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- [S00040] Small Letters, Telegram.
"Received at Chico Cal Nov 1904 8.11
Hot Springs Ark Nov 22
F H Tuck Chico Calif.
Clara died five A.M. Will bury here in sycamore
A R Smith.
[Handwritten note on telegram]
"Clara Smith was buried on the Johnson ranch near Wayne Station her old home, Mira"
- [S00030] Small June Bedford and Virginia Small Research, Egbert Adams.
"Egbert Adams, b Oct 10 - 1822 Illinois, married 1844?, d June 20, 1852"
"Lucy Perry, d 1893 Chico, CA"
"Elmira Selinda, b June 22, 1846, d May 3, 1932 Chico CA"
"Clara May, b June 2, 1849, m A. R. Smith, d Nov 22, 1904, Wayne Station Ill"
[reverse]
"Lucy Perry Adams m 2nd Will(?) Proctor"
Children:
"Will, b Jan 23, 1854"
"Nelson, b Sept 9, 1855, d 7/8/1903(?)"
"Amos, b Aug 5, 1858"
"Morrie (Morris), b Dec 14, 1866"
"Egbert Adams was a nephew of John Q Adams according to a note of Elmira Adams Tuck."
- [S00073] Proctor Ellen Notes, Email 2008/2/2.
"At 06:47 AM 2/2/2008, E.E. Proctor wrote:
Lucy Perry's husband, on my records as George W. Proctor, with the "W" crossed out. Family notes say he was born in Tetney, England.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 17631900: PROCTER, GEORGE; ADAMS, LUCY; 07/07/1853; page 1877; KANE County
I find that she married Egbert Adams 2 Oct 1843 and Egbert died 10 Sept 1852. Lucy subsequently married "George Procter" 7 July 1853 in Kane County, IL. - notes say that he died in 1860.
The text of the family notes on Lucy (probably written by Morris Hale Proctor):
Lucy, born Sept 19, 1825, Potter, Yates Co. NY, died Sept 4, 1893, buried in So. Burlington Cemetery DeKalb Co
Married Adams and had two daughters:
Myra who married Frank Tuck and moved to Chico, California, and
Clara (Candy) who married Romaine Smith and ran the Avenue Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark.
Second marriage to George Proctor, in Wayne, Ill. (he died in 1860)
Their children were: George William (Jan 29, 1854), Nelson Wilmer (Sept 6, 1856), Amos Egbert (Oct. 4th, 1858), Morris Hale (Dec 14, 1860)"
- [S00118] Internet, genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/smith/44877/.
"Posted by: Patricia Morrow, Windham Town Historian, March 03, 2003
These notes were compiled in 1915 by Milton Hannibal Smith of Louisville, Kentucky. At that time he was the oldest living child of Irulus Smith and Almira Blakeslee. The information came from his father's family Bible, his brother, Myron Smith, and his own memory.
Amos Smith was b. 4 Feb 1776, d. 16 Jun 1851 at his son's, Myron Smith, in Dupage County, Illinois and was buried in Little Woods Cemetery, near Wayne, IL. His wife, Amanda Johnson, was b. 15 Sep 1783, d. 23 Dec 1858 at the same place. At one time the family lived in Windham, Greene County, New York.
Irulus Smith, son of Amos and Amanda, was b. 6 May 1810 in Windham, NY and d. 22 Mar 1884 at Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was buried in Little Woods Cemetery near Wayne, IL. By his first wife, Almira Blakeslee (1814-1851), there were eleven children. His second wife was Marilla D. Alvord (1820-1881). They had two children.
Irulus Smith's children by Almira Blakeslee:
1. Alexander R. Smith - b. 10 Jun 1834, d. 9 Jan 1837
2. Milton Hannibal Smith - b. 12 Sep 1836, d. 1921, resided Louisville, KY in 1915
3. Addison Jerry Smith - b. 7 Jul 1838, d. 10 Feb 1914 at Howell, IN
4. Sarah Elizabeth Smith - b. 3 May 1840, d. 24 Apr 1908 at Harvey, IL
5. Alexander Romaine Smith - b. 13 Aug 1842, d. 16 Nov 1905 at Hot Springs, AR
6. Frances May Smith - b. 15 Jun 1844, m. John S. Cox, resided San Diego, CA in 1915
7. Horace Miller Smith - b. 22 Mar 1846, d. 21 Sep 1846
8. Horace Franklin Smith - b. 30 Apr 1848, resided Nashville, TN in 1915
9. Ellen Smith (triplet) - b. 8 Jul 1851, d. 26 Feb 1853
10. Elsa Smith (triplet) - b. 8 Jul 1851, d. 17 Oct 1852
11. Emma Smith (triplet) - b. 8 Jul 1851, m. ? Weiland, resided Scranton, PA in 1915
Irulus Smith's children by Marilla D. Alvord:
12. Clarence Noadiah Smith - b. 27 Jun 1853, d. 11 Feb 1880
13. Irulus Myron Smith - b. 15 Jan 1860, d. 1 Sep 1866"
- [S00118] Internet, digital.library.unlv.edu/objects/menus/2413, 2/11/2016 http://digital.library.unlv.edu/objects/menus/5953.
