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Descendants of Calvin SMITH

Generation No. 1

1. CALVIN2 SMITH (UNKNOWN1) was born 1806 in VA. He married THURZY UNKNOWN. She was born 1806 in VA.

Notes for CALVIN SMITH:
1820 census Gallatin County, Illinois
48 33 Smith Martin 100110 3110 000010000000
48 35 Bond George 112301 10001

1820 census is an Issac Smith in Franklin County Illinois record 194.
Here he is over 21 with 3 others. Of interest is Thomas Smith in
Gallatin County record number 428. Thomas may be father of Issac
or perhaps brother...

1830 census Gallatin County, Illinois Calvin Smith is record number
291. Living next door to him is Issac Smith about 20 years older,
alone with his wife.

1830 Census Gallatin County, IL Saline Township
291 1121 Smith Neassm 000200001000 000000001
291 1130 Smith Isaac 000010010000 0000200010
291 1131 Smith Calvin 100010000000 0100010000
291 1132 Johnston James B. 210011000000 00001000
291 1133 Shasteen Jesse 200010001000 021010000

1840 Census Gallatin County, IL
31 5 Calvin Smith - boy 0-5, boy 10-15, Calvin 30-40,
two girls 0-5, 3 girls 5-10, 1 girl 10-15, wife 30-40
31 7 Isaac Smith - 50-60, wife 60-70
31 17 Giles Smith - boy 0-5, boy 5-10, Giles 30-40,
2 girls 0-5, girl 15-20,
31 18 John - 2 boys 0-5, 2 boys 20-30, John 60-70,
girl 0-5, girl 15-20
31 19 John Smith - 2 boys 0-5, boy 10-20, John 30-40,
2 girls 5-10, 2 girls10-15, girl 20-30, wife 30-40

1850 census of Saline County, Illinois record number 48. Calvin Smith
age 44, from Virginia. He is a farmer and his estate is valued at
250. His wife is listed but is difficult to read. Thurzy age 44 from
Virginia. Children listed, Issac J. age 18, James V., 16, William 10,
John R. 6, Calvin P. 2, Nancy 73 from VA, Harriet 15, Eliza J. 13, Thurza 5.
All the children were born in Illinios.

1860 Census of Hamilton County Illinois Page 16
Household 114
Calvin Smith 50 from VA Farmer
Lucy Smith 27 Ill Female
Calvin P. Smith 10 Ill
Sarah J. Taylor 8 Ill
William ? Taylor 7 Ill
Mary J Taylor 4 Ill
George W. Smith 1 Ill

Speculation: Lucy is most likely a daughter-in-law, married to James
Smith, son of Calvin Smith. George W. Smith would then be a grandson
of Calvin Smith. William Taylor married Lucy Burdick in 1850, and
then James Smith in 1856.
Researched by Anthony W. Clayton - Colorado Springs, CO - 1998

Children of CALVIN SMITH and THURZY UNKNOWN are:
i. ISSAC3 SMITH, b. 1832, IL.
ii. JAMES V. SMITH, b. 1834, IL.

Notes for JAMES V. SMITH:
Speculation: Could this be the Lucy Smith with Taylor kids living with Calvin Smith father of James Smith. (1860 Census)
Marriage Record
SMITH, JAMES H m. TAYLOR, LUCY A VERMILION COUNTY, IL 05/11/1856 A /235
iii. HARRIET SMITH, b. 1835, IL.
iv. ELIZA J. SMITH, b. 1837, IL.
v. WILLIAM SMITH, b. 1840, IL.
vi. JOHN R. SMITH, b. 1844, IL.

Notes for JOHN R. SMITH:
Speculation - Children of Calvin Smith
1860 Census South Twigg Township, Hamilton County, IL - Page 18 - 20th day of June, 1860
Post Office: Griswold
117 117 HALL, Samuel L. 33 M Farmer 4112 1000 TN Mary 30 F IL X
Renyer 8 M IL X
James 6 M IL
Nelson 3 M IL
Inman 2 M IL
SMITH, John 17 M Farm Laborer IL

121 121 GRISWOLD, Gilbert 75 M Farmer 3200 400 NH
Telitha 45 F TN
Henry C. 16 M Farm Laborer IL X
Lucretia C. 13 F IL X
Lamastius 10 M IL X (or Lamasters)
John J. H. 7 M IL X
Ellen A. 5 M IL
REDBURN, William 26 M Farm Laborer IL
SMITH, Eliza 18 F Domestic IL

vii. THURZA SMITH, b. 1845, IL.
2. viii. CALVIN PRESTON SMITH, b. December 1845, Saline County, IL; d. November 11, 1914, Rector, AR.

