Rinkard, Mary.

Mary Rinkard, wife of Alvin F. Smith until his death in 1865 and mother of their three sons: John, Charles, and Alvin. Later married Samuel J. Rinkard.

Alvin F. Smith enlisted in the United States Army in the fall of 1862, joining Company F of the 10th Minnesota Regiment. He fought in the Indian Wars in Minnesota before being ordered to posts in Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. He died at Overton General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on March 17, 1865, after a chronic illness.

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