In a message dated 7/17/2001 11:46:18 AM Central Daylight Time, cheryllj47@msn.com writes: > > Searching for information on Lock SMITH b. Sept. 7, 1867 in Mercer Co. Mo. > Would like to know who he married, when and any children. Any help greatly > appreciated. > Thanks > Cheryl > > Ancestors of Benjamin Lockhart "Lock" Smith Generation No. 1 1. Benjamin Lockhart "Lock" Smith, born 07 September 1867 in Missouri; died 17 January 1943. He was the son of 2. Aaron Smith and 3. Clarinda Agnes McG_____. He married (1) Jennie ?. She was born 02 August 1868, and died 12 May 1946. More About Benjamin Lockhart "Lock" Smith: Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Mercer Co., Missouri More About Jennie ?: Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Mercer Co., Missouri Generation No. 2 2. Aaron Smith, born 12 November 1828 in Franklin Co., Indiana; died 21 February 1916. He was the son of 4. Jonathan Smith and 5. Catherine Stafford. He married 3. Clarinda Agnes McG_____. 3. Clarinda Agnes McG_____, born 09 November 1834 in Callaway Co., Missouri; died 25 December 1921. Notes for Aaron Smith: 1. Source: "History of Missouri Illustrated, History of Harrison & Mercer Counties", page 745 Biographical Appendix Mercer County printed in 1888. This book was re-printed in May-2000 by the Mercer and Harrison Co. Gen. Soc Aaron Smith is a son of Jonathan and Catherine (Stafford) Smith, and was born in Franklin County, Ind., in 1828. The father was of Irish and Dutch descent, born in Tennessee in 1805, and when three years old was taken to Kentucky. In his youth he went to Franklin County, Ind., where he was married, and from which place he emigrated to Daviess County, Mo., in the fall of 1840, where he now resides. He has been a Baptist minister since 1844; for a few years had charge of three churches, and for many years had charge of two. Owing to ill llealth he has not been actively engaged in his ministerial duties of late years. For four years he served his township as justice of the peace. His wife is of English descent, was born in Kentucky in 1804, and died in 1876. Aaron is the second of a family of eleven children, all of whom lived to maturity. When twelve years old he was taken by his parents to Daviess County, Mo., with whom he continued to live until of age. In November, 1849, he married Miss Eliza Jane Mitchell, who was born in Indiana in 1829, and by whom he has had five children: JohnW., Sarah L. (wife of Henry Davis), William F., Jonathan D. and Mary C. In 1852 he went overland to California, the trip occupying three months, and when there worked in mines and upon a ranch for $110 per month. In 1853 he returned to Missouri, and purchased 164 acres in Harrison County. In 1863 he went to Marion County, Iowa, and in 1865 came to Mercer County, Mo., where he settled in Morgan Township, and in 1865 bought 197 acres of land where he now resides. He is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Pierce in 1852. Mr. Smith lost his first wife on July 18, 1860, and August 29, 1861, married Miss Clarinda Agnes McGr—. Mrs. Smith was born in Oallaway County, Mo., in 1834, and to her and Mr. Smith the following children have been born: Frances Jane, David Madison, Benjamin Lockhart and George W. Mrs. Smith and two sons are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Smith belongs to the Masonic fraternity, of which he is a member of the Blue Lodge. 2. 1870 Census of Morgan Township, Mercer Co., Missouri. Page 207 in the census book printed by the Mercer Co., Missouri Gen., Soc. Household 290/285 SMITH, Aaron 41 m IN Clarinda A. 36 f MO Sarah L. 18 f MO William F. 15 m MO Jonathan D. 13 m MO Mary C. 11 f MO Frances 7 f MO David M. 4 m MO Benjamin L. 2 m MO George W. 7/12 m MO More About Aaron Smith: Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Mercer Co., Missouri More About Clarinda Agnes McG_____: Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Mercer Co., Missouri Children of Aaron Smith and Clarinda McG_____ are: i. Frances Jane Smith, born Abt. 1863 in Missouri. ii. David Madison Smith, born Abt. 1866 in Missouri. 1 iii. Benjamin Lockhart "Lock" Smith, born 07 September 1867 in Missouri; died 17 January 1943; married Jennie ?. iv. George W. Smith, born Abt. 1870 in Missouri. v. Arvilla Smith, born 18731; died 20 June 1876. More About Arvilla Smith: Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Mercer Co., Missouri Generation No. 3 4. Jonathan Smith, born 1805 in Tennessee. He married 5. Catherine Stafford. 5. Catherine Stafford, born 1804 in Kentucky; died 1876. Child of Jonathan Smith and Catherine Stafford is: 2 i. Aaron Smith, born 12 November 1828 in Franklin Co., Indiana; died 21 February 1916; married (1) Clarinda Agnes McG_____; married (2) Eliza Jane Mitchell November 1849. Endnotes 1. Mercer Co., Missouri Cemetery Book, Page 105, aged 2yr., 8m., 21d. daughter of C. & C. A. Smith.