Generation No. 2

2. CALVIN PRESTON3 SMITH (CALVIN2, UNKNOWN1) was born December 1845 in Saline County, IL, and died November 11, 1914 in Rector, AR. He married (1) SARAH JANE COFFEY April 27, 1876, daughter of LEWIS COFFEY and NANCY LASWELL. She was born 1845 in Hamilton County, IL, and died 1882. He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH MCELYEA December 02, 1889 in Hamilton County, IL, daughter of PATRICK MCELYEA and MARY SEGLEY. She was born 1868 in IL.

Notes for CALVIN PRESTON SMITH:
Gene Smith, adopted son of Oral Smith says he beleives that Calvin Preston Smith and Eliz are buried in Rector, AR, at Marys Chapel Cemetery. He thinks the year Calvin died was 1914. Cemetery is 2 miles north of Rector, AR. Greg Smith, has copy of Calvin Preston Smith's marriage to Eliz and he says it states that this is the 3rd. marriage of Calvin's.

1900 Illinois, Hamilton County, Twigg Township, Page 360
Smith, Calvin Dec. 1845 IL IL IL
Elizabeth Nov. 1861 IL AL AL
Arthur Nov. 1891 IL IL IL
Ethel Oct. 1897
Leonard Apr. 1899
Reed, Jno, W. Jan. 1875 IL IL IL
Clementime Apr. 1880 IL IL IL (Smith)
Wm. H. July 1896
Ambrose D. July 1898

Notes for SARAH JANE COFFEY:
Hamilton County Illinois 1850 census: Record 310 List Sarah J. age 5 along with her Mother and sisters.
Nancy A. Coffey and children. Sarah J. 5, Sophronia age 3, Louisa age 2.

Hamilton County Illinois 1860 census:
Sarah Jane Coffey listed age 15.
Laswell, Sally age 60 from VA
Benjamin F. Laswell age 28 TN
Elizabeth Laswell age 25 TN
Nancy A. (Coffey) Sneed age 30 TN
Sarah J. Coffey age 15 IL
Sophronia Coffey age 12 IL
Ladona Sneed age 6 IL

Directly next to the Laswell family above is:
John R. Smith age 40 NC
Eliza Coffey age 10 IL
Nancy Smith age 30 TN
Aarah a Smith age 13 TN
Withy Smith age 11 TN
James H. Smith age 9 TN
Hannah M. age 1 IL

Hamilton County 1870 census:
B. T. Laswell age 38 IL
Nancy age 50 TN
Saran J. Coffey age 27 IL
Landonia Sneed age 16 IL

Sophronia Coffey Married Martin L. Hicks 12 July 1868.

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH MCELYEA:
In "McElyeas' in Transit" on page 143 an Elizabeth McElyea b. 1868 is
noted as having married Calvin Presley Smith 12-2-1889 in Hamilton
County, IL. Witness were W. C. and Martha McElyea. Their children were
Effie Smith and Joseph Smith. Elizabeth's parents are listed as
Patrick Henry McElyea and Mary J. Segley. ( I do not show or find a
Effie and Joseph Smith as children of my Calvin, more research needed
on this line of Smith.)

1880 Hamilton County, Illinois, Flannigan Township
4/4 MCELYEA?, Mary J. 53 Head AL AL AL
, Carrol 20 Son AL AL AL
, Laura A.** 16 Dau AL AL AL
, Elizabeth 12? Dau IL AL? AL?
* head may be Mary J McELYA **J. - tw ***Widow

Children of CALVIN SMITH and SARAH COFFEY are:
i. AMBROSE E.4 SMITH, b. July 02, 1878, Walpole, Flannigan Precinct, IL.

