This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRIFFIN SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/2036.2201 Message Board Post: Dear Kayton: I don't know how we connect but thought I would let you kow that I Smith relatives from Cherokee Co who were supposed from Kentucky according to my mother. My Smith line lived in Alto and later moved to Dallas. This is what I have on them: Name: G. W. Smith (oldest ancestor - may have lived in Texas) Son: James Edward Smith Birth date/place: May12, 1873* Kentucky? Death Date/Place: June 12, 1937* Dallas *Tombstone, Oak Cliff Cemetery in Dallas Texas Grandson: James Edward Smith Birth date/place: May12, 1873* Kentucky? Death Date/Place: June 12, 1937* *Tombstone, Oak Cliff Cemetery in Dallas Texas Spouse Name: Nora Isabelle(a) Boggs ( dau of Mr & Ms J W Vassar) Birth date/place: Burleson (city or county TX) Death Date/Place: Dallas Marriage date/place Ggrandson: Name: Joel Edward Smith (my grandfather) Birth date/place: Nov 5, 1901 or 1905 Alto, Cherokee Co TX Death Date/Place: July 28, 1990 Dallas, Buried in Oakcliff cemetery Spouse Name: Annie Lou King Birth date/place: May 15, 1901 Death Date/Place: Nov 4, 1996 Dallas, buried in Oakcliff cemetery John H. Griffin jhg60 at hotmail.com