I am sorry to be the bearer of such horribly sad news. I dont know how well some of you knew Jan, some I am sure longer than I, but we personally wrote each other off list alot over the past yrs. She sent me a pic of her abt this time last yr, sitting on the edge of her swimming pool, and I silly wrote back asking if she was cold, as it looked like her arms were tucked inside her t shirt....she had NO arms! She was born that way. She typed all her emails by her feet. After that I always promised myself to never whine abt any physical defect I had! She was very involved in the I-CAN program....you could do a google search and easily find their site, in fact she planned to attend a meeting next month in Seattle here in WA and we planned to meet! I so wanted to give her a hug. I admired her so much. What a deep loss. She has two beautiful kids & wonderful husband and was just always so UP and positive. She was a great incentive for me often! I still don't believe this, so young. I don't know what any of us can do but I did encourage Dennis to donate her research to a Hist Soc or library. And I did sign the guest book. Nena If any want the details Dennis is sending, email me off list. Thanks. From: Jan Bryant <janican@dixie-net.com> To: Nena Smothers <smothersnena@hotmail.com> Subject: Jan's Obituary Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 03:30:56 -0500 Nena I know that you and Jan corresponded a lot and I thought I would send you this bit of bad news to update your list. It was a big shock to everyone when she passed away. She died last Friday from complications from surgury for a perforated ulcer. The surgery was performed the week before. Below is the link to her obit. Lindsay is beginning to cope, I made Colin stay with his cousins in Alabama. After you read the piece, I will give you the details if you wish. Husband Dennis. This is the posting on her I-CAN web site. X-From_: root Sat Apr 12 08:59:11 2003 X-Sender: jbaughn@mail.bellsouth.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: 12 Apr 2003 10:01:27 -0400 Reply-To: I-CAN <I-CAN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: I-CAN <I-CAN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Joyce Baughn <jbaughn@BELLSOUTH.NET> Subject: Re: Jan Bryant Since I can find no way to sugar coat this bitter news, I'll just blurt it out. Jan Bryant passed away late yesterday. We have no details about funeral plans to pass on at this time. The family is in shock, as are we. I-CAN has lost a wonderful friend and great resource. Let's remember the family in our prayers and we will keep you posted as we learn anything further.>Joyce Subject: Jan's Obituary Sorry if this has been posted, I'm on digest --but if you don't have the info yet, here's a link to Jan's obituary in The Birmingham News: http://www.legacy.com/birmingham/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=936726 Janice Kay Smothers "Jan" Bryant BRYANT, JANICE KAY "JAN" SMOTHERS, age 48, of Oxford, MS, formerly of Winfield and Brilliant, died Friday, April 11, 2003. Funeral service is Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at 11 a.m. at Miles Funeral Home Chapel. Burial at Union Chapel Cemetery. Visitation is Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Survivors include her husband, Dennis E. Bryant, Oxford, MS; son, Edward Colin Bryant and daughter, Lindsay Jordan Bryant, both of Oxford, MS; mother, Robbie McCaleb Couch, Winfield; father, J. L. Smothers, Winfield; brothers, Jim (Jeanne) Smothers, Johnny (Tina) Smothers and Billy (Donna) Smothers, all of Winfield; sisters, Faye (Richard) Brockmiller, of Pennsylvania and Jackie (Charles) Brown, Birmingham; nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Miles Funeral Home directing. <> Published in The Birmingham News on 4/14/2003. I'm sure it would mean a lot to the family if we took a minute to sign the guest book provided in the link. Thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

~~Thought this might help in searching....I did not know this....~~ <<Marie - what Index are you using? My Ancestry.com subscription did not have this family listed anywhere! Dorothy Ancestry.com from the 1920 Census Page. <<I used the wildcard search on the first name and the soundex on the last and in the state of TN county of Knox>> First Name: Ple* Last Name: Holloway On the Wildcard search you can enter a minimum of three letters of the first name and then the * (Asterick) --MarieB _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hi Folks....thought you Elisha folks might be interested in the latest results, in case you have not visited our DNA site lately. http://members.dca.net/smothers/dna We now have 11 results in...and one more to come from David F Smothers Bill Smothers, Ron Smothers Prudhomme and David Smothers all have exact 12/12 matches. Which means.....all 3 have a Common Ancestor with a 90% probablility within 14.5 generations. Interestingly Cal Smothers is only a one step mutation from all 3, which could easily mean he also has a Common Ancestor with them. Ronald Eugene Prudhomme #7123 00 David Gerald Smothers (#7172) 00 William Karl Smothers (#8359) 01 Calvin Eugene Smothers (#7111) Ron Smothers Prudhomme's paternal line is: John R. Smothers (c1763 PA) James Arthur Smothers (1842 TN) Claud Elmer Smothers (1879 IA) Sidney Earl Smothers Prudhomme (1906 IA) Ronald Eugene Prudhomme (1933 IA) David Gerald Smothers #7172 00 Ronald Eugene Prudhomme (#7123) 00 William Karl Smothers (#8359) 01 Calvin Eugene Smothers (#7111) David Smothers paternal line is: Elisha Smothers (1800 TN) Austin Lee Smothers (1827 TN) John Logan Smothers (1871 AR) Ivan Walter Smothers (1913 MO) Gerald Smothers (1943 KS) David Gerald Smothers (1970) William Karl "Bill" Smothers #8359 00 Ronald Eugene Prudhomme (#7123) 00 David Gerald Smothers (#7172) 01 Calvin Eugene Smothers (#7111) Bill Smothers paternal line is: Edmond Smothers (c1782 NC) William Smothers (1825 TN) Johnson Franklin Smothers (1852 IL) William Roy Smothers (1899 MO) Leroy Smothers (1923 CA) William Karl Smothers (1952 CA) Calvin Eugene "Cal" Smothers #7111 01 Ronald Eugene Prudhomme (#7123) 01 David Gerald Smothers (#7172) 01 William Karl Smothers (#8359) Cal Smothers paternal line is: James Smothers (c1760 NC/DE) Daniel Smothers (1780 NC) John Smothers (1806 KY) John Smothers Jr. (1857 KY) Richard 'Dick' Smothers (1892 KY) Calvin Eugene Smothers (1932 KY) the 12 Markers and where they vary in