I recently came upon some very old things from my grandmother
Faye Moore Smith. It was a hand written note from her mother Martha Jane
Moore Smith (b 12/11/1854 d. 7/22/1934), no dates, the following:
" My husband was Rev W. W. Smith a
Baptist minister. To the best of my knowledge his father was William
Smith who came to this country from
Scotland when a very young man and settled in
Jennings Co., in or near one of the Vernons. He was married to a widow Green, who had a son
Chapin Foster Green. Her maiden name was Elizabeth
Tull, to this union were born 2 sons, William Wallace
Smith, my husband, and a younger brother James I never knew. The mother of these three boys died when my husband was 6 or 7 years old.
Chapin
Foster Green married to a Miss White, I think her name was Ora of
Kentucky. They both died leaving 3 children Wallace X
Percy, Chaapin
Foster and Gertrude who lives in Indianapolis and
Chapin Foster lives in Detroit. Wallace X
Percy died several yeas ago. Their father's ancestry dates back to the Buchanans' about whom so much has been said regarding (concerning) their great wealth. My husband died the last day of 1905. He was born in North Vernon July 233, 1855."
The 1860 census shows Elizabeth
Smith age 25 head of houshold with 4 children,
Chapin, William, James and Jane, being about 1 yr. No husband listed property value at $200. I have also found a
I have been struggling for information for sometime on this end of my reseach. Anything you may have and willing to share would be greatly appreciated.