This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJIBAEB/28233 Message Board Post: am fairly new at researching and I keep coming to a dead end on my grandfathers side, Rueben or Rubin Harrison Smith. He was born 21 Aug 1890 in Arkansas and died 15 feb 1971 in Dustin Ok. His father was Rueben Benjamin Smith born in Cookson Oklahoma Indian Territory in 1850. Married Lucy Samantha Jamison. died in 1900. Smiths are rumored to be cherokee or creek but I haven't been able to find anything concrete. Rueben Harrison Smith had two wives, Florence and Pearl.