individuals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9* 10 11 12 7111 Calvin Eugene Smothers - 12 22 15 10 12 15 11 13 12 13 11 30 7123 Ronald Eugene Prudhomme - 12 22 15 10 12 15 11 13 11 13 11 30 7172 David Gerald Smothers - 12 22 15 10 12 15 11 13 11 13 11 30 8359 William Karl Smothers - 12 22 15 10 12 15 11 13 11 13 11 30 The twelve columns marked 1 to 12 in the above table represent the various markers or loci where "Short Tandem Repeat (STR)" values were measured, with the DYS identification number for each particular locus listed. Values are the total number of repeats at each locus. The particular set of an individual's STR repeat values is considered to be the "haplotype" for that person. Bennett Greenspan, President Fam Tree DNA, wrote the following (March 2003): "DYS 439 [#9] is the fastest moving marker in the 12 marker set...so if we see a mutation it usually happens there. #9 seems to have a faster mutation rate than the other markers in the first 12...so we tend to expect to see more changes take place on that marker. Remember a mutation always takes place between a father and a son...and more likely between a father and his last son(s) if the last child is born when dad is old. (Men's Y making mechanism tend to wear out...with older age, and cause more mutations!) Please read: http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/dna101.html _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

From: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> To: KYRESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: TIP #437 - THOSE UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS AGAIN Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 06:41:38 -0500 It has been a long time since I showed a list of unusual occupational names. If one searches the internet or refers to various books written on the subject, one could accumulate literally thousands of job titles from the olden days - most of which could be found in Kentucky as well. Below will be the start of another list of old occupations you might see on the census and were afraid to ask what they were! ALE FOUNDER: official who tested the quality and measured the ale served in inns and taverns. ALE DRAPER: One who sold ale ALE TASTER: One who tested ale and beer for quality. Old English term. ALE TUNNER: Filled ale casks (tuns} with ale ALEWIFE: A woman who kept a tavern ALL SPICE: A grocer. AMANUENSIS: A stenographer/secretary. ANKLE BEATER: A young man who assisted in driving cattle to market. ARKWRIGHT: A craftsman who produced "arks" which were wooden chests or coffers. BACK'US BOY: kitchen servant who worked in the back of the house. BACK WASHER: cleaned the wool in the worsted manufacturing industry BADGER:licensed pauper who had to wear a badge with the letter P on it. He could only work in Approved areas. Also a corn miller or a wandering food traveler/salesman. BADGY FIDDLER: A boy who played the trumpet in the military. BAGMAN: A travelling salesman. BAREMAN: a pauper or beggar. BANDSTER: bound up the wheat sheaves after harvest. BANKER : A man who dug trenches and ditches to drain the land. The dirt removed was placed in a bank around the edge. BARBER / BARBER SURGEON: a barber who was also a surgeon BARKEEPER: tollkeeper BARKER: tanner BAUER: farmer BAXTER: baker BELHOSTE: tavern keeper. BASIL WORKER: worked with sheep and goat skins. BAST DRESSER: dressing fibre or matting BATMAN: a servant in the Army who waited on officers. BATT MAKER: made quilt and mattress wadding. BATTLEDORE MAKER: one who made beaters that were used on clothes carpets. BELLFOUNDER: made bells BELL HANGER: one who installed church bells. BELLMAN: watchman or town crier or who worked for the post office and collected letters for the mail coach by walking the streets and ringing a bell BELLOWS MAKER: made bellows used for organs and/or blacksmiths. BELLY BUILDER: one who built and fitted the interiors of pianos BENDER: Leather cutter. BIDDY: a female servant BILLYMAN: operated a Billy Roller machine used in the cotton industry. BILL POSTER: posted notices, signs and advertisements BINDER - bound books, hats, etc. BIRD BOY: a human scarecrow to scare away birds from crops BLACKING MAKER: made polish for shoes BLACK BORDERER: made black edged stationery for funerals - known as the letter in black. BLADESMITH: knife maker BLEACHER: bleached cloth or paper pulp for use as writing material. BLEMMERE: a plumber BLOCK PRINTER: a printer who used wooden blocks for printing BLOODMAN: one who used leeches for letting blood BLUESTOCKING: a female writer BLUFFER: Pub/tavern/inkeeper. BOARDWRIGHT: a carpenter who made made tables and chairs. BOBBIN CARRIER : an individual who worked in spinning and weaving at mills. BOBBIN TURNER: individual who made the bobbins. BOLTER: sifted meal BONDAGER: a bonded female farm worker. BONDMAN: one bonded to a master for the purpose of learning a skill or trade BONDSMAN: one who posted bond or surety for another where a bond was required by law BONE BUTTON TURNER: one who made buttons by using a lathe BONE LACE MAKER: made lace for pillows. BONE PICKER: one who made his living by collecting rags and bones. Also known as a Rag and Bone Man. BONESETTER: one set broken bones BOOKHOLDER - prompter in the theater - whispered lines to actor who forgot them. BOOKMAN: a student BOONMASTER: a road surveyor of roads who had to maintain and repair the road. BOOT CATCHER: a servant at a tavern or inn who did nothing but pull off traveler's boots BOOTHMAN: one who sold corn. BOTCHER: a tailor or cobbler BOTTLER: made leather containers for holding liquids. BOTTLE BOY: assistant to a druggist. BOWKER: one bleached yarn. BOWLER - made bowls and dishes and also a term used for those who made the rounded part of spoons before casting BOWLWOMAN: a woman who sold crockery. BRABENER: a weaver BRAILLER: a girdle maker. BREWSTER: female brewer BRIGHTSMITH: a metal worker BROOM-DASHER: one who sold brooms. BROOM SQUIRE: one who made brooms. BROWNSMITH: one who worked with copper or brass BUCKLER/ BUCKLESMITH: made buckles BUCK WASHER: a laundress BUFFALO SOLDIER: a soldier who served in a black regiment in the US Army in the West BULLWHACKER: an oxen driver BUMMER: an army deserter BURMAIDEN: chambermaid or lady-in-waiting BUSHELER: a tailor's assistant. BUSS MAKER: a gun maker. CADDY BUTCHER: A horse meat butcher. CADDIE: errand boy CADGER: beggar CAFENDER: carpenter CAINER: made