Please reply ONLY on the Board (link below): ============================================ This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Overly, Crites, McGoogan,Denney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACE/226.1.1 Message Board Post: What I know for sure: This Smith Family was in Ohio when James W. was born in 1843. By 1847 when Joseph was born they were in Allen County, Layfette Township, Indiana. James Smith Born abt 1809 Ohio died March 24 1868 Indiana buried in Nine Mile Cemetery with some of his children. Married Susana Overly in Dec 1830 she was born 1809-1811 Ohio. I do not know when she died. (she was supposed to be buried with James, her name is on the stone but no date for her and records do not reflect that she is buried there. Only James and three children. The tombstone if broken into several pieces. I am planning to have it repaired) Their Children are: Margaret 1831 Ohio Mary Ann 1832 Ohio Sarah 1834 Ohio William 1836 Ohio Brunson 1838 Ohio Charles 1840 Ohio Kisiah 1842 Ohio James W. 1843 Ohio Joseph 1847 Indiana Francis 1849 Indiana Susan 1850 Indiana Henry 1854 Indiana Martha 1857 Indiana Barberry E. unknown Indiana I descend from James W. I have his Civil War Pension record and it states that he was born in Darke County Onio. I have found that there is a marriage record for a Daniel Overly and a Kisiah Smith in Darke County in 1824. I believe that this is likely a sister to my James. Is that who their daughter is named after? Daniel's Kisiah died young I believe, because Daniel was remarried by the next Federal Census ten years later. According to other Overly searchers. Daniel and Kisiah did not appear to have children that I have found do far either. I found information that confirmed that Daniel Overly and Susanah are brother and sister and come from a large family. I have tied all the Overly records in that County that I have found to the same family with the help and research of Overly searcher. I have communicated with a couple of the Overly searchers and they don't know anything about the Smith connection so far...Still waiting a response from one searcher. There is an elder James Smith that shows up in Darke County in the 1820 and 1830 Federal Census records but I can not confirm his childrens names so far. There is also a William Smith. Notice the first male born was a William Smith.... James and Susana's daughter, Kisiah died at age 20 (young adult). Barberry died young (as an infant) and as I recall so did Charles died young too but I do not remember the age.. James died in 1868 and they are all buried in the cemetery at Nine Mile in Pleasant Township.