Now Where?

Where do I go from here? That's about as far as I can go with the Riddles for now. I would love to know more but the trail grows cold in Tennessee. And if we go back to Grandpa Louis, we could follow the other side of that tree, his mother, 2nd Great Grandmother Sarah Jane Smith. Our ancestors go way back on that side!

3rd Great Grandmother Rebecca Sinclair married Ephraim Henry Smith. (That's where Sarah Jane Smith comes from) And it's Rebecca that I will tell you about first...Born in 1805, in Bath, Kentucky. If you can find Bath on your map, you will see that it is close to Sassafras and to Weeksbury, sort of in between the two of them, and about 40 miles from the Tennessee border. She had 8 siblings, 5 sisters and 3 brothers. She married Ephraim in 1823; a June bride! At that time they were living in Indiana, near the Kentucky border. She died during childbirth at the age of 44 while she was in Paris, Missouri. Her last two children were born in Paris and so we can assume that the family had moved there prior to 1845. Sad...

Today, Paris isn't near anywhere...State Route 15 is Main Street in Paris, but that's not saying much. I'm sure it's quiet and I would bet they don't have a Starbuck's.

More later.