canes. CALICO PRINTER: dyed and colored calico CAMBIST: banker CANDY MAN: traveling candy salesman. CANTING CALLER: auctioneer CAPER: cap maker CARDROOMER: one who worked in the carding room of the mills CARDER: carded wool. CART WHEELER: made cart wheels CARTOGRAPHER: map maker CASTRATOR: castrated farm animals. CATCHPOLE: sheriff's assistant/bailiff CATTLE JOBBER: bought and sold cattle CEILER: put up the ceilings in buildings CELLARMAN: tended beer, wines and spirits in public houses and inns. CHAIR BODGER: a traveling chair repairman CHAMBER MASTER: a home based shoemaker CHAUNTER: a wandering balladeer CHAPELER: manufactured and sold hats CHARWOMAN: a cleaning woman CHIFFONIER: wig maker. Also could be a ragpicker CINDER WENCH: a woman who who collected the cinders sold them by going door to door CLAPMAN: the town crier CLARK: clerk CLERICUS: clerk CLERK: a clergyman CLOD HOPPER: plowman COAL HEAVER: one who unloaded coal COCUS: a cook COLLIER: a coal miner. COLPORTEUR: traveling traveling Bible, hymn book or religious book salesman COMBER or COMBERE: one who combs wool COMPOSITOR: individual who set the type ready for printing CONEY CATCHER: caught rabbits COSTERMONGER: sold fruit CROCKER: potter CROWNER: coroner CUSTOMER: customs tax collector DAY MAN: a person for hire and usually paid by the day. DEATHSMAN: the executioner DELVER: ditch digger DEVIL: printer's errand boy DEY WIFE: a woman dairy worker DISH THROWER: made bowls and dishes DOG LEECH: veterinarian DOG-WHIPPER: chased dogs away in a town. DOMESMAN: judge DRAWBOY: the weaver's assistant DRIPPING MAN: dealer in fat collected during the cooking of meats DRUGGER: pharmacist DRUMMER: traveling salesman (c) 17 Apr 2003, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements Ave., Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin SCKY resource links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html ==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ==== Browse Kentucky Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/KYRESEARCH/ _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Ky papers on line-from another list GRH - Greensburg Record Herald - Greensburg KY http://www.record-herald.com/obituaries.htm Ledger-Ind - The Ledger-Independent - Maysville KY http://www.maysville-online.com/ Other Kentucky papers may not be listed on the ODT publication list http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/pubs.txt Anyone can search the database at http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary You can then refer to the newspaper to get a copy of the obit (at the library or directly with the newspaper itself). A bonus to contributors is the privilege of requesting an e-mail transmission of the full obit from the person who indexed it (within 90 days of indexing, unless the contributor has agreed to hold obits longer.) About 2,000 new obits are added each day. If you'd like to receive e-mail notification of obits newly added to the database, you can subscribe by sending a message to: Gen-Obit-Request@rootsweb.com with the message:subscribe If you're interested in becoming a contributor (indexer) see the 'Becoming a Contributor' section at http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary Alot of obit information is being lost by these major newspapers not being indexed. Please consider becoming a contributor. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

In a message dated 4/17/03 2:51:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, joejan@viclink.com writes: > James A. > > Samuel Miles/Miller > > Henry Claude (Claud) > > Cora Victoria > The correct spelling for Henry Claude (above) is "Claude" WITH the "e" on the end. In his lifetime he went by Claude, not Henry. Just thought I would add that for those of you who connect to this line.. Karen Theofanides

Thanks Karen, I will make the change in data, Jan > > > The correct spelling for Henry Claude (above) is "Claude" WITH the "e" on the > end. In his lifetime he went by Claude, not Henry. Just thought I would add > that for those of you who connect to this line.. > > Karen Theofanides > >

---------------------------------------- Berry Payne Smothers and Name: Martha Caroline DODD Birth Date: 28 Mar 1854/1855 Birth Place: Choctaw Co., Mississippi Death Date: 24 Oct 1909 Death Place: Texas Father: James M. DODD (1830-1899) Mother: Rebecca KLUTTS (1832-1871) Spouse: Berry Payne SMOTHERS Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1873 Children: Annie Belle Jim "James" Austin Mary T. James A. Samuel Miles/Miller Henry Claude (Claud) Cora Victoria Arvel Bain "Bunk" Oscar Lemuel Until next time, Jan

Nena, since I was bn & raised in Tn, this mail is very nice to receive. Thanks very much! Tom

Originally, the Natchez Road was a series of linked game trails, latter used by America’s ancient First People. In historic times, the two major First Nations that controlled the area through which the trail ran were the Choctaw and the Chickasaw. When the old trail started to receive names, it was given three, one for each part. From Natchez northeastward, it was called the “Path to Choctaw Nation,” the middle section through the Choctaw Nation was known as the “Choctaw-Chickasaw Trail, ” the northern most leg of this rude path ran through Chickasaw Nation and to Nashville Tennessee. This part was known as the “Chickasaw Trace.” The name “Mountain Leader’s Trace” was applied to at least the nothern part during the early days. As a whole, the trail became know as the Natchez Road, the Federal Road, the Boatman’s Trail, and finally, the Natchez Trace. Part of today’s Mississippi and Alabama became the Territory of Mississippi on 7 May 1798. The narrow strip of land contained “Path to Choctaw Nation, ” that is, Natchez through Port Gibson into Choctaw country. The eyes of the United States were starting to look south. In 1800, the U.S. Congress established a postal route between Nashville and the capitol of the Territory of Mississippi in Natchez. The mail route was known officially as “Road from Nashville in the State of Tennessee to the Grindstone Ford of the Bayou Pierre in the Mississippi Territory.” In 1801, the United States treated with the Chickasaw, and obtained the right to build a road through the Chickasaw Nation. >From the 1801 treaty: “The Mingco, principal men and warriors of the Chickasaw nation of Indians, give leave and permission to the President of the United States of