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Leonidas Smith is the name that was shown in the prisoner of war records of the north. He was a conscript (Minor) and was a private when captured at Vicksburg. Also in Previous years in Mississippi there were men of different ages named Edmund and Leonidas who may have been relatives. The Edmund who married Hilda Evans in one census stated he was born in the Carolinas. There was also a Leonidas Smith who was a Col. in Confederate army from (I believe) north Louisiana, but may have been from a different branch of the same family.
Leonidas Smith had that spelling when he obtained his marriage license in courthouse in Opelousas. I have had a copy of the license and to it was attached a land bond for $500 by some man named Faulk. I assume that they are packed away somewhere.
I have obtained papers that judged Edmund dead after the civil War and also records of purchase of land from a Doctor whose name I do not now remember. It is time for me to close. Charlie, Thanks for the many records. And many blessings, E. Paul (e-mail message dated 29 May 2000)

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Birth	Jun 1843	MS
Marriage	20 Feb 1869	St. Landry Parish, LA - Elizabeth Isabell Hoffpauir
Death	1900
Death	Abt 1900	St. Landry Parish, LA
Burial		Palmetto Methodist Cemetery, Palmetto, St. Landry Parish, LA

Spouse	Elizabeth Isabell Hoffpauir (1851 - 1900)
Child	Manassa Smith (1873 - 1951)
Child	Clarence L. Smith (1874 - )
Child	Edmond Smith (1875 - 1929)
Child	Frances Lydia Smith (1875 - 1936)
Child	Lee Smith (1877 - 1959)
Child	Archibald F. "Archie" Smith (1879 - 1948)
Child	Calvin Smith (1882 - 1940)
Child	Isabel "Bell" Smith (1884 - 1967)
Child	Charles Henry "Charlie" Smith (1889 - 1972)
Child	Maude Smith (1893 - )

Father	Edmund Smith ( - )
Mother	Hulda "Mahulda" Evans ( - )