[or-roots] Simon Smart

[Leslie Chapman]

I have finally wandered back in to Oregon genealogy looking into the family of my cousin Brad's maternal grandmother and have hit a snag;


4.  MARTHA JANE3 HIXON (THOMAS2, ANDREW1 HICKSON)35,36,37 was born 25 February 1833 in Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri38,39, and died 03 June 1923 in Auburn, King Co., Washington39.  She married (1) WILLIAM M. WATSON39.    She married (2) STEPHEN SMART40 10 March 1853 in Dekalb Co., Missouri40.  He was born Abt. 1832 in Missouri41.
More About MARTHA JANE HIXON: Burial: 04 June 1923, Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington42 Children of MARTHA HIXON and STEPHEN SMART are: i. ELIZABETH A.4 SMART43, b. Abt. 1853, Missouri43. ii. MARGARET J. SMART43, b. Abt. 1856, Missouri43. iii. JOHN F. SMART43, b. Abt. 1857, Missouri43. iv. MARY ALICE SMART43,44, b. Abt. December 1859, Missouri45. v. HARVEY C. SMART46,47, b. 22 December 1861, Cameron, Dekalb Co., Missouri48,49; d. 19 February 1924, Algona, King Co., Washington.
Notes for HARVEY C. SMART: Murdered. LC 2019More About HARVEY C. SMART: Burial: 22 February 1924, Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington49
 vi. NANCY ALVIRA SMART50,51, b. Abt. 1864, Missouri52.  vii. SIMON CHARLES SMART26, b. Abt. April 1867, Missouri26,27; m. LENORA M. GULLEY28, 27 February 1896, Lane Co., Oregon28; b. Abt. July 1867, Oregon29.
Notes for LENORA M. GULLEY:She lists three children none living in the 1900 census which leads me to suspect Gulley was a first husband. LC 2019
 viii. DELLA SMART52, b. Abt. July 1870, Missouri52.
I have most of what I want on these people except I have yet to pursue Della's history. Most of them end up in Washington and I have marriage records for some of them from Wasco Co thanks to family search, but the big mystery is Simon, I find what is listed above, but then he and his wife just disappear. 
I have tried every way I can think of that I have recourse to; Family search, Archives.com. My Heritage, Google and Genealogy bank. The latter annoyed me just a bit when I asked for Simon Smart and got nearly a hundred ads for SImon and Simon young men's clothier of Alabama.  On the whole I do not have much respect for any of the available search algoritims on any of these features as routinley when I ask for someone born and died in the USA by state I get mostly answers from the United Kingdom.
I have an email in to Oregon Historic Newspapers as their search has been FUBAR for the last couple of days.
Leslie Chapman
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