This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMILEY/LANE/STARNES/HOOD/HENLEY/CRYSELL/CARROLL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/igB.2ACE/2420 Message Board Post: John Smiley born 1818 - died about 1870 Wife - Leah (Lane or Ingle????) Hit BRICK WALL - Seeking John's parents or siblings. Been stuck here for years. Their Children and spouses are: 1. Julia Smiley born 1844 married Samuel Lane 2. Samuel Smiley born 1846 married Miranda Starnes - buried Rock Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery Sullivan Co., TN 3. Henry Smiley born 1848 married Amanda J. Hood 4. Nancy A. Smiley born 1852 married John Henley 5. Matison (Mattison, Madison, Matt and M.M.) Smiley born 1855 and died 1934 in Wood County, Texas married Mattie (would love to know her last name) Might be Crysell. Matison is my great grandfather. 6. Thomas Bird Smiley born 1860 and died 1940 in Wood County, Texas - married Mary Ellen Carroll. All John and Leah's children born in Sullivan County, TN. Please - any information would be helpful to break this wall down.