Sarah Francis Smith

Notes:

Birth:
Calculated from 1880 census

Buried:
Vally View Cemetery (FAG 14466630)

Sarah married Stanley Thomas Hibler on 16 Mar 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married secondly a Mr. Horton.

William married Mary Jane Ankrum on 12 Mar 1863 in Franklin Co., MO. Mary (daughter of Ankrum) was born in 1838 in MO; died on 11 Oct 1908 in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1 Sep 1860, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 22 Jun 1900, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: 14 Feb 1902, Tea, Gasconade Co., MO

Notes:

Mary Jane claimed widows pension and it was acknowledged 13 Jan 1863.
Rec’d $8/mo commencing 11 Mar 1862. $2/mo each child commencing 25 Jul 1866.

12 Mar 1863 Mary Jane (widow) married William Smith.

1865 Jan/Feb Testimony to John’s death given by William Gilcresse, James Conner, Joseph Boysten.

1867 April John Strain and Samuel Phillips gave testimony to knowing Mary Jane West for 15 yrs. and to her being the widow of John West. Mary Jane gives testimony that she is widow of John, that they had three children, hasn’t adopted them out. Also testified that she was still unmarried.

1868 March and April Another document with same testimony by Mary Jane dated a year later.
Ann Wilson, midwife for Clarissa Jane and Polly Cromer, midwife for George and Elizabeth Ann.

1901 Letter re: Smith--”having a wife pure fiction”, “old man Parks* of Spring Bluff” too sick to give information on Smith. (*William was dead; Eli was 55, James M. was 64. Elijah Bailey was 74.)

1902 Board of Review says Mary Jane received funds through “fraud” from 1863-1902.

1902 (May) Pension dropped--not legal widow. Last payment was Feb 1902.

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Info on parents of Clarissa:

Marriage, Franklin Co, MO: John W. West and Mary Ankrum married 31 Aug 1854 in Franklin Co, MO.
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Home in 1860: Boone, Franklin, Missouri 
Post Office: Boone 
M W West 27 male farmer MO 
M West 25 female MO
G W West 5 male MO
E A West 4 female
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Mary J. West remarried after John West died to a William Bill Smith on 12 March 1863 in Franklin Co, MO. They had:
l. Rachel Smith, born ca 1863, daughter of Mary Jane West; married Henry J.W. Angell in Franklin Co, MO on 12 March 1881. Henry J.W. married (2nd) Lisette H. Dorste 26 Nov 1885. Researchers shows Rachel died on/a 1885. Rachel and Henry had a daughter, Amanda.
2.Sarah Francis Smith, born 22 May 1866 in Shotwell, Franklin Co, MO; married (1st) Stanley Thomas Hibler in Gasconade Co, MO on March 16, 1884; Married (2nd) a Mr. Horton. She died 1950 and is buried in Vally View Cemetery, Garden City, KS. FAG memorial 14466630. 
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Home in 1880: Boone, Franklin Co, MO
Mary J. West 40 f/w wd farming Iowa 
George M. West 23 son mar. MO [lined out-error]
Harriett V. West 20 dil mar. MO [lined our-error]
Virginia A. West 1 f/w gd MO [lined out-error]
*Clarissa J. West 20 dau sgl MO
Rachel Smith 17 dau MO
Sarah F. Smith 14 dau MO
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Home in 1900: Boone, Franklin, Missouri 
Mary J West 61 Mar 1839 wd 5/4 ch MO MO MO
Levi West 9 gs Aug 1890 MO

Birth:
(1880 census gives birthplace as Iowa?)

Census:
p.194 Line 23

Census:
#202, age 40, widowed, farming, with 20 year old daughter Clarissa J. living at home. Also, Rachel Smith a daughter age 17, and Sarah Smith age 14.

Census:
ED 27 p.12 Line 57 States widowed, cannot read or write, had five children, 4 living. Grandson Levi West enumerated with her. Stated birth place as MO.

Notes:

Second marriage info From Joe Miller website via MO IGI Apr 1988 P. 21,789.

Married:
Bk B p. 551 (by R. T. Valentine)