Jae, The only things I know are: They came out west in 1878 in a covered wagon. They had one son who was only about 1 year old. I don't know if they came alone or with others. They bought a farm from a Black man that had homesteaded the land. Went from a sod house, to a stone house to a 2 story frame house. My g-grandfather and grandmother were both born in the same frame house. They lost the land when my g-grandfather got sick during the Depression. My grandmother is 85 and still alive, but she doesn't know much about the family before the move to Kansas. Her grandfather didn't talk about the past much. >From William Rea Smith's obit. "The family came to Kansas in 1878 and purchased the home place in McPherson county where he has resided for almost half a century. He has shared in the development of the state and had his share of experiences of the pioneers. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ohio, but when he came to Kansas there was no Presbyterian church in the vicinity, so he placed his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and was ever faithful and very active as long as permitted by health." Robert --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: > > Robert, > That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County > to Kansas! > Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? > I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go > out west. They were extraordinary people. > > jae Robert M. Lindsey http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing (including blogs) http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My genealogy http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures ____________________________________________________________________________________ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/)

Wow that is really a lot of info! Family fortunes really changed after the Depression. Do you have any idea where the old homestead is? When I first started working on my family history, one of the first things I found out was that my people went to Iowa in a covered wagon in a wagon train. That really surprised me since it was just after the civil war. Somehow I thought all the covered wagon transportation was significantly earlier. But here your people were traveling in a wagon even after the train system went across the continent. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, though, since they had to carry their household goods. Jae On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > Jae, > > The only things I know are: They came out west in 1878 in a > covered wagon. They had one son who was only about 1 year old. > I don't know if they came alone or with others. They bought a > farm from a Black man that had homesteaded the land. Went from a > sod house, to a stone house to a 2 story frame house. My > g-grandfather and grandmother were both born in the same frame > house. They lost the land when my g-grandfather got sick during > the Depression. My grandmother is 85 and still alive, but she > doesn't know much about the family before the move to Kansas. > Her grandfather didn't talk about the past much. > >> From William Rea Smith's obit. "The family came to Kansas in > 1878 and purchased the home place in McPherson county where he > has resided for almost half a century. He has shared in the > development of the state and had his share of experiences of the > pioneers. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ohio, > but when he came to Kansas there was no Presbyterian church in > the vicinity, so he placed his membership in the Methodist > Episcopal church and was ever faithful and very active as long > as permitted by health." > > Robert > > --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: > >> >> Robert, >> That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County >> to Kansas! >> Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? >> I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go >> out west. They were extraordinary people. >> >> jae > > > Robert M. Lindsey > http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing > (including blogs) > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My > genealogy > http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Regarding dates of wagon trains, I recall seeing 1866 inscribed on a preserved and protected rock face along the Snake River in So. Idaho on the Oregon Trail. I only remember the date because my grandfather was born in 1866. There were other earlier dates as well. Hank Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jae BROWN" <jberry@indy.rr.com> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] Photo catalog > > Wow that is really a lot of info! Family fortunes really changed > after the Depression. Do you have any idea where the old homestead is? > > When I first started working on my family history, one of the first > things I found out was that my people went to Iowa in a covered wagon > in a wagon train. That really surprised me since it was just after > the civil war. Somehow I thought all the covered wagon > transportation was significantly earlier. > > But here your people were traveling in a wagon even after the train > system went across the continent. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, > though, since they had to carry their household goods. > > Jae > > On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > >> Jae, >> >> The only things I know are: They came out west in 1878 in a >> covered wagon. They had one son who was only about 1 year old. >> I don't know if they came alone or with others. They bought a >> farm from a Black man that had homesteaded the land. Went from a >> sod house, to a stone house to a 2 story frame house. My >> g-grandfather and grandmother were both born in the same frame >> house. They lost the land when my g-grandfather got sick during >> the Depression. My grandmother is 85 and still alive, but she >> doesn't know much about the family before the move to Kansas. >> Her grandfather didn't talk about the past much. >> >>> From William Rea Smith's obit. "The family came to Kansas in >> 1878 and purchased the home place in McPherson county where he >> has resided for almost half a century. He has shared in the >> development of the state and had his share of experiences of the >> pioneers. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ohio, >> but when he came to Kansas there was no Presbyterian church in >> the vicinity, so he placed his membership in the Methodist >> Episcopal church and was ever faithful and very active as long >> as permitted by health." >> >> Robert >> >> --- Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Robert, >>> That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County >>> to Kansas! >>> Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? >>> I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go >>> out west. They were extraordinary people. >>> >>> jae >> >> >> Robert M. Lindsey >> http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing >> (including blogs) >> http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My >> genealogy >> http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail >> (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/) >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.22/512 - Release Date: 11/1/2006 > >