Smith Genealogy

Used with permission from Melvin and Carol Wood, Sandoval, IL.

Ancestors of William A. Smith and Mary Foster

William A Smith, b. 22 April 1832 in Foster Twp. Marion Co., Illinois, d. 5 Dec 1862 Civil Wa in Coffeeville, Mississippi.  He married Mary "Polly" Foster, married 12 August 1851 in Marion Co. Illinois.

Mary "Polly" Foster, b. 14 March 1837 in Illinois, d. 24 Feb 1907 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois.  She married (1) William A Smith, married 12 August 1851 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 22 April 1832 in Foster Twp. Marion Co., Illinois, d. 5 Dec 1862 Civil Wa in Coffeeville, Mississippi.  She married (2) Squire Farmer, married 10 Nov. 1864, b. 24 March 1832, d. 6 July 1916.

Parents

Mordecai Smith, b. 1 April 1804 in Elizabeth City, N.C., d. 10 Sept.1884 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Il.  He married Sarah Pursley, married 23 June 1831 in Marion Co. Illinois.

Sarah Pursley, b. 12 Sept. 1815 in Bond Co. Illinois, d. 5 Oct. 1873 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois.

Andrew Hillard Foster, b. 24 March 1810 in Georgia, d. 4 April 1874 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois.  He married (1) Elizabeth(Betsy) McConnell, married 8 Nov. 1832 in Fayette Co. Illinois, b. 1813 in Tennessee, d. 1863 in Section 21, Marion Co. Illinois.  He married (2) Mary C. Dickens, b. in Tennessee, d. 1895.

Elizabeth(Betsy) McConnell, b. 1813 in Tennessee, d. 1863 in Section 21, Marion Co. Illinois.

Grand Parents

Abraham Smith, b. 18 August 1775 in N. Carolina, d. 5 Feb. 1856 in Marion Co. Il.  He married Lucy Sexton.

Lucy Sexton, b. 1775 in N. Carolina, d. after 1860.

William Pursley, b. 1778 in York Co. S. Carolina, d. March 1828 in Marion Co. Illinois.  He married Lydia Little.

Lydia Little, b. 1775 in S. Carolina, d. 1850-1860 in Texas.

Andrew Foster.  He married Sarah(Sallie) Nichols.

Sarah(Sallie) Nichols.

Daniel McConnell, b. 20 May 1767, d. 1 August 1832 in Fayette Co. Illinois.  He married Milly Millie Blankenship.

Milly Millie Blankenship, b. 1791 in Virginia, d. 28 Nov. 1869 in Fayette Co. Illinois.

Great Grand Parents

Abram Smith.

John Pursley, b. 1744 in Antrim County, Ireland, d. May 1803 in York Co. S. Carolina.  He married Mary Black, married Feb 1777 in York Co. S. Carolina.

Mary Black, b. 1751, d. 21 April 1845 in York Co. , Carolina.

William or John Little.

Hezekiah Blankenship.  He married Rhoda Meador.

Rhoda Meador.

Great Great Grand Parents

James Pursley, b. ca 1705 in Antrim Co. Ireland, d. 1788 in York Co. S.C.  He married Jane McMackin or McMahon, married ca 1740.

Jane McMackin or McMahon.

Gavin - Guion Black.

The Descendents of William A. Smith

1.  William A Smith, b. 22 April 1832 in Foster Twp. Marion Co., Illinois, (son of Mordecai Smith and Sarah Pursley). He married Mary "Polly" Foster, married 12 August 1851 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 14 March 1837 in Illinois, (daughter of Andrew Hillard Foster and Elizabeth (Betsy) McConnell) d. 24 Feb 1907 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois.  William died 5 Dec 1862 Civil Wa in Coffeeville, Mississippi.

Children:

2.       i      Mary Hester Smith b. 19 January 1857.

3.       ii     Diora Smith b. 14 Sept. 1852.

iii    Byron Smith, b. 20 August 1854.  He married Harriet "Hattie" Gray, married 7 October 1875, b. July 1860 in Illinois, (daughter of John H. Gray and Nancy UNKNOWN).

iv    Walter Scott Smith, b. 20 April 1859 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois.  He married Edna Thiell, married 1 Oct. 1895 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 1875.

v     William Rollin Smith, b. 18 Feb. 1861 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Illinois.

Second Generation

2.  Mary Hester Smith, b. 19 January 1857 in Foster Twp., Marion Co., Illinois.  She married Robert Alexander Simcox, married 1 May 1878 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 18 September 1854 in Maysville, Kentucky, (son of William Kennedy Simcox and Agnes Rebecca Bullock) d. 18 December 1917 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery , Marion Co. Illinois.  Mary died 3 July 1923 in Patoka, Marion Co. Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois.

Children:

4.       i      George Walter Simcox b. 4 July 1883.

ii     Howard Simcox, b. 9 May 1881.  He married Mae Arnold, married 24 Sept. 1902 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 27 Jan. 1880, (daughter of William B. Arnold and Almeda Catherine Conant) d. 13 Sept. 1949.  Howard died 1915.

5.       iii    Anna Maude "Bobby" Simcox b. 8 Jan. 1879.

6.       iv    Helen Burnett Simcox b. 30 November 1886.

v     Martha Simcox, d. in infancy.

vi    Jessie Simcox, d. in infancy.

3.  Diora Smith, b. 14 Sept. 1852 in Foster Twp. Marion Co. Il.  She married John Wesley Oglesby, married 31 Oct. 1870, b. 28 Jan. 1848, (son of John McGee Oglesby and Arena Tully) d. 17 Nov. 1904.  Diora died 1933 in Marion Co. Il.