America, to lay out, open and make a convenient wagon road through their land between the settlements of Mero District in the state of Tennessee, and those of Natchez in the Mississippi Territory, in such way and manner as he may deem proper; and the same shall be a high way for the citizens of the United States, and the Chickasaws.” (See full treaty text) On 30 April 1803 the United States signed an agreement with France to purchase Louisiana country. Soon after, this vast tract of land became the Territory of Louisiana. Early use of the Road was for commercial and private inland travel, it soon became an important military road. In 1803 and 1804, Tennessee Volunteers marched over it to insure that the Louisiana Purchase agreement would not be disputed by Spain. On 27 March 1804 a large tract of land was added to the Mississippi Territory. While the Natchez Road never reached into the Territory of Louisiana, it is important to recognize that the United States was moving southwest, and for about thirty years, the Natchez Road played a important part in the development of that southwestern country. (See the Territory of Mississippi map) In the early 1800s, many Tennessee and Kentucky farmers would take their farm goods to the lucrative New Orleans market. They built flatboats for their goods. They floated down the Cumberland, Duck and Tennessee Rivers to the Ohio River, then to the Mississippi River and southward to Natchez and New Orleans. When is was time to return, the flatboats would be sold, or if necessary, abandoned. If they had made a good sale, they might buy a horse for their return trip. If the sale was bad, they might return on foot. In any case, in those early years, the route of choice was the Natchez Road. When the Kentuckians arrived at Nashville, they would continue to central Kentucky via the “Wilderness Road.” It is these return trips that have made the Natchez Road famous (or perhaps infamous would be a better choice of words here). There are stories of murders along the Natchez Road. The farmers would be killed, then disemboweled, their body cavities filled with stones, and then the bodies would be submerged in some nameless creek. To the farmer, the stands would be a welcome sight. Even the most rude stand could offer some protection and a meager meal. Generally, the stands were located five to six miles apart, but not so in the early times of the road. The most well known death along the “Trace” is the 11 October 1809 death of Meriwether Lewis, Governor of the United States Territory of Louisiana. This man, famous as co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, allegedly committed suicide at Griner’s Stand. Lewis’s traveling companion, Major James Neely, arrived at the death scene a few hours after the event. Major Neely wrote this to Thomas Jefferson: “It is with extreme pain that I have to inform you of the death of His Excellency Meriwether Lewis, Governor of Upper Louisiana who died on the morning of the 11th Instant and I am sorry to say by Suicide.” Still, there are many today who question the suicide, believing instead that Lewis was probably murdered. Until the time of removal during the late 1830s, many Indian families could operate stands (wayside inns) and ferries needed by travelers along the road. Those stands and ferries proved to be lucrative for some of the lucky few who owned the concessions. Still, by 1825, many stands had gone out of business. During the heyday of the trace, thousands of travelers used the road. Unfortunately, many of those same travelers illegally settled on Chickasaw and Choctaw land, especially during the 1830s. Since the Trace favored higher ground, i.e., ridge lines in order to avoid swamps, the early settlers would actually look for bottom land with richer soil than the ridges. The white settlers had a insatiable appetite for land so they squatted on Indian land and waited for the U.S. government to obtain “legal” title. When that happened, the Chickasaw and Choctaw were evicted to west of the Mississippi River. West Tennessee, that is, that part of the state which is situated west of the north flowing part of the Tennessee River was Chickasaw country until they ceded all their land there (and in Kentucky too) to the United States on 19 October 1818. The treaty, known as the Great Chickasaw Cession opened west Tennessee for legal settlement. Prior to the cession, the idea of a military road was conceived to run from the west side of the Tennessee River opposite of Reynoldsburg in Humphrys County south to Chickasaw Old Town in the Territory of Mississippi. At Chickasaw Old Town, this new road would connect to the original Natchez Trace. In 1817, the United States Congress appropriated four thousand dollars for the purpose of opening the road. This road became known under a number of names, including Natchez Trace, Congress Trace, and Notchey. Matthew Rhea’s 1832 Map of Tennessee shows the Notchey as the “Natchez Trace.” See enhanced detail section of West Tennessee from Rhea’ map. (83k) The advent of steamboats in the 1820s reduced the importance of the both the original Natchez Trace and “the Notchey.” Much of those old roads became part of rural road systems. Today, the original Natchez Trace is a beautiful scenic parkway while the Notchey is in part, country roads, and in part, abandoned. Notes The stands shown on our map represent the most well know stands, but be aware that the stands came and went, and some changed names. Not all of these stands existed with these names at the same time. Additionally, in places along the route there were parallel roads. A lower road might be easier in the summer, but less favorable in the early spring. Chickasaw Old Town; a.k.a., Chickasaw Oldtown, M‘Intoshville, McIntoshville, McIntosh’s, Tockshish, and Tockshish’s Stand. A postoffice was established there before 1803. Bibliography Coates, Robert M., The Outlaw Years: The History of the Land Pirates of the Natchez Trace Macaulay Co. 1930. Stories of murder and more along the Natchez Trace. Often found in used books stores. It has been reprinted by University of Nebraska 1986, ISBN: 080326318X and others. Daniels, Jonathan, The Devil’s Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1962. More stories of murder along the Natchez Trace. Davis, William C., A Way Through the Wilderness: The Natchez Trace and the Civilization of the Southern Frontier. HarperCollins Publishers, NY, 1995. ISBN 0-06-016921-4.This is a excellent and worthy work. Much of our map information came from this book. Smith, Jonathan Kennon Thompson, The West Tennessee Natchez Trace, an online publication of David Donahue. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