Notes for AMBROSE E. SMITH:
Hamilton County, IL registar of births page 5, birth #299.
Father American age 29, born Saline County.
Mother American age 33, born Hamilton County, IL
Full name of mother, Sarah J. Smith.
Maiden name of mother, Sarah J. Coffee of Flannigan Preinct.
Father's name not given.
Occupation was farmer
Birth was assisted by J. T. Organ of Walpole, IL.
Registration was by mail and received at courthouse July 27, 1878.

3. ii. PERMELIA CLEMENTINE SMITH, b. April 10, 1880, IL; d. 1943, Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR.

Children of CALVIN SMITH and MARY MCELYEA are:
4. iii. ORAL4 SMITH.
iv. JAMES ARTHUR SMITH, b. November 1891, IL; d. 1901.

Notes for JAMES ARTHUR SMITH:
James Arthur worked for a sawmill in Rector and that is what took his
life at 11 years old.

v. RAYMOND SMITH, b. 1894; d. 1894.
vi. WALTER LEE SMITH, b. 1895; d. 1895.
5. vii. ETHEL SMITH, b. October 1897, IL.
6. viii. WILLIAM LEONARD SMITH, b. April 05, 1899, IL; d. November 12, 1971.

Generation No. 3

3. PERMELIA CLEMENTINE4 SMITH (CALVIN PRESTON3, CALVIN2, UNKNOWN1) was born April 10, 1880 in IL, and died 1943 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR. She married JOHN WILLIAM REED October 02, 1895 in Hamilton County, IL, son of DAVID REED and MARY BOND. He was born January 02, 1875 in Hamilton County, IL, and died 1948 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR.

Notes for PERMELIA CLEMENTINE SMITH:
Permelia Clementine (Smith) Reed, my grandmother, was born April 10,
1880 and died 1943 at Jonesboro, AR. She is buried at West Mathews
Cemetery Jonesboro, AR. I was only 2 when she died, but I do remember
her being very sick and my mom taking care of her. I remember after
she died when they had her casket in the parlor, I was told that
grandma was sleeping by a friend of the family. I had not known until
in my early teens that grandma Reed's name was Clementine, I was
singing "My Darling Clementine" and my dad starting crying, when I
asked why he was crying, Mom told me it was grandma's middle name.

More About PERMELIA CLEMENTINE SMITH:
Burial: West Mathews Cemetery Jonesboro, Ar.

Notes for JOHN WILLIAM REED:
Buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery 1900 Block of W. Matthews St. Jonesboro, AR.

1900 Illinois, Hamilton County, Twigg Township, Page 360
Reed, Jno, W.Jan. 1875IL IL IL
Clementime Apr. 1880IL IL IL
Wm. H. July 1897
Ambrose D. July 1899

1920 Scott County, MO. Kelso Township Page 10B.
Reed, John W. 45 Carpenter Railroad
Permelia C. 39
William H. 23 Son Breakman
Ambrose D. 20 Son Breakman
Ottis E. 17 Son Clerk
Leora B. 6 Daughter
Caroline 20 Daughter-in-law
Hubert Grandson

1930 Scott County, MO. Illmo Page 7B
Reed, John W. 55 Illinois Tn. IL.
Permelia C. Wife 49 Illinois IL IL
Beatrice Daughter 16 Ark. IL IL

Grandpa Reed, John William Reed was born January 2, 1875 IL. Married my grandmother, Permelia Clementine Smith, October 2, 1895. Grandpa died 1948 when this writer was 7 years old. I remember grandpa as being small built and walked with a cane, I can remember stoping by his house after school (when he was living in Malden, MO). He would give me money to go buy him a chew of tobacco and enough that I could get me a nickle box of peanuts. Grandpa Reed and I would walk over to the Malden Railroad Depot to watch my dad's train come in to the switching yards. I didn't get to know him for very long, but he was always a good grandpa to me. In grandpa's older years, my mom took care of him as would she had done for her own dad. (See Story by Otis Reed son of John William Reed)

More About JOHN WILLIAM REED:
Burial: West Mathews Cemetery Jonesboro, Ar.

