Amasa Smith (1820-1885) and his wife Charity Ann have several children listed in census records. These include Amasa Jay (1857), Luella Audentia (1859), Addie Cordelia (1860), Etta (1866), William A (1870), Charles Avery (1872), Archie (1875), and Ernest Leroy (1868).
However, family records indicate there may have been an oldest daughter named Viola, born around 1853 in Minnesota.
I have not found any records of her birth or residence with the family.
Did she actually exist?
Did she die young?
Update: I found her in an 1865 state census record. So she was actually living with the family and could have been a daughter.
Update: I found her in an 1865 state census record. So she was actually living with the family and could have been a daughter.
