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Author: richardlmelton
Surnames: Lannan Melton Smith Day Snodgrass Eckstien Carrico Brewer Gardner Strange Walker
Gootee Mattingly Standley Simmons
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Sorry you can't make it. My wife's mother is Wilma Ruth Smith, born in Loogootee.
She has two sisters, Joanne (Smith) Eckstien, and lives in Haysville. The other, Barbara
Jean, lives in Washington And little brother, William Lee Smith, living in Loogootee. They
were all born in loogootee. Thier father, Charles William Smith, born 1904, (parents: John
Henry Smith and Cynthia Snodgrass) married Bernice Lavern Day, Born 1914, (parents:
Spencer G Day and Agnes O Lee) Wife's father was Thomas John Lannan, born loogootee,
one of 5 girls and 9 boys. His parents were Joseph J Lannan and Mary Leola Melton. My
grandfather was Robert Charles Melton, born in Washington, 1900. Mary Leola and Robert
Charles were 1st cousins. Some of the other surnames on my wifes side are Carrico, Brewer,
Gardner, Strange, Walker, Gootee, Mattingly, Standley, Simmons.
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