Children:

i      Henry Oglesby, b. 1873.  He married Ella Faye Tolle, b. 1875, d. 1933.  Henry died 1965.

ii     Hester Oglesby, b. 1884, d. 1938.

Third Generation

4.  George Walter Simcox, b. 4 July 1883 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois.  He married Minnie May Wasem, married 24 June 1906 in Salem, Marion Co. Illinois, b. 14 Sept. 1883 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois, (daughter of Jacob E Wasem and Wilhelma or Wilhelmina "Anna" Eaglin) d. 20 May 1953 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co., Illinois.  George died 18 April 1955 in Patoka, Marion Co. ,Illinois, buried: in Patoka City Cemetery, Marion Co. Illinois.

Children:

7.       i      Dale Lawrence Simcox b. 27 June 1910.

8.       ii     Harold James "Johnny" Simcox b. 11 January 1907.

9.       iii    Betty Fern Simcox (details excluded).

5.  Anna Maude "Bobby" Simcox, b. 8 Jan. 1879 in Patoka, Illinois.  She married Fred Bowe Miller, married 8 Feb. 1898 in Vandalia, Illinois, b. 29 Sept. 1878 in Ancona Illinois, (son of Mary E. UNKNOWN) d. 24 July 1964 in Miami, Florida.  Anna died 26 October 1975 in Eureka, Illinois.

Children:

10.     i      Myrtle Mae Miller b. 29 April 1899.

ii     Mary H. Miller, b. 1905, d. 1909.

6.  Helen Burnett Simcox, b. 30 November 1886 in Patoka, Illinois.  She married James Lewis Davidson, married 15 April 1906 in Marion Co. Illinois, b. 10 July 1881 in east of Patoka, Illinois, (son of John William Davidson and Louisa Lottie Lewis) d. 10 May 1966 in Florida.  Helen died 4 March 1986 in Cresent City, Florida.

Children:

i      Anna Mae Davidson, (details excluded).

ii     James Robert Davidson, b. 26 Feb. 1909 in Mercedes, Texas, d. 18 Sept. 1967 in Belleglade.

iii    Charles Howard Davidson, b. 25 March1911 in Patoka, Illinois, d. 11 Nov. 1971 in Pittsburg, PA.

iv    Esther Helen Davidson, (details excluded).

v     Carl William Davidson, b. 19 April 1922 in Pomona Park, Florida, d. 20 March 1997 in Florida.

vi    Stella Gertrude Davidson, (details excluded).

Fourth Generation

7.  Dale Lawrence Simcox, b. 27 June 1910 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois.  He married Lola Pauline Cole, (details excluded).  Dale died 21 February 1991.

Children:

i      Living Simcox.  She married Billie Joe Mayfield, b. 8 July 1930 in Centralia, Illinois, (son of Lyle Franklin Mayfield and Reba Lucille Hafeli) d. 14 October 1982 in Centralia, Illinois, buried: in Hillcrest Memorial Park, N. of Centralia, Illinois.

ii     Living Simcox.

8.  Harold James "Johnny" Simcox, b. 11 January 1907 in Patoka, Marion Co. Illinois.  He married (1) Thelma Mindora Hopkins, married 25 May 1929 in Aurora, Illinois, b. 27 March 1908 in Fayette Co., Illinois, (daughter of Henry Martin Hopkins and Lola Belcher) d. 17 Feb. 1958 in Centralia, Marion Co.,Illinois, buried: in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka, Illinois.  He married (2) Burnell Apple-Hafeli, d. 1972.  He married (3) Julia Esther"Julie" Lampia-Carlson, (details excluded).  Harold died 9 January 1994.

Children by Thelma Mindora Hopkins:

11.     i      Living Simcox.

ii     Martha Sue Simcox, b. 31 July 1939 in Centralia, Illinois, d. 2 December 1981 in Illinois.

9.  Betty Fern Simcox, (details excluded).  She married Alphonse Paluski, b. 24 Dec. 1915, d. 18 June 1992 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Children:

i      Living Paluski.

ii     Living Paluski.

iii    Living Paluski.

iv    Living Paluski.

v     Living Paluski.

10.  Myrtle Mae Miller, b. 29 April 1899 in Centralia, Illinois.  She married Dr. Frank M. Phifer, b. 30 October 1886 in Illinois, (son of Dr. John N. Phifer and Sarah UNKNOWN) d. 26 March 1976 in Eureka, Illinois.  Myrtle died 19 July 1959 in Eureka, Illinois.

Children:

i      Frances Marion Phifer, b. 24  Oct. 1922 in Chicago, Illinois.  She married Dr. Ralph B. Johanson, (details excluded).  Frances died !9 Feb. 1985.

ii     John Newton Phifer, (details excluded).

iii    Joseph Carl Phifer, b. 13 July 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, d. 1 Sept. 1989 in Eureka, Illinois.

Fifth Generation

11.  Living Simcox.  He married Marilyn Rose "Susie" Woolbright, (details excluded).

Children:

i      Living Simcox.  He married Living Blackburn.

12.     ii     Living Simcox.

iii    Living Simcox.  He married Living Dennis.

iv    Living Simcox.  She married Living Abell III.

Sixth Generation

12.  Living Simcox.  She married Living Teschner.

Children:

13.     i      Living Teschner.

ii     Living Teschner.

iii    Living Teschner.  She married Living Malone.

Seventh Generation

13.  Living Teschner.  She married Living Kauzlarich.

Children:

i      Living Kauzlarich.