Married Wilzue Whitson in Omaha, Nebraska, April 19, 1883, atthe home of Daniel B. and Isabel Kenne Ball, in whose homeLizzie Smith had been raised since the age of 9. Isabel K. Ballwas Lizzie Smith's mothers sister. After marriage Wilzue andLizzie S. Whitson made their home on a farm in Hardin Township,Pottawattamie County, Iowa; until January 1, 1925 when theymoved, accompained by their daughter Alice, to 238 Locust Lodge,Council Bluffs, Iowa, which remained thier home the reaminder oftheir lives.Lizzie Smith's mother died in South Boston, Mass., 10/24/1865when Lizzie Smith was 7 yrs 2 months old. The family of 5children was broken up and went to live with various relatives.Lizzie Smith went to live with her maternal gradparents RobertSteve Keene and Isabel Davis Keene at Appleton, Maine. She madeher home there appoximately 1 1/2 years and the remainder of herlife would tell incidents and items dealing with hergrandparents, Autn Sarah Hunt and Uncle Robert and Uncle EdKeene. She carried out a somewhat irregular correspondence withher grandmother until her death in 1896 at 92 years of age. Hergrandmother liver her entire life in the same house. Hergrandparents hous was still in use and in excellant conditionwhen Jay Whitson visited it in 1949, but no longer owned by amember of the Keene or Davis families.Late in 1867 or 1868 Lizzie Smith left New England never toreturn. She first wnet to live with her Aunt Theresa KenneJacobs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a few months and then toOmaha, Nebraska to make her home with her Aunt Isabel DavisKenne Ball and her husband Daniel B. Ball. Lizzie Smithcompleted her formal schooling in Omaha Public Schools, aboutthe equivalent of a modern High School. More than 30 yearslater Jay Whitson found she was a better teacher of Algebra andTrigonomentry than many college instructors. IN the late 1870'sher uncle, aunt and family (the balls had 2 sons, 2 daughtersall younger than Lizzie Smith) moved to a stage station and farm25 miles south of Kearney, Ne., near the present town of Wilao,Ne..Here Lizzie Smith tuaght her first school in a sod school house.It is said to have been the first school established in KearneyCounty. She and her uncle's family returned to Omaha about 1879or 1880.The fall of 1880, Lizzie Smith came to Hardin Twp.,Pottawattamie County, Iowa and taught school 3 years in 2different schools. Her first was located 3/4 of a mile from thespot that became the family homestead where she lived 42 yearsafter hre marriage. Her nine children all attended the whereshe had taught earlier. In the 1912-13 school year her son Jayalso was the teacher in this school. That school year was alsothe last year of attendance by any of her children. Alice andHoward finished 8th grade in 1913. Her oldest child Georgestarted school there in 1889, 24 years earlier.