The Natchez Trace Parkway winds its way 450 miles through Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee -- from Natchez, Mississippi on the Mississippi River up to Nashville, Tennessee on the Cumberland River in central Tennessee, one of the most scenic and often visited national parks in America, the Natchez Trace spans 5 degrees of latitude and cuts its way through 100,000 years of life on earth. The following is an excerpt from Natchez Trace: A Road Through the Wilderness Introduction and History Tape and THE JOURNEY How would you like to travel along one of the oldest roads in the world? It's a long journey -- a journey that reaches back in geologic time where you'll see hundreds of thousands of years of activity during the last ice age as loess the windblown soil carried from far to the west is deposited along the eastern banks of the Mississippi River, and you'll see the beauty of nature springing from its richness. It's a long journey -- a journey that spans tens of thousands of years following the beasts of the wilderness and well over 10,000 years of human activity. You'll see Indian temple mounds, and Indian village sites that existed as long ago as 8000 BC and used not just for days or weeks or years. Their use spanned far beyond the decades or the centuries; some of theses sites were occupied by human beings long before the building of the ancient pyramids of Egypt and used over thousands of years. It's a long journey -- a journey that will take you through the struggle of a colony to pull itself out of the wilderness to become a great nation built upon the ruins of great nations -- a journey with ties to Indian tribes, and the French, and the Spanish, and the British -- along a national road that flourished before the time of steamboats and carried settlers and preachers, post riders and travelers, warriors and armies -- a road that linked a new nation with its outpost beyond the long and treacherous wilderness. It's a long journey -- a journey of pioneers through the woodlands and of pioneers onboard flatboats and keel boats and pioneers onboard the steamboats that ushered in the era of "King Cotton." You'll see this vital road wither and die in the era of riverboat travel. And even as the steamboats themselves begin their historic part of the long journey the flow of the mighty river where they ride is disturbed by other powerful forces of nature, forces so great that church bells in cities over a thousand miles distant rang to announce natures re-awakening, forces great enough to make the mighty river itself run backward to create a huge new lake. And you'll see it for yourself, not over a television or on a movie screen but on a screen that spans the ages and spans the countryside. And as you look at the land and the historic sites and buildings, you'll begin to find your place in the ever changing world of nature and its peaceful, sometimes violent struggle between the water and the land, between the land and trees and plants and animals -- and man. I'm inviting you to take a trip with me, to travel on one of America's most amazing and historical roadways stretching 450 miles between Natchez, Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee, spanning almost 5 degrees of latitude. It's known today as the Natchez Trace Parkway and is commemorated as a part of our National Park System. I say take this trip with me because I'm a fellow traveler, and I want to show you some of the things that I've seen along the way and that others discovered long before I did. As a vacation trip this will take you from as little as a few days to over a week or more, depending on your pace and how many side excursions you choose to take. If you'll take the journey with me I promise you that it will change the way you view the world around you, forever. It may even change the way that you perceive yourself. This isn't a hype tape or a self help tape. It's a journey: a journey in time. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Originally, the Natchez Road was a series of linked game trails, latter used by America’s ancient First People. In historic times, the two major First Nations that controlled the area through which the trail ran were the Choctaw and the Chickasaw. When the old trail started to receive names, it was given three, one for each part. From Natchez northeastward, it was called the “Path to Choctaw Nation,” the middle section through the Choctaw Nation was known as the “Choctaw-Chickasaw Trail, ” the northern most leg of this rude path ran through Chickasaw Nation and to Nashville Tennessee. This part was known as the “Chickasaw Trace.” The name “Mountain Leader’s Trace” was applied to at least the nothern part during the early days. As a whole, the trail became know as the Natchez Road, the Federal Road, the Boatman’s Trail, and finally, the Natchez Trace. Part of today’s Mississippi and Alabama became the Territory of Mississippi on 7 May 1798. The narrow strip of land contained “Path to Choctaw Nation, ” that is, Natchez through Port Gibson into Choctaw country. The eyes of the United States were starting to look south. In 1800, the U.S. Congress established a postal route between Nashville and the capitol of the Territory of Mississippi in Natchez. The mail route was known officially as “Road from Nashville in the State of Tennessee to the Grindstone Ford of the Bayou Pierre in the Mississippi Territory.” In 1801, the United States treated with the Chickasaw, and obtained the right to build a road through the Chickasaw Nation. >From the 1801 treaty: “The Mingco, principal men and warriors of the Chickasaw nation of Indians, give leave and permission to the President of the United States of America, to lay out, open and make a convenient wagon road through their land between the settlements of Mero District in the state of Tennessee, and those of Natchez in the Mississippi Territory, in such way and manner as he may deem proper; and the same shall be a high way for the citizens of the United States, and the Chickasaws.” (See full treaty text) On 30 April 1803 the United States signed an agreement with France to purchase Louisiana country. Soon after, this vast tract of land