Individual Details

Said to have married Smoot. There was an Armistead Smoot in Randolph Co in 1830, but he and his spouse seemed a little bit too old. In 1840, Armistead was living in Macon Co. In 1850 he was still in Macon Co with wife Caty, both born in KY. He was born about 1807, she was born about 1805 - children still at home and all born in MO were Nancy 15, John 14, Martha age 12.

There were also four apparent step-children with the last name Skinner, Robert age 13, Martha A. age 12, Sarah 9, and John 6, so Caty was not Armistead's first wife. A descendant of this family found a book in the library at Moberly, Randolph Co MO Women and Their Families in Early Randolph County, MO, undated and anonymous. The book does list Catherine as having married John T. Skinner. Catherine is listed in her father's will as Catherine Smoot. It would seem likely that both Catherine and Armistead Smoot married after losing their first spouses.

1850 District 52, Macon Co MO Hh
Armstead Smoot, age 43, b. KY. Caty, age 45, b. KY
All children born in MO: Nancy 15, John 14, Martha 12, - all Smoots
Skinner children: Robert age 13, Martha A. 12, Sarah 9, John 6.

There may have been a problem with the marriage. Catherine's father set up her share of his estate as a trust - he did not do so for any of his other daughters. This would be a way to keep her husband from having any part of her inheritance. I did not find Catherine with Smoot in 1860 and in 1870 and 1880 she seems to have reverted to the name Skinner.

1860, Liberty Twp, Macon Co MO Hh 67
A. Smoot, age 53, Constable, b. KY
next door to
Wm Adams, age 25, Martha, age 22, John H. age 2, and Geo. W. age 6 months
J. D. Smoot, age 24

1870 Census. Liberty Twp, Macon Co MO Hh 188
Sidney Skinner, 40. Nancy age 35. All the Skinners born in MO
Susan 11, John E. 9, William 7, Sidney 5, _____4, and Kate age 2
Armstead Smoot, age 62, b. KY, farmer
and in Libery Twp, Hh 211
Robert Skinner, age 32, b. MO
Katie, age 65, b. KY
John 26. Martha A. age 31.

Gideon Skinner (son of Catherine and John) married Sarah Elizabeth Smoot (daughter of Armstead Smoot and his first wife Elizabeth Smith) (!), so that might help explain why the split between Catherine and Armstead seemed to divide the Skinner children as well.

1880 Census. Liberty Twp, Macon Co MO Hh 191
Katy Skinner, age 75, b. KY; parents born in NC
Robert, age 40, son, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. IN [parents probably born opposite places]
next door is
Sidney Skinner, age 48. Lucy H., 48, wife
Susan F., 21, dau. William A., 17, son. Sidney, 15, son. Sterling, 14, son. Kate, 11, dau. Samyul [Samuel] age 10, son. Frank, age 8, son.

Birth

Ca 1805

Kentucky

Father	Gideon WRIGHT (1771 - 1858)
Mother	Rebecca Pettit ( - 1840)
Sibling	Hezekiah WRIGHT (1798 - 1860)
Sibling	Thomas WRIGHT (1800 - 1852)
Sibling	Elizabeth WRIGHT (1804 - )
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Durling WRIGHT (1810 - 1850)
Sibling	Rebecca WRIGHT (1810 - 1891)
Sibling	Gideon WRIGHT (1812 - )
Sibling	David WRIGHT ( - 1858)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" WRIGHT (1816 - 1882)
Sibling	Amos WRIGHT (1817 - 1858)
Sibling	Susanna WRIGHT ( - 1843)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Delia "Dilly" WRIGHT (1825 - 1858)