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Here is what I see on the transcribed 1860 census of Marion Co. IL.
Twp. 4N, R 2 E, Fosterburg P. O.
# 1240/1287
SMITH, William A. 28, IL, farmer
Mary 23, IL
Derva 8 IL (female)
Byron 6, IL
Mary H. 4, IL
Walter S. 2, IL
WILTON, Absolom 11, IL
If I recall didn't William A. Smith mention in one of his letters that his wife should buy a wagon or something for Walter for his birthday?
Also nearby---2 dwellings away is a T. J. Foster, 21, IL. Also next three dwellings are folks with surname Moon. Seems like that surname was mentioned in at least one of the letters.
The age and state of birth of the Mary Smith fits the Mary Foster I have that married William Smith and then Squire Farmer.
1870 transcribed census (with some notes) shows in Twp 4 N, R 2 E,
# 91/91
Farmer, Squire 37, IL, farmer
Mary (Foster-Smith) 33, IL, keeping house (Note in parentheses are in this census book.)
Smith, Smith 17, male, IL (Smith as the first name is underlined to
indicate it is an error on the census.)
Bryan 16, IL-----could he be Byron on the 1860 census?
Hester 13, IL----could she be Mary H. on 1860 census?
Scott 11, IL------could he be Walter S. on 1860 census?
Rollin 9, IL
Not far away is:
# 87/87
Smith, Mordaci 66, TN, farmer
Sarah 54, IL, keeping house
Lydia 28, IL
Delia 12, IL
Chance, Sarah 8, IL
Edward 5, IL
Possibly related to William A. Smith??
By the 1900 census, Mary Foster Smith Farmer says has given birth to 8
children, 7 living. That would be 5 with William Smith and I have 3 listed as children with Squire Farmer. In 1871 Squire Farmer was appointed guardian of James F. and Sarah E. ALEXANDER, who were the children of Eliza Jane Farmer and James H. ALEXANDER. Way back at the beginning-----it is the ALEXANDER name that got me on the trail of Mary Foster Smith Farmer.
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Marion Brimberry writes:
Mary Foster Smith Farmer is buried in the Patoka Cemetery.
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> Subject: [ILMARION] Chance, Lucy and Boring Bros. re Smith Civil War
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> The Lucy Chance to which reference is made in the Civil War
> Letters of William A. Smith as generously transcribed by David
> Thomson is probably the Lucy N. Chance, b. 10 Jun 1842, d/o
> James Wiley Chance, Sr,. and Mary Margaret "Millie" Nichols.
> Lucy m. 28 Mar 1868 in Marion County George W. Kretzer.
>
> The Jeff Boring and John Boring to which reference is made in
> those letters are probably the brothers (or half-brothers) Thomas
> Jefferson Boring and John Boring, sons of Thomas J. Boring, Sr.,
> and his second wife, Margaret Ann Irwin, although John Boring may
> have been the son of Thomas J. Boring, Sr and his first wife,
> Elizabeth Pursley. Thomas Jefferson Boring <jr> m. (1) 27 Jul
> 1867 in Bibb County, Georgia Samantha Rush (2) 5 Aug 1883 in
> Marion County Josia Eagan.
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