This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XNB.2ACI/802 Message Board Post: I have a John Fredrick Smith born @1873 in Hardin, Ray Co. MO. Family tradition says he had a brother named Albert and a sister Mary Elizabeth or Elizabeth Mary. He was orphaned. I think his father was, Jacob Fredrick Smith born at sea and his mother was Nancy Cuiten. John's daughter is still alive and I am trying to help her find out about him.