Parents of Alexander Dock Smith

This post is to share with you some information that I have uncovered in relation to the parents of my grandfather Alexander "Dock" SMITH and his brother Timothy Caleb SMITH. The SMITH brothers were born in Smith County, Tennessee. Alexander was born about 1824 to be exact.
On the 1830 Census there is a Charles SMITH living in Smith County, TN and living in the house next door to him was one Hubbard WRIGHT. I believe Charles may have been the father of Alexander and his brother Timothy Caleb SMITH. We know that Alexander married Sarah Catherine WRIGHT daughter of Hubbard WRIGHT and Massa FORD.
A lot of ancestry users have linked Rev. Joseph SMITH and his wife Elizabeth THWEATE as being the parents of our Alexander, however I do not believe they are. 

1. Rev. Joseph SMITH was born 10 Oct 1791 in South Carolina. Alexander has stated on census records that his father was born in Tennessee. Charles SMITH is estimated to have been born between 1801 and 1810, the 1830 Census states one male between the ages of 20-29. Alexander was born in 1824 so he would be old enough to have been his father if we say he was born about 1805, then that would make him be about 19 when Alexander was born.
2.Rev. Joseph SMITH resided in Franklin County, Tennessee until he came to Wayne County, Missouri. Alexander is said to have come to Southeast Missouri from SMITH (MACON) County in Tennessee, which is precisely where we found Charles SMITH and Hubbard WRIGHT living as neighbors on the 1830 Census.
3. He is listed as a neighbor to Alexander SMITH, so he may have been some kin to the family.
4. I believe the Charles SMITH I listed above to be his father. Alexander named his first son Charles Frank SMITH, quite possibly after his grandfather.
5. In the listing for the children of Rev. Joseph SMITH there is no son named Timothy Caleb SMITH and we know that Alexander had a brother named Timothy Caleb SMITH as his daughter was residing in the household with Alexander and Catherine on the 1880 Census and shes listed as having been his niece.
6. Rev. Joseph SMITH did have a son named Alexander SMITH but his name was actually Robert Alexander SMITH and he was born about 1813 in Franklin County, TN He married twice, first to Lucinda BRAZIER and then to Mahalia SARGENT. He was residing in Tennessee on the 1850 & 1860 Census and our Alexander was residing in Wayne County, Missouri that year.
 Back to the 1830 Census for Charles SMITH. There are 21 persons residing in the household that year, of those 21, 19  are slaves.
There is one White Male under 5, which I believe to be Alexander Doc SMITH, my 2nd Great Grandfather.



Based on the above information, I strongly believe one Charles E. SMITH to have been the father of Alexander and Timothy Caleb SMITH. I am going to be doing a lot more research into this SMITH line and will post anything new that I happen to run across.

The Elusive Lucinda SMITH Part Two

This post is a continuation of my prior post concerning my paternal 2nd Great Grandmother, the Elusive Lucinda SMITH. You may find part one of this research project listed HERE.

When we last left off I was speaking about how there was a gentleman living in the household with Charles and his parents in 1879. The gentleman's name was Thomas ODELL. Since my last post, I have done some in-depth research on this Thomas ODELL. Let me start by saying that results of my recent DNA testing show that I am related to some folks who also have the name ODELL in their family surname lists. So I think that it quite possibly means that this Thomas ODELL was related to me in some way.

Thomas ODELL was born 15 March, 1848 in Walker County, Georgia. He was the son of Benjamin Joseph ODELL and Sarah Evaline LUTES.

Thomas ODELL first appears in Wayne County, MO in 1860, at the age of 10. He was living with his mother and siblings:

Eveline Odell	44
Albert Odell	19
Mary J Odell	17
Joseph Odell	15
Thomas Odell	10
George Odell	8
Franklin Odell	6
Elizabeth M Odell	5

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: St Francois, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: M653_660; Page: 604; Image: 43; Family History Library Film: 803660.

It appears his father died in 1854, likely in Georgia.  I have yet to locate a marriage record for Thomas but according to the 1900 Census he married one Sarah Anna WILSON in 1873. 

I have located the family on the 1880 Census. Thomas and his wife Sarah appear on the census along with two children: George W. ODELL age 5 and Willie A. ODELL age 3.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Saint Francis, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: 740; Family History Film: 1254740; Page: 239D; Enumeration District: 191; Image: 0685.

By the 1900 census the children have left home. Only Thomas and Sarah appear in the census in 1900.
At this point I believe that these ODELL connections bears a bit of further research on my part to see if there is some connection to Charles SMITH or his wife LUCINDA.

At this point I have not come up with anything significant that links the ODELL family to the SMITH family per say. However, I do know that Thomas ODELL`s mother was a LUTES and I do know that the LUTES family ties into the EADS family but without getting into my research notes I cannot remember exactly how at this point in time. I have made a mental note to research and see exactly what that connection is.

So, to sum it up, I am no closer at this point in time to figuring out just "Who" Grandmother Lucinda SMITH was. 

Thomas ODELL`s mother was Sarah Eveline LUTES. Sarah was the daughter of George Thomas LUTES and Mary M. BROWN. 

I will continue researching this and if I have anything new to add I will update with another post.