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/28465.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, my Smith line came from Kentucky or Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California for the most part--I haven't got past my brickwall yet. He is Andrew J. Smith born abt 1823 in Kentucky or Illinois, parents unknown. I do know that he lived in Carroll/Boone County, Arkansas from around 1845 to roughly 1902 and then disappears, have not found any trace of him after that. His wife Hesebeth Jane Crain and daughter Ruthey M. Smith are found in 1910 census for Bryan County, Oklahoma living in Andrew's son Thomas' house in Bryan county. I have pretty much traced everyone from Thomas to present day but Andrew remains a mystery. Jane Crain and ancestors, I have traced a long way back . Thomas' death certificate says his dad "AJ" was born in Illinois but all the census I have found on him says Kentucky except one. Either way I have had absolutely no luck in finding AJ.