i am lookng for a Mary "Susie" Cole Smith who married Isaac Stephen Smith and had 3 children.

Question

childrens names were Ivan Harold Cole Smith, Juanita Smith, and Randolph Preston Smith. Mary Susie would have been born approx 1880. Isaac Stephen Smith ( her husband) was born 1863 and died 1936. i have a lot more info just struggling to find Mary and her family.  Thank you.

Answer 1

If this is the right family, Mary was born in Texas and both of her parents were born in Kentucky  

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJDV-33T

 

On the 1880 census, there are only 34 Coles living in Texas who were born in Kentucky.

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Acole~&birth_place1=9,Kentucky&residence_place1=9,Texas&residence_year1=1800~1880&offset=20

 

You might figure out where to look next from there.