This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Singleton, Ligon, Gossett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/27936 Message Board Post: Well it's another year and hope blooms eternal. Do any of you fine people have any info on these characters? Here's what I have:Sterling Smith 1807-1866 married Temperance Singleton 1816-1866 in Tenn. They lived in N. Carolina, Tenn, Stoddard County, Mo. and Alexander County, Ill, where they died. Of their 8 children, 6 died before bearing children. One child, my GGGrandpa, William P. Smith 1850-1923 married Mary Etta Ligon in 1879. They lived in New Madrid County, Mo. Their children were Laura, Ernest, Louey, Arnold, Cleveland and Verdia. After Mary Etta died, William married Julia Cisco and they moved to Ripley County, Mo. and had one child, Minnie. Sterling and Temperance's other son, James Dixon Smith, married Alice Lee Gossett and they had 4 children, Lillie Cordelia, Mollie D., James A., and Hettie Ethel. They lived in New Madrid and Ripley Counties in Mo. Would love to hear from anyone related to or with information on any of these folks. Thanks.