became the Territory of Louisiana. Early use of the Road was for commercial and private inland travel, it soon became an important military road. In 1803 and 1804, Tennessee Volunteers marched over it to insure that the Louisiana Purchase agreement would not be disputed by Spain. On 27 March 1804 a large tract of land was added to the Mississippi Territory. While the Natchez Road never reached into the Territory of Louisiana, it is important to recognize that the United States was moving southwest, and for about thirty years, the Natchez Road played a important part in the development of that southwestern country. (See the Territory of Mississippi map) In the early 1800s, many Tennessee and Kentucky farmers would take their farm goods to the lucrative New Orleans market. They built flatboats for their goods. They floated down the Cumberland, Duck and Tennessee Rivers to the Ohio River, then to the Mississippi River and southward to Natchez and New Orleans. When is was time to return, the flatboats would be sold, or if necessary, abandoned. If they had made a good sale, they might buy a horse for their return trip. If the sale was bad, they might return on foot. In any case, in those early years, the route of choice was the Natchez Road. When the Kentuckians arrived at Nashville, they would continue to central Kentucky via the “Wilderness Road.” It is these return trips that have made the Natchez Road famous (or perhaps infamous would be a better choice of words here). There are stories of murders along the Natchez Road. The farmers would be killed, then disemboweled, their body cavities filled with stones, and then the bodies would be submerged in some nameless creek. To the farmer, the stands would be a welcome sight. Even the most rude stand could offer some protection and a meager meal. Generally, the stands were located five to six miles apart, but not so in the early times of the road. The most well known death along the “Trace” is the 11 October 1809 death of Meriwether Lewis, Governor of the United States Territory of Louisiana. This man, famous as co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, allegedly committed suicide at Griner’s Stand. Lewis’s traveling companion, Major James Neely, arrived at the death scene a few hours after the event. Major Neely wrote this to Thomas Jefferson: “It is with extreme pain that I have to inform you of the death of His Excellency Meriwether Lewis, Governor of Upper Louisiana who died on the morning of the 11th Instant and I am sorry to say by Suicide.” Still, there are many today who question the suicide, believing instead that Lewis was probably murdered. Until the time of removal during the late 1830s, many Indian families could operate stands (wayside inns) and ferries needed by travelers along the road. Those stands and ferries proved to be lucrative for some of the lucky few who owned the concessions. Still, by 1825, many stands had gone out of business. During the heyday of the trace, thousands of travelers used the road. Unfortunately, many of those same travelers illegally settled on Chickasaw and Choctaw land, especially during the 1830s. Since the Trace favored higher ground, i.e., ridge lines in order to avoid swamps, the early settlers would actually look for bottom land with richer soil than the ridges. The white settlers had a insatiable appetite for land so they squatted on Indian land and waited for the U.S. government to obtain “legal” title. When that happened, the Chickasaw and Choctaw were evicted to west of the Mississippi River. West Tennessee, that is, that part of the state which is situated west of the north flowing part of the Tennessee River was Chickasaw country until they ceded all their land there (and in Kentucky too) to the United States on 19 October 1818. The treaty, known as the Great Chickasaw Cession opened west Tennessee for legal settlement. Prior to the cession, the idea of a military road was conceived to run from the west side of the Tennessee River opposite of Reynoldsburg in Humphrys County south to Chickasaw Old Town in the Territory of Mississippi. At Chickasaw Old Town, this new road would connect to the original Natchez Trace. In 1817, the United States Congress appropriated four thousand dollars for the purpose of opening the road. This road became known under a number of names, including Natchez Trace, Congress Trace, and Notchey. Matthew Rhea’s 1832 Map of Tennessee shows the Notchey as the “Natchez Trace.” See enhanced detail section of West Tennessee from Rhea’ map. (83k) The advent of steamboats in the 1820s reduced the importance of the both the original Natchez Trace and “the Notchey.” Much of those old roads became part of rural road systems. Today, the original Natchez Trace is a beautiful scenic parkway while the Notchey is in part, country roads, and in part, abandoned. Notes The stands shown on our map represent the most well know stands, but be aware that the stands came and went, and some changed names. Not all of these stands existed with these names at the same time. Additionally, in places along the route there were parallel roads. A lower road might be easier in the summer, but less favorable in the early spring. Chickasaw Old Town; a.k.a., Chickasaw Oldtown, M‘Intoshville, McIntoshville, McIntosh’s, Tockshish, and Tockshish’s Stand. A postoffice was established there before 1803. Bibliography Coates, Robert M., The Outlaw Years: The History of the Land Pirates of the Natchez Trace Macaulay Co. 1930. Stories of murder and more along the Natchez Trace. Often found in used books stores. It has been reprinted by University of Nebraska 1986, ISBN: 080326318X and others. Daniels, Jonathan, The Devil’s Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1962. More stories of murder along the Natchez Trace. Davis, William C., A Way Through the Wilderness: The Natchez Trace and the Civilization of the Southern Frontier. HarperCollins Publishers, NY, 1995. ISBN 0-06-016921-4.This is a excellent and worthy work. Much of our map information came from this book. Smith, Jonathan Kennon Thompson, The West Tennessee Natchez Trace, an online publication of David Donahue. