Marlin Verle Smith
(11 November 1929 - 15 June 2003)
LeRoy Smith
(31 October 1904 - 20 February 1950)
Mary Helen Vroman
(28 February 1906 - 24 February 1953)
Leeson (Jr.) Smith
(1 February 1873 - 30 July 1960)
Susie Graybill
(about 1 November 1876 - 28 May 1960)
Frank Vroman
(22 November 1867 - September 1950)
Verna E. Ackert
(4 May 1872 - 12 September 1951)
Leeson A. Smith Sr.
(1 March 1815 - 1 March 1904)
Elizabeth Farley
(26 March 1836 - 22 July 1928)
Thomas K. Graybill, Jr.
(6 September 1837 - 10 June 1910)
Mary Anne Welsh
(about 3 June 1834 - 19 February 1926)
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  • A family history
    leads to the satisfaction in really knowing who you are
    and from when you came.


  • "Nor long shall any name resound
    Beyond the grave, unless't be found
    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."


  • A good life lasts for several generations.

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.


    — Alex Haley
  • To forget one's ancestors
    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.


    — Chinese Proverb
  • Family faces are magic mirrors.
    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.


    — Gail Lumet Buckley
  • In every conceivable manner,
    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.


    — Alex Haley
  • What greater thing is there for human souls
    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.


    — George Eliot
  • Some people come and go in our lives.
    Some stay forever.


  • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
    we borrow it from our children.


    — Native American Proverb
  • The memories we give may a lifetime live in the heart
    of those we hold so close.


    — Unknown
  • Families are like fudge . . .
    mostly sweet with a few nuts.


    — Unknown
  • The family is one of Nature's masterpieces.

    — George Santayana
  • Having a place to go – is a home.
    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.


    — Donna Hedges
  • Every man is his own ancestor,
    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.


    — Fredrick Henry Hedge