Kathy, Maybe you can clear up a question for me. We were always told that Christina died when Martha was about 12, then I hear that they were divorced. Evidently she didn't die as I have a copy of permission she wrote when Martha married Monterville Lusk in 1892. I remember Martha well as I was about 9 when she died.Perhaps we can swap some family photos. Any thoughts on this big mystery? Pat Ktdidyvgs@aol.com wrote: > Pat, I am also descended from Francis and Christina. Hi Cuz! > > Francis Mitchem's mother, Hanna Joanna Smith, was the daughter of Shorten > Smith and an Indian lady named Levinia. I have a picture of gggrandmother > Elizabeth Mitchem and you can really see the Indian in her. > > Kathy