George, I gathered as much info as I could on my Smedley ancestors. Do you see any crossover into your own Smedley line? Kim Townsend Spangrude John W. SMEDLEY b. 15 Mar 1791, Kentucky d. 25 Dec 1865, Washington City, Indiana & Margaret MORGAN b. 1790 d. 14 Dec 1861, Smedley, Indiana, USA1 | William SMEDLEY | b. 20 Oct 1820, Fayette City, Kentucky2,2,1 | d. 20 Jun 1864, Andersonville Prison, Georgia2,2,2 | & Margaret (Peggy) BOSS | b. 5 Mar 1821, Jackson, Washington, Indiana1 | d. 25 Feb 1904, Agra, Phillips County, KS | m. 24 Aug 18412 | | Polly Ann SMEDLEY | | & Henry RITTER | | | | | John Preston SMEDLEY1 | | b. Feb 1845, Washington, Indiana | | Preston SMEDLEY | | Phillip SMEDLEY | | b. abt 1846, Indiana3 | | & Lizzie R. ?3 | | b. Indiana | | | Addie A. SMEDLEY | | | b. abt 1868, Indiana | | | Lula E. SMEDLEY | | | b. abt 1872, Kansas3 | | | Chas O. SMEDLEY | | | b. abt 1877, Kansas | | | Ettie P. SMEDLEY | | | b. abt 1880, Kansas | | George Henry SMEDLEY | | b. abt 1849, Washington, INdiana4,4,5,1,1 | | d. 2 Sep 18995 | | & Mary ? | | b. abt 1854, Indiana4 | | | Lucinda SMEDLEY | | | b. abt 1877, Kansas | | | Clara SMEDLEY | | | b. abt 1878, Kansas4 | | Simon SMEDLEY | | b. 13 Mar 1852, Jackson, Washington, Indiana1,1 | | Morgan Watts (Doc) SMEDLEY | | b. 1857, Washington, Indiana | | Frank (William Franklin) SMEDLEY1 | | b. Jul 1850, Jackson, Washington, Indiana | Catherine SMEDLEY | Morgan SMEDLEY | b. 5 Feb 1822, Indiana1,1 | John Preston SMEDLEY | b. 14 Apr 1822, Indiana | Levi M. Smedley SMEDLEY | b. 18 Nov 1825, Indiana | Mary Ellen SMEDLEY | b. 1832 | Eliza L. SMEDLEY | b. 1835, Indiana | Caroline SMEDLEY | b. 1835 Sources 1. Ancestry.Com, “Ancestry.com-William Smedley,” http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=30290083, April 28, 2006. 2. Phillips County Genealogical Society, “ Civil War Veterans in Phillips County, Kansas.” From a small book found in the Smith Center, Kansas Library, called “Early Pioneers of Phillips County, Kansas”. Page 246. WILLIAM SMEDLEY William Smedley was born October 20, 1820 in Fayette, Kentucky. He was a farmer near Salem, Washington Coutny, Indiana. He enlisted August 20, 1862 in the Union Army during the Civil War as a Private. He and his son-in, Henry Ritter, were assigned to Company E, 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry. They were captured in a corn field by the Southern forces and placed in Andersonville prison in Georgia. He was married to Margaret (Peggy) Boss on August 24, 1841, daughter of Phillip Boss and Molly Wyman. They had eight children - seven boys and one girl: John, Preston, Phillip, Frank, George, Simon, Morgan (known as Doc), and Polly (who married Henty Ritter). His wife Margaret and their children came to the southeast corner of Phillips County, Kansas in 1872. There they chose a fertile, productive, section of land to homestead south of Agra. William died June 20, 1864 of dysentery in the Andersonville prison and is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia, - grave number 2218. source - Very Beedy Howze, Belleview, Florida 3. “1880 Phillips County Census,” Phillips county, Kansas, 1880, Scanned from original, Smith County, Kansas, Library - Smith Center, Kansas, October 26, 2005. 4. “1880 Census United States,” State - Kansas County - Phillips Township - Kirwin, 1880, Scanned from the original document, Smith Center LIbrary, Smith Center, Kansas, October 26, 2005. 5. “Obituary for George Smedley,” The Independent Newspaper, Phillips County or Smith County, Kansas, ? 1899, Newspaper, Kim’s hard drive: g. smedleyobit from the Independent Newspaper; original newspaper in the Kirwin, Kansas Library.