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John Lawrence Smith

Julie Hassinger (View posts)
Posted: 6 Sep 2005 9:56AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jordan, Polier, Shaw, Smith
My husband's grandmother Julia Pittman Vana was the granddaughter of Katherine Smith Dial who was the sister of John Lawrence Smith and sister-in-law to Kate Jordan Smith ( who had a brother named John H. Jordan). My family is looking for any of John Lawrence Smith's grandchildren or great grand children to give them books that once belonged to his 6000 plus volume library that he had in Indiana, including a book he wrote about the history of Randolph County Indiana. We know that he was born in 1860 and was on an orphan train and that his granddaughter Emily Polier posted information regarding that. We know that Emily's parents Mr. and Mrs. Shaw settled in Davenport, Iowa and that she has a brother named Fred. If either she or Fred are interested in the books, they can contact my mother-in-law: Linda Vana Olivera at jennycat@juno.com

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