Children of PERMELIA SMITH and JOHN REED are:
i. WILLIAM HUBERT5 REED, b. July 23, 1896, McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., Illinois; d. September 08, 1974, Malden, Dunklin Co., MO; m. ELIZA CAROLINE MCGILL, November 01, 1917, Clay County, Ar.; b. June 02, 1901, McLeansboro, IL; d. February 26, 1975, Delta Community Hosp., Sikeston, MO.

Notes for WILLIAM HUBERT REED:
1920 Scott County, MO. Kelson Township Page 10B.
William H. Reed wife Carolline and son Hubert living in household with
his father and mother, John W. and Permelia Reed.

1930 Scott County, Illmo, MO. Page 10B.
Reed, William H. 32
Eliza C. 28
Hubert D.
Herman D.
Hugh V.
Helen
Eugene
Ila G.

William Hubert Reed (this writers father) was the son of John William Reed and Permelia C. Smith. He was the grandson of David Wesley Reed and Mary Lawrence Bond. He was the great grand son of Archibald Reed and Carey Spain. He married Eliza Caroline McGill (daughter of Benjamin Franklin McGill and Maggie Pittman) in Piggott, Clay County, AR. November 1, 1917and together they had 12 children. Hubert Doyne Reed, Herman Deward Reed, Hugh Vinscent Reed, Helen Verneice Reed, Othal Ewell Reed, Raymond Eugene Reed, Ila Mae Gwendola Reed, Shirley Dean Reed, Mary Virginia Reed, Floyd Dewight Reed, Lula Florence Reed, and me, Barbara Faye Reed. William Hubert Reed was the son of Permelia C (Smith) Reed. The Grandson of Calvin Smith and Sarah Jane Coffey.

Malden, Mo. Press Merit.
William H. Reed Services Held:
William Hubert Reed, 78, of Malden died Sunday, Sept. 8th. at the Ridgeview Manor Nursing Home in Malden after an extended illness. Mr. Reed was a retired conductor for the Cotton Belt Railroad and had
been awarded a 40-year service pin from the company. He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church,and a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He had been a resident of Malden since 1947. Mr. Reed was born July 23, 1896 in Hamilton County, Ill.,the son of John William and Clementine Smith Reed; and was married Nov. 1, 1917 to Eliza C. McGill at Piggott, Ark. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Landess Chapel with Rev. Don Cochran officiating and burial was in the Illmo City Cemetery at Illmo, Mo. with Landess arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eliza Reed of Malden; four sons, Doyne Reed of St. Louis, Deward Reed of Spokane, Wash. Raymond Reed of Cahokia, Ill. and Floyd Reed of Malden; five daughters, Mrs. Janice Lucas of St. Louis, Mrs. Ola Mae Self of Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Mary V. Skelton of Pontiac, Mich. Mrs. Florence Summitt of Fort Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Barbara Clayton of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 32 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; one brother, O.E. Reed of Kennett; one sister, Mrs Beatrice Hasbrok of Venice, Calif.

More About WILLIAM HUBERT REED:
Burial: September 11, 1974, Illmo City Cemetery/Lightner Illmo, Mo.
Funeral: September 11, 1974, Landess Funeral Home Malden, Mo.
Occupation: Conductor

Notes for ELIZA CAROLINE MCGILL:
Malden Press Merritt
Eliza Reed:
MALDEN--Mrs. Eliza Caroline Reed, age 73, died at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday in the Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston. She was born on June 2, 1901 in Hamilton County, Ill. and was married to William Hubert Reed on Nov. 1, 1917 in Piggott. He died on Sept. 8, 1974. Mrs. Reed had been a resident of Malden since 1947 and was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church of Malden. Surviving are four sons, Doyne Reed of St. Louis, Deward Reed of Spokane, Wash., Raymond Reed of Cahokia, ILL., and Floyd Reed of Malden; Five daughters, Mrs. Janice Lucas of St. Louis, Mrs. Ila Mae Self of Little Rock, Mrs Mary V. Skelton of Pontiac, Mich, Mrs. Florence Summitt of Ft. Worth, TEX., and Mrs. Barbara Clayton of Colorado Springs, Colo., 32 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Landess Funeral Chapel of Malden with the Rev. Don Cochran officiating. Burial will be in Illmo City Cemetery.

