The family is listed in the 1850 Ripley County MO District 77 Census as Family 175.  The parents of these vchildren are Lawson H. Smith and Priscilla Smith:

? L[awson]  H Smith 39 (born 1811) Farmer
? Precilter (Priscilla) Smith 39  (born 1811; actually 1815)

v? Pleasant Thomas Smith 17 male born 1833 TN and does farming; Pleasant died in 1910 at Morristown TN; he was a widower (Mary Jane LNU) and he died from paralysis.  3 children are James B. Smith (b. 1854) Caledona Smith (1857-1900) and Tom Moore Smith (b. 1861)                                                     ► Death Cert  ►

v? John Smith 15 male born 1835 in TN and does farming

v? Sarah G Smith 13 born in TN; about 1837

v? Rody J Smith 11 daughter born 1839 in TN; poss. Ruthy

v? Enoch "Jones" Smith 9  b. 1843-44 in TN Deb's -my great-grandfather - he was called Jones by his family. Jones married Kizziah/Kisarah Crouch , the daughter of Lawson's second wife Lavinia Cox with her first husband John Crouch.  Enoch and Kizziah were married step-siblings. Enoch died 1879 in TN.  Kizziah died 15 April 1921 in Velma,  Stephens County, OK.  Kizziah's full name is Susan "Susie" Kizziah/Kisarah Couch.▼ After she was widowed by Jones Smith, Kisarah  married William Madison "Matt" Carter in Stone Co AR in Dec 1882.

Susan KIZZIAH COUCH wife of ENOCH JONES SMITH (her 1st husband).  Second husband was Wm. Carter:.  This is Deb's ancestry.

According to the 1880 Federal mortality schedule Jones Smith died in Sept 1880 in Stone Co AR. The cause of death is very hard to read but appears to be "consump", shorthand for consumption, i.e. tuberculosis. He was not living at home, but in what appears to be a sanitarium, which further suggests he might have had TB. 

From Deb and Donna: In a time of traditionally bathing once a week on Saturday night in time for churchgoing on Sunday, Kizarh broke the trend by bathing daily at 4pm.  My grandmother, Esther Homer, did the same as Deb's grandmother Kizarh.  She would heat the water on the wood-fired stove, scat everyone from the room, and enjoy her bathing. I don't know if my grandmother Esther Homer bathed daily as Kizarh did. Deb's father described with great emotion that Kizarh was a "wonderful" person. Deb also wrote on Ancestry.com about her Granny K's funny traits, such as not wanting to venture out at night less she might hear an owl call the name of the next family member to pass on, and calling her fairly distinct ears "saddlebags," and she could weave baskets, and still spoke fluently in her native language, Tuscarora, which she taught her grandchildren two of whom (Charlie and Susie) could still speak 80 years later.  This was new to me - Tuscarora!  So I looked it up. Please contact Deb for more information about her grandmother Kezziah/Kisarah.

 

So what is Tuscarora?  The online encyclopedia for Brittanica, Tuscarora is defined as an "Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe. When first encountered by Europeans in the 17th century, the Tuscarora occupied what is now North Carolina. They were noted for their use of indigenous hemp for fibre and medicine; their name derives from an Iroquoian term for “hemp gatherers.”

v? Wm H Smith 2 (b. 1848) Born in KY.

v? Elizabeth Smith 63 born in SC

1852 or 1853 in Izard County, Arkansas

Aaron Crouch 1835 – 1910
Benjamin Crouch 1836 – 1867
Mary Ann Crouch 1840 –
Thomas Crouch 1842 –
Levina F Crouch 1844 – 1851 (deceased before this 2nd marriage)
Kizziah Crouch 1845 – 1921 - Deb's great-grandmother Kizziah was born in May of 1845 in Stone or Izard County, AR, and died in 1921 at Velma Stephens County, OK. 
George Washington Crouch 1847 – 1927
James W "Andrew" Crouch 1850 –
Sarah Louanna  or Susannah Crouch 1852 – 1918

John R. Crouch;
 Died age 34
 

                    From Deb:

The "Seller" Smith you note living with the George Christopher family is Priscilla, daughter of Lawson and Lavina, and twin sister of Jacob. In 1870 their parents had died so 12-year-old "Scilla" and her twin Jacob were living with my great-grandparents Jones and Kizziah Smith and their baby daughter Lavina (page 3 HH18 Family 18) in Holley, Van Buren, Arkansas. Just down the page HH 25 is Esther (Easter) Christopher and family, George, Nancy, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth, and continuing as 26 Christopher, Alfred, Nancy and two year old child May.

Thos Crouch 20 Arkansas, b. 1840 Laborer
Levinia [F] Crouch 17 Arkansas b. 1844 ;d. 1851
Casiah [Kizziah] Crouch 16 Arkansas b. 1845 (Deb's GGrandmother)
[George Washington] "Wash" Crouch 12 b. 1847 Arkansas
Andrew Crouch 10 b. 1850 Arkansas
Susanna Crouch 8 b. 1852 Arkansas
 

On the same census page is Esther Christopher (40) and children:

Kisaie (Kizire) Smith, age 35 born in AR.
Daughter Mary Levinia Smith age 10 born in AR to TN-born dad and AR born mom.
Son John W. W. Smith  age 7, born in AR too. 
Mahala A. Smith, age 5, born in AR too.
Priscilla J. TWIN Smith, age 2, born in AR too.
Eliza A. TWIN Smith, age 2, born in AR too.

 

William and Levina Seeley

EASTER LAVINIA CHRISTOPHER is born to Lizzie Smith and George Washington Christopher.  Easter is the granddaughter of Lawson and Lavinia Smith.  Easter Lavinia Christopher is named after her maternal grandmother Lavinia Cox Smith and her paternal grandmother Easter Elizabeth (McBroom?).    

                                  Daughter Easter Lavinia Christopher Johnson ►

▼Easter Lavinia's Dad, George Washington Christopher.
He and Lizzie married when she was just 14 and he was 17!

Easter Lavinia's dad George Washington Christopher was a full blooded American Cherokee Indian and he certainly does look it in this picture to the left.  George delivered mail via horseback on his route from Searcy to Little Rock, Arkansas. George braided his hair and wore a leather band around his head.  He also made American Indian pottery which he would then sell by the roadside. In their later years, George and Lizzie moved closer to daughter Easter Lavinia's family.  Their mode of transportation?  Covered wagons!  George then helped farm for several years.