Person:Cyrena McWilliams (1)

The Indiana winters were very trying for both man and beast. Cyrena added a little comfort to the "two seater" outhouse, by upholstering the seats with flannel. As reported by Glendon Smith in April, 1999.

Cyrena (a.k.a. Mom) kept her egg money in a tin that she kicked under the sideboard to hide. When she needed the money she would wait until the room was clear, then retrieve the tin with a yardstick. Glendon & Eddie were young boys at that time, and Glendon said (with a smile,) that not much happened around the farm that he and his brother didn't know about. April 20th, 2003 (Easter).

Mr. and Mrs. Smith Will Observe 65th Wedding Anniversary Sunday- (1952) Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Smith, route 2 Elwood, will on Sunday, celebrate their sixty fifth wedding anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Smith, living six miles south of Elwood. Open house will be held from 2 to 4 o'clock and friends are invited to call at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were married Nov. 17, 1887 and have always lived on the same farm where they went into housekeeping. Mrs. Smith is the former Cyrene McWilliams and was born near Middletown in 1871 to Simon and Elizabeth McWilliams. Mr. Smith was born near Aroma in 1863, the son of Jesse and Rachel Smith. They were married at the home of Rev. Metz in Elwood. Both are lifelong members of the Aroma Methodist church and have always farmed. They are parents of two children, Howard Smith and Mrs. Glen Foust, both living south of Elwood. They have seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mrs. Smith is also a member of the Aroma Women's Society of Christian Service and the Homecraft Home Economic Club.

MRS. SMITH OF ELWOOD SUCCUMBS-

Mrs. Cyrena Lee Smith, 85, route 2, Elwood, died at 9:15 o'clock Wednesday evening at the McGuire Nursing home of complications following several months illness. Born Mar. 29, 1871 in Henry county, she was the daughter of Simon and Elizabeth McWilliams. She married Fernando Smith in 1887. He died Oct. 4, 1954. She was a member of the Aroma Methodist church.

Survivors include: two children, Mrs. Vivian Foust and J. Howard Smith, both of route 2 Elwood; a sister, Mrs. Nora Swart, route 2 Elwood and seven grandchildren. The body is at the Copher and Fesler funeral home where friends may call. Funeral rites will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Aroma Methodist church. Rev. John D. Atkins, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Aroma cemetery. The body will be taken to the church at noon Saturday. Elwood Call Leader, Thursday, 11 October 1956

1. ↑ A. Donovan Faust (Foust). A Family History: The Ancestors of Thomas Wilson Faust. (1997).
2. ↑ 1880 Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana. (Supervisor's district #3, Enumeration district #20).
3. ↑ 1910 census for Elwood City, Pipecreek Twp., Madison Co., IN. (Supervisor's district #8, Enumeration district #115)
   page 15B.

   1910 census for Elwood City, Pipecreek Twp., Madison Co., IN, (Supervisor's district #8, Enumeration district #115, page 15B.