This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/28159 Message Board Post: Seeking information on, or descendants of, CONRAD SMITH & SARAH LAW of Newaygo County, Michigan. They first appear in the 1870 Census for the Town of Ashland, with one son, EUGENE SMITH, who was born by Conrad's first wife, ARCENA HAGER around 1861. Conrad and Sarah then had two children, ANN SMITH, born 13 Feb 1874, who married WILLIAM HUDSON and CLAUD D. SMITH (or Claude), born 3 Feb 1871. CONRAD SMITH served in the Civil War with Company M of the 2nd Indiana Cavalry. It was only by chance that I found this family in Newaygo County and I have been searching for them for thirty years. I am related to CONRAD SMITH through his sister, who was my gg grandmother. I have lots of info to share.