Rich, Are you a member of ancestry.com?? There's inf. on Merritt and Frances in MI. I'm sending in another message an image of a pension Frances applied for as WIDOW of Meritt, (applied in KS). Hope this helps, let me know if you don't already have the other inf. @ ancestry.com Jeanne (Reed) Gaylord in SW-MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Kurlich" <richkurlich@hotmail.com> To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: [OHHURON-L] Merritt & Francis (Curtis) Smith of Fitchville Twp., Huron Co., OH > Hi Everyone, > > I've spent years searching for the parents of my Merritt J. Smith, b. 1861 > and d. 1915 in Akron, OH. His death cert. indicates that his parents are > Merritt Smith and Frances Curtis. I've been researching Merritt Smiths all > over the country trying to find one with a wife named Frances. The 1860 > Fayette Co. IA and 1870 Huron Co. OH census suggest that I may have finally > found them but that her name may be Francis Curtis with an "i" (b. in OH). > Their oldest child was b. ca. 1855 in MI so perhaps they were married in MI. > I found a record for a Eugene Lester Smith, b. 1 Sept. 1873 in Huron Co., > OH with parents listed as Merritt Smith and Francis Curtiss. > > Does anyone have a copy of the Huron Co. cemetery inscription book that > could please check to see if there is a Merritt and Francis/Frances/Fannie > Smith listed. They would have died after the birth of Eugene in 1873. > > Perhaps Francis is related to the other Curtis in Fitchville Twp? > > Thank you very, very much. > > Sincerely, > > richkurlich@hotmail.com > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > Enjoy your stay in Huron County, Ohio! > See more Huron County research at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron >