Hi Everyone,
I'm researching a Merritt Smith who lived in Fairfield Twp., Fayette Co.,
IA, in the 1860 census (age 30 yrs.). His family included a wife Francis
Smith (spelled with an "i" in the census; age 23, b. OH) and 2 sons Charles
L. Smith (age 5, b. MI) and E*** Smith (age 3, b. IA).
Merritt Smith enlisted in the Union Army 22 Sept. 1862 as a Corporal and was
mustered out 17 Oct. 1865 at Sioux city, IA.
My research problem is where is Merritt Smith & family after 1865? Since
Merritt survived
Hello- I was born and raised in Fayette County and am a freelance
writer/genealogist and amateur historian. I am seeking any descendants of a
miller, Cyrus Gurdy and 1st wife, Sarah Gordon and 2nd wife, Mary Glover of
Fayette County. They came from New Hampshire to Allamakee County, Iowa in
1856 and to Fayette County in later that year, settling in West Union
township. I'm specifically interested in finding descendants or relatives of
the son, Seth who was born to 2nd wife, Mary, in 1843 in Belk
There are two ways to ook at the archives:
The old, searchable one can be found by going to:
http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
and typing in IAFAYETT then searching for a word or phrase from the
next screen.
The new "threaded archives" don't seem to be searchable, byt they show
a list of posts, by month and thread, at:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/IAFAYETT-L/index.php3
You have to create a username and password, which is good for all the
RootsWeb threaded archives.
If Merritt was must
Hi Everyone,
I would like to thank the mailing list for its help in researching my Smith
line. I received some great advise that is really starting to pay off. If
I may impose one more time. Does anyone have a copy of the 1880 IA census
that could please check to see if Merrit(t) Smith, b. 1830 in VT, and/or his
wife Francis Smith, b.ca. 1837/8 in OH are listed? The family probably is
in Fayette or Clayton Co. but Merritts father, Ephraim Doane Smith, died in
Polk Co., so this is another possibl