"Avenue Hotel Co., menu, July 21, 1881
Avenue Hotel Co, Hot Springs, Ark; A. R. Smith, Pres; July 21, 1881."
[Picture of Menu]
"The Avenue Hotel dinner menu, Tuesday, December 25, 1883
Avenue Hotel Co, A. R. Smith, President, Hot Springs, Ark; Tuesday, December 25, 1883."
[Picture of Menu]
- [S00071] Publications, Investigation of Hot Springs Affairs: Report to the Secretary of the Interior, Thomas H. Musick, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890, page 14.
"Avenue bath-house--This is connected to the Avenue Hotel and Owned by the Avenue Hotel Company. ...
The Avenue Hotel company consists of:
Milton H Smith, Louisville, KY, $109,600
A B Smith, Hot Springs, Ark, 10,000
..."
[Although the list gives "A B Smith" it is certainly our A Romaine Smith.]
[Milton H Smith was Romaien's brother.]
- [S00008] 1880 US Census, Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas; Roll: 45; Family History Film: 1254045; Page: 103C; Enumeration District: 073; Image: 0209 6/2/1880.
Dwelling 64 Family 73:
"Smith A R; Male, age 36, Married, occupation Keeping House, born New York, father born Blank, mother born Blank"
"Smith, Clara; Female, age 30, Wife, Married, occupation Keeping House, born illinois, father born Conn, mother born New York"
"Proctor, Lucy; Female, age 54, Mother-in-law, occupation At home, born New York, father born Blank, mother born Blank"
[Others in the household were Hotel Clerks, suggesting that AR and Clara were living in the Avenue Hotel.]
- [S00009] 1900 US Census, Sulphur, Garland, Arkansas; Roll: 59; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1240059 6/16/1900.
Dwelling 84 Family 85:
...
"Smith, Roman A; Boarder, Male, born Aug 1843, age 56, Married 37 years,born New York, father born New York, mother born New York, occupation Land Lord"
"Smith, Clara E; Boarder, Female, born June 1859, age 40, Married 37 years, born Illinois, father born Not Known, mother born Not Known"
...
- [S00029] Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900.
"Clarissa Adam
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Romaine A Smith
Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1865 Marriage County: Kane
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1481107 - 1481109."
- [S00118] Internet, ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=236897, 2/11/2016.
"SMITH, ROMAIN A
Rank PVT Company K Unit 36 IL US INF
Residence WAYNE, DUPAGE CO, IL
Age 21 Height 5' 10 Hair LIGHT Eyes GRAY Complexion FAIR
Occupation FARMER
Nativity SHERMAN, NY
Joined JAN 1, 1864 BLANES X ROADS CPT BIDDULPH
Period 3 YRS
Muster In JAN 25, 1864 CHATTANOOGA, TN
Muster Out NOV 3, 1865 NASHVILLE, TN CPT GRAY"
- [S00097] Ancestry Trees, LaganosbornArchives, GaryOsborn344, 2/11/2016.
"Row 1, Little Woods Cemetery, Record Type: tombstone inscription, Name Of Person: Smith, A. Romain, Location: Dunham Rd., St. Charles Twp., Kane Co., IL"
"Row 1, Little Woods Cemetery, Record Type: tombstone inscription, Name Of Person: Smith, Clarissa E., Location: Dunham Rd., St. Charles Twp., Kane Co., IL"
- [S00043] Small Notes, Family Lore.
Clara and her husband A R Smith owned the original Hot Springs Arkansas Hotel.
- [S00071] Publications, Cutter's Guide to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, page 49-51, about 1883, by Charles Cutter (University of Michigan Library, Google Book Search).
"The Avenue Hotel Company are the proprietors. Mr. A. R. Smith, the president and manager,"
[Cutter's Guide to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, page 49-51]
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1842 - 1905 (63 years)
, d. 22 Nov 1904, Wayne, DuPage County, Illinois 
