This information comes from the Stitt family bible, or stories my mother was told when she copied the names from it, about August Carley's family and Amasa Smith's family
Augustus Carley died in Portland, buried in ID
Violet (his wife) died on farm, buried in Nez Perce or Craigmont.
For information on their children, see the previous post.
Augustus Carley had 2 sisters: Celosky (or Loskie) and Eunice, and a half brother Willis. His father beat him, so left with a man when he was 8 years old and headed west.
Celosky later came west with her family. Her husband died but she continued on, settling (in Idaho?). She built her own log cabin, shot buffalo herself. Glen Allen Vaughn had the buffalo hair mattress that was hers, following Earl Carley's death.
Matt (Madison) Smith married numerous times. Died in GA. Wife buried him in someone else's Smith family plot in a cemetery there.
Madison had four children: Bernice, Leona, Nova, and ?. Bernice took care of Earl Smith when he had heart trouble. She later died in a car accident.
Charlotte, Harrison, Oleta, and Alexander Hale Smith did not have children.
Noel Curtis had four children: Marvel, Earl, Glen, Violet.
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Much of the family lore story about Celaski appears to be incorrect and just family lore. Her husband did not die, but remarried and moved to another state. Also, as late as the family moved to Idaho, I have doubts about the buffalo and log cabin story as well.
The Smith family records and memories of Madison Smith's children can not be verified. I have not been able to find the records of "Bernice" whom my father said cared for him during his recovery from rheumatic fever. The children listed in family search with various wives do not match family records. The only record we found in our "box" was for baby Smith who died.
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