John Smith

A marriage record for Mary Vrooman and John Smith has not been found. We have, however, partial documents from Jo Daviess County, one from Book 24 of Deeds, page 390, the other unidentified, that shows a Mary E. Smith and John Smith, both in a list of claimants relating to the estate of George L. Vrooman versus Sarah Vrooman, administrator. These documents are from 1866 and 1867. Since Mary E. Smith and, apparently, husband John, are shown in the list of children and grandchildren having claims on the estate it seems reasonable to conclude that Mary is the daughter of George and Margaret Vrooman who appears with George in the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Jo Daviess County.