Moving backward in time, I have puzzled over the Frederick Smith/Schmidt family, and wondered if they were connected by marriage to the Clarksons. I have a Malinda (unk) who married James Clarkson and who might be the M. Clarkson in the Frederick Smith family. The name was spelled both Smith & Schmidt in census records. Barbara F. 1860 MO, St Clair Co, in Osceola, page 881, family #54/54 Frederick Schmidt 46 m b Bavaria, Germany (d 1872 St Clair Co, MO)(called Smith) S.A. Schmidt 31 f MO (Susannah) Christiana (b 1844 MO, married an Estes) William Merrit (b 1845 St Clair Co, MO, d. Greene Co, MO) Mary (b 1846 St Clair Co, MO) Daniel (b 1848 St Clair Co, MO) Frederick William (1852 St Clair Co, MO) John (b 1858 St Clair Co, MO) (Later children were: Minnie, Naomi Tucker, Alice, George, all b MO) M. Clarkson 31 f MO Jno. Clarkson 13 m MO Mary Clarkson 10 f MO James Clarkson 5 m MO William Clarkson 1 m MO Nancy Sikes 15 f MO Idiotic & Pauper