To clarify the connection (sort of): Lettie McCracken was a daughter of Effariah Simpson and Nimrod McCracken. Nimrod McCracken was an uncle of Duff Kimsey, who was husband of Maudana Smith, who was daughter of John W Townsend's uncle Doctor Kimsey. That is, Lettie McCracken and Duff Kimsey were first cousins, and John W. Smith and Maudana Smith Kimsey were also first cousins.