Cindy, Ancestry shows a WW II Army Enlistment Record for William H. Smith in Lorain Co. If you can review that, you might get more information. Of course, there were many William Smiths in Lorain Co. at that time. But it's worth looking at. Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: <cinschnd@aol.com> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] need and obit ZYCH 2001 > My husband's mother was first married to William H. Smith (Jr.) my > husband's father. He never met him. W.H. left before he was born and > his brother Bill was only 1 year old. The boys grew up in foster care > and my husband took the name of the Schneiders when he was 21 to honor > the family from Clarksfield that raised him to be the fine gentleman he > is today. I believe that some of his mother's and father's brothers and > sisters and their children still live in the area. We would love to > meet them!