Re: Your John Q. Smith I checked the index of "Primrose; Forks of the River Folks" by Bertie Primrose Bryant, and found a John Quincy Ellis, son of Alice Jane Smith and Wallace William Ellis. John Quincy Ellis was born 1887; Alice Jane was born 10-20-1864; her sister Martha Henrietta Smith, born 1-8-1860, was Wallace's first wife. It occurs to me that your John Q. Smith might be the brother of Alice and Martha. If you wish to pursue this, you might want to speak with Bertie Bryant. She lives in Jasper, Texas, and volunteers at the Genealogy Center at the courthouse there. LaVerle Harvey Ellis Tyler, Texas