Vivian Brinker wrote: > > Hello Rhea County Researchers, > > Just checking to see if there are any Smith researchers on this > list who are researching the following family which I found on > an 1870 4th Civil District, Rhea County census transcription on > the Internet the other day. I believe Malisa is my great-great- > grandmother who married James K. Carr in Stone County, Missouri, > in 1876. > > Smith, Charles D 48 M W Farmer AL > Hannah C 40 F W Keeping house TN > Lewis E 16 M W Farm Laborer TN > Malissa A 14 F W TN > Nancy E 12 F W TN > Minerva T 9 F W TN > Charles N 8 M W TN > Horace 3 M W TN > > Family history given to my mom by my grandmother's cousin says > Malisa's father was Charles Dunkun Smith. Malisa's mother was > Carolyn Casey, possibly the Hannah C is Hannah Carolyn. Malisa's > brother's and sisters match up if Minerva T is her sister Tennesee > who married a Bud Wooly. Malisa is the right age and her claim > for a widow's pension indicates she was from Rhea County originally, > where she had previously married a William E Rogers in 1872. Mr. > Rogers apparently headed for the hills after a short marriage and she > later heard he had been shot in 1873, one story says in Memphis, > another says in Alabama. The story continues that Malisa went to > Stone County to visit her sister Tennessee and met and married > James K. Carr. I have information about the Carr family, but just > a few names for my Smiths so I would be extremely happy if anyone > knows for sure if this is the correct family. > > Thanks. > > Vivian vivianb@raven.ccc.cc.ks.us (ascii only) >From "A Geneology and History of the Smith Family of Rhea Co, TN and Barry Co, MO with their related families 1772-1982" Charles Dunkham Smith b. 1823 AL; md Hannah Caroline Casey, 2 Jan 1853, Rhea Co, TN. My wife's line is from Horace M. Smith, brother of Charles D. Charles parents were Charles and Nancy (Jacobs) Smith. In 1860 census Rhea County, Malissa A, 4 is in her father's household, in 1870 her grandma Nancy Smith lived with them. Also shows Minerva J, 9. The "J" must have been a misread: "The fourth child of Charles "Dunk" and hannah C. (Casey) Smith was Minerva Tennessee, known as "Tennie" and she was b. in Rhea Co, in Oct 1860. She apparently came to Missouri with her sister, Melissa, and uncle, Wm. Smith. The "Dunkham" usually spelled like that comes from James Smith 1772-1843 and Jaly Duncombe 1770-1837. Charles was called "Dunk". "He was born 4 Feb 1823, according to his pension papers, in Rhea Co, TN. However, in the 1850 census and 1870 census he shows his birth state as Alabama. Dunk Smith did not marry until he was almost 30 years old, on 2 Jan 1853 in Rhea County, to Hannah Caroline Casey b. 1829 in TN. She is believed to be a daughter of Randolph or Abner Casey, and her mother named Elizabeth, born NC, 1785" There is way to much info on your Smith's to type here. I will have to either make copies of pages, or find a way for you to get a copy of this book. (150 pages) Larry