Bev - Delores (Mrs. Grover)Petty of Fairchance PA has this Smith line. The phone number I have for her is 724-564-4703. Last I heard, she was frustrated in some of the early info in the family but could help with younger members. Janice > > I can't believe that with everyone on this list that no one else is looking > for the Smith's in Preston Co. > > I am looking for any decedents of William H Smith b Oct, 1835 in England. He > came to the US at about age 6 and I think he settled in Pa, Addison Twp, > Somerset Co, close to the WV Preston Co boarder. > > He married Eliza Deahl and had 2 children > John b 1866 born in PA > Agataha 1870 born in Allegeny Co MD > > Eliza died early on after the birth of Agatha. > William then married her first cousin Elizabeth Deahl > They had the following children > > Simon P b 1875 > Julia b 1877 > Mary C b 1880 > Lucy A b. 1882 > Edna Linda 1884 > Daniel F b. 1887 > Maude Della 1889 > Orpha Daisy 1891 > George E 1894 > Charles E 1895 > Bertha V 1898 > William H Jr 1901 > > All of these children were born in WV > > Does ANYONE have these names in your family. I am really at a brick wall > here. I would like to talk with anyone that has a connection to > this family. > > They lived in Barbour Co. WV and later moved to Preston Co, they lived in > Corinth WV a small town east of Kingwood. > > I would appreciated anything anyone could find for me. Civil war papers, > etc. I haven't been able to find a darn thing. I think he came to > the US on an > inner tube, lived under a rock and is buried under a tree. > So any information would be very helpful. I have been to the library in > Kingwood and to the courthouse there, I even went to the new paper office > hoping to find his obit. and NOTHING there either. The courthouse > did have a > record of his death, dying in Corinth in 1909 from dropsy. > > Thanks > Bev > > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > We have archives! > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=WVPRESTO > > ============================== > 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 > >