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Noah....where did you find this? Was this Lexington Kentucky Press?? What exactly does this mean, this Trace displaced property owners? Does it mean these folks had property in other than KY then the Trace put them elsewhere or is it backwards.....?? What is the story on this Trace....I can look it up for further discussion. thanks for the info, [I just kept the names I am familiar with if anyone is wondering,notice when I redid by copy & paste some of them are listed more than once. The notes in brackets are JMInfo. Can anyone ID any of these folks??..] Nena >From: "Noah Smothers" <nsmother@socket.net> NATCHEZ TRACE DISPLACED PROPERTY OWNERS Note: This list was published in the Lexington Progress, date of clipping unknown. There are mistakes in the list which may have been created by the original compiler misreading handwritten names or by typesetter mistakes. One example with two such mistakes is J. W. C. & Lla Gilson which should should be J. W. C. & Ila Gibson. [Allen/Gentry] Joe & Grace Allen John R. Allen T. G. & Zella Allen [Anderson/Smithers] John & Annie Anderson [Berry] W. V. Barry [Kerr/Clark/Hinch] Kirk Heirs, E. B. Clark [Grass/Smeathers] C. P. & Minnie Cooper [Smothers/Dodd] Joe G. & Vadie Dodd W. J. Dodd [Ashby/Harris/Woolfolk] Etta Harris J. T. & Lessie Harris L. P. & Minnie Harris [Smithers/Hill/Singleton] J. H. & Mary Hill L. O. & Ola Hill Mary & J. H. Hill [Smeathers/Jones] A. T. & Lora Jones Ida Jones J. W. & Aslee Jones M. C. Jones [Winters/Head/Lindsey/Crain] G. W. & Annie Lindsey [Smeathers/Moore/Berry] Sudie Moore Dameron, Will, P. H. & H: F. Moore, E. Hester J. Eugene & Hattie Moore Will & Josie Moore Will & Josie Moore Will Moore [KY-Sheriff] A. O. Nolen [Smothers/Oxford] Mrs. Lennie Oxford [VA/Clerk] T. F. & Mary Belle Raines [Gentry/Reed] J. C. & Eular Reed Rob Reed Rob & Ida Reed O. E., E. G., J. B. Small, E. L. Sego, *Lula Reed*, Edna E. U Britt, Ernie Sisson [Grass/Rhodes] *S. B. Rhodes*, E. M. Maness [Smeathers/Roberts/Duncan] Alvis G. & Nora Roberts Floyd & Elsie Roberts John D. Roberts J. S. & Ludie Roberts Lee Roberts W. A. Roberts [Winters/Robertson] James E. & Vernie Robertson C. R. & Daisy Smothers J. F. & Susie Smothers J. L. & Sallie Smothers J. W. & Vonie Smothers [Smothers/Ward] R. E. Ward [Smothers/Smeathers/Wilson/Grass] George Wilson L. W. & Rebecca Wilson L. W. & Rebecca Wilson L. W. & Rebecca Wilson Return to Yesterday's Natchez Trace _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hand Cemetery at Hall’s Chapel Located in the Jordan area of Baxter County, Arkansas. Going east over the Norfork Dam on Highway 177, make a left on CR 64 and a left on 208. There is a list of unknowns on the last page. Maybe someone can help identify them. Vera (Lane) Reeves velane@centurytel.net an 2002 Smothers, Francis no date no date cement block next to Frankie Smothers Smothers, Franklin E. 13 Oct 1918 Arkansas Pvt, 30 Inf. 3 Div (only one date) Smothers, R. C. (W ?) 01 Dec 1896 16 Dec 18-- very hard to read looks like R. C. dates are a guess

Elis Smothers of Kimmswick, Jefferson Co., Mo. over 21 Miss Lizzie Farris of Kimmswick, Jefferson Co., Mo. under 18 The said Lizzie Farris being under the age of eighteen, her parents gave their consent to said marriage. 5 July 1882 license married on 5 July 1882 by Freeman D. Waters, JP at Kimmswick, Jefferson Co., Mo. the hand written index has Ellis Smothers http://www.vienici.com/moabs/jeff/v1/p051075.html

NATCHEZ TRACE DISPLACED PROPERTY OWNERS Note: This list was published in the Lexington Progress, date of clipping unknown. There are mistakes in the list which may have been created by the original compiler misreading handwritten names or by typesetter mistakes. One example with two such mistakes is J. W. C. & Lla Gilson which should should be J. W. C. & Ila Gibson. C. P. Lewis John & Maud Webb J. A. & Effie Parker W. H. Dennison E. W. Essary J. D. Roberts Mrs. E. L. Horn Bettie Webb C. T. & Susie Roberts John & Parile McCall, C. F. & Ruby Council L. H. & Tommie Parish W. H. & Naney Thomas W. V. & Winnie Lindsey J. I. & Viv. Hendrix A. B. & Saule R. White B. G. & Maggie Robinson D. L. & Beula Cary John & Maude Horn J. W. & Luie Williams C. H. & Ora Green Jessie & Pearl Wood C. G. & Ruby Todd Roy & Addie Harris Elmer. & Gertrude Roberts A. L. & Ethel Wood W. W. & L. J. Overman Alvia & MaggieGant W. R. & L. A. Wooley R. F. Scates R. L. & Viuna Myracle G. M. & Ida Pritchard Ada Lewis Mrs. Sarah Green J. C. & Lindie Brinkley J. W. & Aslee Jones W. H. & Lennie Nolen C. F. & N. S. Bateman, W. H. &. Clara Pritchard S. D. & Mavis Pritchard W. S. & Hessie Brinkley Ida Jones W. T. Taylor Dave Fawlks Will & Josie Moore R. Harrison C. N. Thomas I. H. & Allen Melton W. T. Smith A. A. Autry Zula Lovell L. M. & Dona Hampton C. P. & Minnie Cooper C. R. & Daisy Smothers J. T. Bradford T. F. & Mary Belle Raines J. H. & Rachel Webb E. M. & T. G. Parish R. A. Crider J. E. & Lois B. Turpen J. Eugene & Hattie Moore J. W. & Vonie Smothers J. L. & Eller Wood J. W. Williams Mrs. Lennie Oxford John R. Allen Rob Reed Lessie & Ester Rush H. R. Thomas, L. J. Thomas by Raymond Thomas W. V. Barry R. A. Crider L. W. Hampton J. B. & S. L. Todd I. W. & Ruma Pritchard W. G. Hillard C. W. & Minnie Cary Joe G. & Vadie Dodd Rosa B. Douglas T. G. & Elgie Riggs R. I. Crider D. L. Cary A. E. & W. E. Butler Tom-B. & Dixie Rush J. C. & Lindie Brinkley W. R. & O. L. Ellis G. M. Gary Frances Brewer J. H. Harrison, Roosevelt & Clara Harrison W. G: & Aidille Melton E. Hester R. A. Lovell & I. W. Pritchard W. G. & Ardellar Melton E. A. & G. A. Barnes G. W. Bradford A. T. & Lora Jones Abe Hampton G. W. & W. E. Fiddler W. R. & M. N. Gary Grayden Butler, Eura Butler Birdwell C. L. Butler C. S. Rogers Artiny & I. M. Hampton Mary & J. H. Hill H. W. & Mae Burch Ellen Stout G. W. & Annie Lindsey J. W. & Ollie G. Tolley J. W. & A. F. Tolley William T. Wood Minnie Wood R. A. Fullerton C. P. &. R. L. Griggs E. A. & Estella Autry H. A. & Ethel Autry W. A. Enochs A. O. Nolen Kirk Heirs, E. B. Clark N. B. & J. B. Melton Fait Bradford J. M. & E. W. Horn G. A. Enochs & J. W. Murphy Will Moore H. C. & Katie Wood Luda Edwards, Roma Edwards, Mollie Gordon Joe & Grace Allen Mrs. W. E. &. A. D. Hamilton W. E. Hollowell Chester Butler Sudie Moore Dameron, Will, P. H. & H: F. Moore, E. Hester S. G. Parker E. L. Pratt & Maggie Pratt Lee & Annie Wood Homer A. & Anna Pitts Tom & Ollie Webb Sam & Nancy Webb John T. & Esterlee Smith G. W. O'Guinn L. P. & Minnie Harris W. A. Roberts J. L. Halbrook J: H. Maness J. T. & Dora Lewis Lee Roberts R. E. Ward J. W. C. & Lla Gilson S. J. & Minnie Segraves O. E., E. G., J. B. Small, E. L. Sego, Lula Reed, Edna E. U Britt, Ernie Sisson Ray & Gladys Grenner Willie Pruett Mrs. Annie Wood & Lee Wood Eva & W. E. Woods A. H. & P. W. Woods J. L. & Mrs. M. E. Davis J. N. & Lizzie Duke Mrs. J. A. & James H. Halbrook A. P. Melton S. B. Rhodes, E. M. Maness Veler & Hula Wood H. L. Maness J. F. & Ethel Maness Leslie & Ora Wooley W. H. & Ala Maness John W. Hall W. A. Wieks & Martha J. Wieks P. A. Lovell O. A Hester Guy Hester W. H & Katie Denison R. L. Arnold J. A. Butler Lon & Anna Gooch Brady Scates C. W. & Mrs. C. W. Scott James & Lester Maness Mary Jane Maness John F. Hall C. G. & Ruby Todd E. Guy & A. O. Hester Sam Murphy Mrs. M. L. Wilson Rob & Ida Reed W. H. & Mary P. Lancaster Mrs. M. J. Milton Etta Harris Will & Josie Moore Adrian & Lois Cary Joe Boswell J. S. & Ludie Roberts Henry C. Azbill James E. & Vernie Robertson Bernice & Rubye D. McDonald Floyd & Elsie Roberts Guy Hester & Lessie Hester J. T. & Lessie Harris J. V. & A. D. Wood J. R. & Lessie Woods R. N. & Emma Melton T. G. & Zella Allen L. W. & Rebecca Wilson Denis & S. R. Parish John D. Roberts J. W. & Bertha Parrish L. T. Stanford Alvis G. & Nora Roberts G. D. & Ludie Cary Mrs. E. T. Parish W. J. Dodd George Wilson E. E. Wallace J. C. & Eular Reed Sid L. & Jacie Hatch W. G. & Emma Hollowell J. H. & Mary Hill R. G. Autry Isaac Thomas H. T & Pearlie Hilliard Bank of Huntingdon R. T. & Ada Drinkard M. C. Jones John & Annie Anderson J. L. & Sallie Smothers J. L. Ritter J. F. & Susie Smothers W. R. & W. N. Gary Kern Hodge Cisco & Gray Lovell L. O. & Ola Hill C. W. & Minnie Cary L. M. & Dona Hampton Mrs. E. A. Carey N. B. & Lucie Thomason A. G. & W. N. Hampton J. W. & L. G. Ellis Elmer & Sadie Cary W. C. Barnhart J. T. & Virginia Lewis J. W. ElIis & Lela G. Ellis L. W. & Rebecca Wilson Irene Rush C. L. & Florence Ellis L. W. & Rebecca Wilson Clayton, Lexie, & Conley Ellis C. G. & Florence Ellis Clayton Ellis Return to Yesterday's Natchez Trace

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Children of AUSTIN SMOTHERS and MARY HENRY are: i. BERRY PAYNE5 SMOTHERS, b. August 04, 1851, Carroll County, Tennessee; d. February 26, 1935, Abeilene, Taylor County, Texas; m. (1) M. C. CHAUNCEY; b. Abt. 1854; d. Abt. 1909; m. (2) MARTHA CAROLINE DODD, Abt. 1874; b. March 24, 1854, Mississippi or Carroll County, Tennessee Hi, all.........the above information I took from Noah's letter. The first wife listed here as M. C. Chauncey was information given to me many years ago from a relative. I have yet to find "M. C. Chauncey" or any link to that name in my research. I, therefore, do not include it in my files. It is, however, in my notes. I know that in our early years of research, my sister and I had that name listed and one of us may have submitted that info. somewhere. I just wanted to clear that up for those on this list. Karen Theofanides

Descendants of Austin Lee Smothers Generation No. 1 1. AUSTIN LEE4 SMOTHERS (ELISHA M.3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1)1,2 was born September 16, 1827 in Carroll County, Tennessee, and died January 01, 1915 in Oklahoma. He married MARY ELIZABETH HENRY3,4 March 1850 in Carroll County, Tennessee, daughter of MALCOLM HENRY and MRS. HENRY. She was born August 13, 1832 in Tennessee4, and died July 15, 1892 in Oklahoma. Notes for AUSTIN LEE SMOTHERS: Also have date of birth as Sep. 26, 1827. Children of AUSTIN SMOTHERS and MARY HENRY are: i. BERRY PAYNE5 SMOTHERS, b. August 04, 1851, Carroll County, Tennessee; d. February 26, 1935, Abeilene, Taylor County, Texas; m. (1) M. C. CHAUNCEY; b. Abt. 1854; d. Abt. 1909; m. (2) MARTHA CAROLINE DODD, Abt. 1874; b. March 24, 1854, Mississippi or Carroll County, Tennessee. ii. ELISHA MCQUINN CERVIN "QUINN" SMOTHERS, b. January 1854, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; d. August 12, 1926, Dodd City, Marion County, Arkansas; m. (1) MARTHA A. MAGNESS, Abt. 1874, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; b. Bet. 1847 - 1848, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; d. Bet. 1886 - 1899; m. (2) NANCY JANE MCNEAL, Bet. 1897 - 1898, Arkansas; b. March 12, 1868, Dugginsville, Ozark County, Missouri; d. May 14, 1943, Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas. iii. MARTHA ANN MARY MATILDA SMOTHERS, b. November 22, 1855, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; d. Aft. 1879; m. JAMES HARVEY MAGNESS; b. Bet. 1845 - 1846, <Missouri>. iv. FRANCES MILES SMOTHERS, b. January 31, 1858, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; d. January 10, 1934, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas; m. (1) MARY JANE TEAFF, Bet. 1880 - 1881, Arkansas; b. October 06, 1861, Marion County, Arkansas; m. (2) BEDIA E. KELLY, Aft. 1887. v. WILLIAM MARION SMOTHERS5,6, b. August 20, 1861, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; d. October 07, 1942, Pindall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH ROSE7,8, Abt. 1880, Arkansas; b. February 08, 1860, Searcy, Marion County, Arkansas8; d. May 12, 1894, Pyatt, Marion County, Arkansas; m. (2) LOUISA JANE HEMPHILL, September 18, 1895, Glencoe, Searcy Arkansas; b. November 11, 1875, Hampton Creek, Marion County, Arkansas; d. May 23, 1957, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas. vi. JOSEPHINE SMOTHERS, b. Abt. 1863, Arkansas8; m. ? BARNETT. vii. SARAH ELLEN SMOTHERS8, b. 1865, Missouri8; m. (1) ? NELSON; m. (2) HOWELL R. ARNER, April 10, 1884, Searcy County, Arkansas; b. February 1865, Texas. viii. NANCY J. SMOTHERS8, b. Abt. 1867, Missouri8; m. BENJAMIN W. B. PANNELL, July 21, 1887, Marion County, Arkansas; b. May 1866, Cass or Bartow County, Georgia. ix. JOHN LOGAN SMOTHERS8, b. September 09, 1871, Barren Creek, Marion County, Arkansas8; d. December 23, 1951, Beaverdam, Butler County, Missouri; m. LULA ANN WOOD, Abt. 1904, Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas; b. October 17, 1884, Greene County, Arkansas; d. March 13, 1970, Arkansas. Endnotes 1. Willie Nelson's Family.FTW, Date of Import: Sep 8, 2002. 2. Smithers.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 29, 2002. 3. Willie Nelson's Family.FTW, Date of Import: Sep 8, 2002. 4. Smithers.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 29, 2002. 5. Willie Nelson's Family.FTW, Date of Import: Sep 8, 2002. 6. Smithers.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 29, 2002. 7. Willie Nelson's Family.FTW, Date of Import: Sep 8, 2002. 8. Smithers.FTW, Date of Import: Nov 29, 2002.

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