Wordless Wednesday - Me

Ginger R. Smith

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Tombstone Tuesday - Alvy King

This tombstone inscription reads the following: "Alvy King Son of W.F. & Mary King, 19 Nov 1905 - 11 Jun 1907" - Photo of tombstone taken by Ginger R. Smith, May 1, 2006, and is copyright 2010 by Ginger R. Smith.

 
W. F. King was William Fletcher King, the brother of Dora King who was the mother of my great-grandmother Nova Peters. Poor Alvy was only 2 years old. William F. King married Mary French and they had 12 children. Their first son, Charley King, also died young. He was born 1895 and died 1898. He is buried next to his brother Alvy.

Their tombstones are located in Joliff Cemetery near Rover, Oregon Co., MO. Other tombstones I have photographed in this cemetery include French, House, Huddleston, Joliff, Judd, Kimbrough, King, Nichols, Peters, Richards, and Willard.

This cemetery is approximately 1 mile north of Koshkonong on Highway 63. From Highway 63, take M Highway and go approx. 10 miles on M Highway to 160 Highway. Go approximately 3/4 mile east on highway 160 to first dirt road south. Keep bearing east for approximately 1 1/2 miles. Look for a sign post for the cemetery.

Read my post on William Fletcher King.

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SNGF - Matrilineal Line / Treasure Chest Thursday !

I know I'm a few days late to participate in Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from May 8th, 2010, but thought I would post my reply to his latest topic:  Matrilineal Lines...upon further evaluation and discovery, I thought this would be an excellent candidate to include in the Treasure Chest Thursday blog prompt today.

Your matrilineal line consists of your mother, your mother's mother, her mother, etc, as far back as you can go. This is important because this is how your mitochondrial DNA was passed to you.

 Here is my Matrilineal Line:

1. Ginger R. Smith, b. 1976 Ft. Smith, AR
2. Marilyn Godwin married Timothy Smith
3. Sue Carolyn Lasiter (1936 OK - 2003 Sebastian Co., AR) married Lawrence O. Godwin
4. Thelma Louise Benson (1912 Osage Co., OK - 1996 Sebastian Co., AR) married James Putman Lasiter (1908 OK - 1974 Sebastian Co., AR)
5. Eva Mae Dennis (1889 Lamar Co., TX - 1983 Stephens Co., OK) married Barney Sharon Benson (1884 Sebastian Co., AR - 1952 CA)
6. Lucendy Gentry (1868 TN - 1905 Lamar Co., TX) married Reuben Dennis (1867 TX - 1941 Lamar Co., TX)

To top things off, I just so happen to have a 5-generation picture of my matrilineal lines!!! 

5 Generation Picture, Fort Smith, Arkansas, March 1976, digitized and privately held by Ginger R. Smith, Durham, North Carolina. This photo was retrieved from Louise Benson Lasiter's house upon her death in 1996 by her daughter Sue Smith. Photo was subsequently passed to Sue's daughter, Marilyn Smith upon Sue's death in 2003, then passed to Marilyn's daughter, Ginger R. Smith in 2009. 

My parents were young when I was born. My father was 17 and my mother had just turned 19 years of age 5 days before I was born. So I was lucky to still have a couple sets of great-great grand parents living. This picture is testament to that. I believe the picture was taken at my great-grandmother's house, Louise Benson Lasiter, on Park Avenue, Fort Smith, AR.

In the chair I [Ginger R. Smith] am being held by my mother, Marilyn Godwin. Standing behind her from left to right is my grandmother, Sue Carolyn Lasiter Godwin, then my great grandmother Thelma Louise Benson Lasiter, then my great-great grandmother, Eva Mae Dennis Benson.

Wordless Wednesday - My Mom and I

My Mom and I about 1977

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Tombstone Tuesday - Vibert Peters

Stone marker for burial of Vibert Peters. - From the personal collection of Ginger R. Smith, photo taken at Riverside Cemetery, Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, May 1, 2006

Vibert Peters was the brother of my great-grandmother Nova Peters Godwin, son of William E. Peters and Dora King. Vibert Peters died November 4, 1936 in Fulton County, Arkansas from Tuberculosis.

This marker was one of two placed by Patsy Pendergrass Cook's family of Mammoth Springs, AR. the other one, simply etched with "Godwin" was placed upon the burial site of Nova's 5th child born, a baby girl named "Mary Godwin" who died in infancy.

Riverside Cemetery is located in Mammoth Springs, Fulton Co., AR. Photos taken by Ginger Smith, May 1, 2006.

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Wordless Wednesday - My grandparents

Larry Godwin and Sue Lasiter, 1957, Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Tombstone Tuesday - Nova Lee Peters Godwin

Nova Lee  (Peters) Godwin Martin 

- From the personal collection of Ginger R. Smith, taken May 5, 2006

- My great-grandmother, daughter of William Edward Peters and Dora King.  Born August 11, 1908, died August 22, 2000 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She married Orville Godwin in West Plains, Missouri November 9, 1927. She is buried in Hackett, Arkansas in a relatively small cemetery called Mount View Cemetery overlooking Hackett Lake.

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Wordless Wednesday - Wedding Day

Godwin-Lasiter Wedding, March 1956: My Maternal Grandparents, Sue Lasiter and Larry Godwin; Nova Peters Godwin (left) and James Putman Lasiter (right)


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Tombstone Tuesday - Eliza Ann Orr Godwin

Eliza Ann Orr Godwin, b. 27 Apr 1833, d. 20 Oct 1929 - Personal collection of Ginger R. Smith, photograph taken May 1, 2006 by Ginger R. Smith, Old Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Arkansas

Eliza Ann Orr married Agrippa Spinks Godwin who died 1864 at the Battle of Iron Knob in Iron Knob MO. The burial spot of Agrippa Spinks Godwin is unknown at this time but is believed to be an unmarked mass burial grave in Ironton.

This was the state of the tombstone as I found it in 2006 - in 3 separate pieces.

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