This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kNB.2ACI/1620.1.1.1 Message Board Post: James E. Madison Smith was born February 24, 1839 In Cuba, Alcorn County, Mississippi. He moved to Missouri through Tennessee where his first wife died and was buried. His second wife was named Margaret Illen Stricklin. They were married in 1868. They had somewhere between ll and 13 children, one of which was my great grandmother, Ida Priscilla Harvey, nee Smith. If this is part of your family, please let me know. I will answer as soon as I can.