I have a William Smith b:1877 in Missouri. He married Nellie Barnes Hodge 1906 in Jackson county Arkansas. Two son of this marriage John R. Smith 1906 William S. Smith 1910. They are in the Jackson county Arkansas census in 1910. The story is Nellis died after 1910. He packed a suitcase a jug of whiskey left the family bible took the two boys and was never heard of since.