>>you should most certainly consider this one: >>>>http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/moser/cedarpl.html >>>> >>>> My great grandfather was a doctor in Cedar Springs in the late 1800s >>>> and >>>>had drugstores in Lebeck and Cedar Springs, before moving his medical >>>>practice to Kansas. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOCEDAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >