You are invited to an Ancestor Fair Saturday, August 22, 2015 Public viewing of exhibits 11 AM-3 PM At the Ponca City Senior Center 319 W. Grand Ave. Ponca City, OK 74601
Exhibitor Information for Ancestor Fair as of 5/7/2015 • Ancestor Fair open to the public to attend and participate. All ages are welcome • Exhibitors must let Karen Hunter know intention to participate by June 1. khunter54@gmail.com – List your name, phone, 50 word description of what story you will be telling about your family genealogy • More info will be given in July after participants are known • Tables and chairs will be provided • Exhibitor setup begins at 9 AM August 22 at the Senior Center, 319 W. Grand Ponca City, OK 74601 • Public viewing time 11 AM-3 PM • Exhibitor takedown starts at 3 PM • Exhibitors may unload items at West door of Senior Center , then move car into back parking lot to allow public parking close to building. • Exhibitor only… sandwich for lunch provided • Security for your exhibit is your responsibility all of the time. • No dangerous items may be exhibited. • Photographs in frames are OK to exhibit. • Photographs are welcome of any fragile items . Please don’t bring vases or plates which might get broken.
Exhibits may include • Ancestor genealogical displays such as charts, posters, clothing, books, Bibles, etc. • Photography displays with explanation of who, what, when, when, where, why. – Several categories of display such as most unique hair do, military jobs, funny relatives, unusual jobs, unique grave markers, scariest ancestor, miscellaneous photos.
The following are some suggested Ancestor Fair ideas 5/8/2015
Immigrant photos 5/8/2015
Elijah’s grandparents helped organize this church before the Revolutionary War 5/8/2015
Smith 1839 MMI and Patty Mayfield Smith 7-4-2013 In Kentucky in 1859, Nathaniel James Smith, a Smith cousin, married Hannah Mayfield. Later, during the Civil War, Marshall Smith, along with 3 of his brothers, served in Co. E, 32 nd Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army. The family story is told that there were 4 Smith men were walking back to their Corbin, Kentucky home after serving in the Union Army. They stopped at the Issac Mayfield farmhouse to spend the night. Several daughters lived with their parents Issac and Margaret “Peggy” (Snyder) Mayfield. Two of the Mayfield girls eventually married two of the Smith brothers. Marshall married Patty, “Rene” married Jestin Nathaniel had married Hannah in 1859. Marshall and Patty were married in the bride’s home on December 15, 1864, the same year the Civil War ended. They were the parents of 11 children of which 9 lived to adulthood. Marshall Mattison Smith and Patty (Mayfield) Smith are the ancestors of many Smith ’s throughout the United States. Before coming to Oklahoma in 1909, Marshall and Patty had lived their entire lives in Whitley County, Kentucky, near Corbin. Our ancestors, Marshall and Patty, with some of the children and their families, boarded the train in Kentucky and moved to Wewoka. It certainly was an adventure for them to join Marshall II and Bert already in the new state of Oklahoma. The children coming with their parents were: daughters Jestin and Frances (Fanny) as young single women, Nancy with her husband, Silas Jones, and their young children, Jacob Milford with his wife Leona (Barnett) Smith and their children. John Speed and family lived in Holdenville when the parents arrived. Cy renius “Rene” had immigrated to Tecumseh I. T. passed away of yellow jaundice in May 1893, 16 years before his parents arrived in Wewoka. He is buried at Old Tecumseh Mission Cemetery, Tecumseh, O.T. near Shawnee It is through Rene that a new contact with California cousin, Elaine Smith Elder was made in 2011. (See photos of the family.) Her father was John M Smith, born in 1912 in Wanette, Pottawatomie Co., OK. He passed away in 2007. Info from Elaine will be coming the next few years. Several of Marshall’s brothers and nephews had moved about 10 years earlier to Indian Territory. Frank Smith had established the Smith General Store on Wewoka Avenue in Wewoka and Issac (Ike) had established a store in Tecumseh. Other stores were in Holdenville and Shawnee. Marshall, Sr. and Patty were married 45 years. Grandmother “Patty” died in 1910 the first summer after arriving in Oklahoma. Her obituary states that her illness occurred after the intense heat of her first summer in Oklahoma. She succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy. Both are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka. She was the 2 nd person laid to rest at Oakwood. Marshall lived until age 82 passing away in 1919. It is out of this marriage of Marshall Sr. and Patty that a genealogist Mildred Schockman Smith made an interesting discovery. She and husband Robert Smith, began to discuss the many Smith family golden wedding anniversary parties. With their daughter’s help a list of golden anniversaries has been compiled. Using the family history book about Elijah Smith, a trend of “golden wedding anniversaries” was discovered. Currently, thirty seven children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Marshall Sr. and Patty have reached the 50-year celebration of their marriage that we know about. One spouse of each couple is a direct descendent of Marshall and Patty. Some of the thirty seven couples lived in Kentucky. Many lived in Oklahoma and other states. Each year more couples are added. Ten have 60 years and more years of marriage. 5/8/2015
Grandfather, MM Smith I and 3 close relatives in the Civil War from Kentucky Namesake MM Smith III serving in World War II 5/8/2015
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Friendship Quilt Made in Sapulpa in the 1930s 5/8/2015
Hobby reflecting organizations 5/8/2015
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• Also, information from area groups may be displayed – Ponca City Senior Center – Oklahoma History Society – Pioneer Genealogical Society – And others, please contact Karen Hunter if interested 5/8/2015
Hosted by • Ponca City Senior Center • Pioneer Genealogical Society • Pioneer Woman Museum • More info later at www.pgsok.com • Remember, email Karen by June 1 khunter54@gmail.com
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