Malden Press Meritt of Malden
Eliza Caroline Reed
Funeral services for Eliza Caroline Reed, 73-year-old Malden resident, were held Friday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. at the Landess Chapel . Rev. Don Cochran officiated and burial was in Illmo City Cemetery at Illmo, Mo. with Landess of Malden in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Reed died Wednesday at the Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston. She was born June 2, 1901 in Hamilton County, ILL., the daughter of Ben and Maggie Pittman McGill. She and her husband, William Hubert Reed, were married Nov. 1, 1917 at Piggott, Ark. and he preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1974. A resident of Malden since 1947, she also was a member of the Malden First Southern Baptist Church. She is survived by four sons, Doyne Reed of St. Louis, Deward of Spokane, WAsh., Raymond of Cahokia, ILL. and Floyd of Malden; five daughters, Mrs. Janice Lucas of St. Louis, Mrs. Ila Mae Self of Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Mary V. Skelton of Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Florence Summitt of Fort Worth, Texas and Mrs. Barbara Clayton of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 32 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren.

More About ELIZA CAROLINE MCGILL:
Burial: February 28, 1975, Illmo City Cemetery/Lightner Illmo, Mo.
Funeral: February 28, 1975, Landess Funeral Home Malden, Mo.

ii. AMBROSE DEWARD REED, b. July 04, 1898, Hamilton County, IL; d. 1957, Jonesboro, Craighead County, AR; m. (1) LENA CLARK; m. (2) BERTHA ELVIRA MCGILL, 1920; b. January 17, 1902, Hamilton County, IL.

Notes for AMBROSE DEWARD REED:
1930 Scott County, MO. Census Illmo Page 7B.
Reed, Ambrose D.
Bertha
Ruth
Billy
Dixie L.
McGill, Wilma Sister-in-Law

Notes for LENA CLARK:
September 2001. Aunt Lena (Clark) Reed was still living in Jonesboro, AR.

iii. OTIS EDWIN REED, b. April 04, 1902, Marion, IL Hamilton County; d. December 11, 1976, Piggott, Clay Co., Arkansas; m. FANNIE JO SPECK, Benton, MO; b. 1905; d. 1969, Rector, AR.

Notes for OTIS EDWIN REED:
Rector was a Thriving Frontier Town 1909
This was a story written by Otis E. Reed and Published by the "Clay
County Democrat March 27, 1969.
It was in 1909 my family lived on a small southern Illinois farm. I
was the youngest of three boys but can very will remember the struggle
my parents was having trying to eke out a meger survival for their
small family.
My dad along with several other families decided to move just a little
farther west. Some decided to make the trip by coverd wagons taking
what belongings they could load on and still have room for their
family
including their dogs.
Dad called his little family together to decide the best way to make
the trip west...Dad thought the grass was a little greener west of the
Mississippi River.
It didn't take mother long to decide that the covered wagon trip was
out, and we would sell out lock-stock and barrel, so to speak, and
make the trip by train. It didn't take long for Dad to dispose of our
belongings and get all set for the train trip which was a great thrill
for me and my brothers, as we had never been on a train before.
The trip from the little Illinois town to the Mississippi River seemed
like a thousand miles, as it was the first time I had ever been out of
the little community where I was born.
I very will recall pulling into Cairo, IL., It looked like a war zone.
There had been trouble the night before we arrived and the State
Militia lined the streets with full battle gear. Mother and Dad
grabbed our hands and we took off toward the river and the boat docks
where we would board the boat to take the trip to the west side of the
Mississippi.
I had heard my uncle talk about the United States Occupation of Cuba
in 1906, after seeing all the soldiers at Cairo I asked my dad if we
would go through Cuba on the way to our destination.
Dad had heard of a boom in Arkansas. He felt just might be the place
for him to settle down with his little family. Mother was always
satisfied any place so long as we could all be together.
The first place we stopped off was in St. Francis, ARkansas, a river
town where we knew some friends. We spent a few days there and moved
on.
Dad had heard that there was a boom around Rector, ARk...such as
timber cutting, land clearing, logging, and building, so he would try
his luck in Rector.
So we rolled into town. It wasn't long until he had his family settled
down in a strange place, among strange people. Dad being a carpenter,
it wasn't long until he had a job for himself and my oldest brother
(WH).

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