I have found the obit for Daniel D. Smothers, born 1847 Iowa, married Ella Hicks Randolph county, Missouri. Daniel's obit says that both his father and mother died soon after arriving in Randolph county. I have a document that places Andrew in Randolph county in 1859, neither Andrew or his wife Nancy appear in the 1860 Randolph county census, I assume that they died before the census was taken. Andrew and his son William bought a sawmill in Randolph county in 1859. There has been references to a sawmill fire on the Randolph county page before and I wonder if anyone has found any references to it. Daniel D. Smothers fought as a Confederate with the 10th Inf., his brother William J. Smothers fought on the Union side and served in two Units, one Enrolled Missouri Militia, Little's District of the Border 6 months, and Smith's Jackson county VMM GO #3. Would like to hear if others had relatives that also were in these units. Andrew and Nancy were living in the Huntsville, Missouri area, if anyone doing research comes across any reference to their deaths or places of burial I would certainly appreciate it. Thanks Noah Smothers