Hi Jim, Enjoyed your post about Smiley, TX. I had family in Smiley. My GGgrandmother's brother, John M. Miller and his family moved there sometime after 1850. One of their daughter's married a Short. I will look at my data and get back to you on some names. Phyllis Carpenter

(More memory lane) I remember Burns(neighbor) (Royce Gene Burns), Piland (land lady), but for the life of me I can not remember our friends that raised chickens (as I guess a lot of people did) and the boys loved to bury their face in watermelon. There was great swimming hole (small lake) that was feed by a large flow of gushing hot (very warm) water. It came out of a pipe about 3 ft large that you could stand in from of in the lake. I wonder if it is still flowing. Memory Recall. The other name was Collins. (later I realized Houston has a school name Smiley which confused me at first) Mrs Piland rented us her house and live in a shack garage apartment in the back so we could have a place to live. He had a great little dog called Teddy. When we moved away in about 6 months, she gave Teddy to us. Now that is a lovely lady. We enjoyed Teddy for several more years. Jim Giddens Paris (Reno), Tx p.s. If I am stretching the rule of the board, I hope the co-coordinator will please let me know. I did resist the fist two times. I think I am done for now. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: [TXLAMAR] Smiley, TX.. > > Hi Jim, > Enjoyed your post about Smiley, TX. I had family in Smiley. My > GGgrandmother's brother, John M. Miller and his family moved there sometime after 1850. > One of their daughter's married a Short. I will look at my data and get back > to you on some names. > > Phyllis Carpenter > > > > ==== TXLAMAR Mailing List ==== > Lamar Co., TX USGenWeb Archives: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/lamar/lamartoc.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >