I am looking for information on a connection to the John and Catherine (Sherwood) Smothers that married Pyle(s)/Pile(s). I am looking to see if there is a connection between these Pyle(s)/Pile(s) and a Conrad or Coonrad Pile(s)/Pyle(s) was believe to have been born in Buncombe County North Carolina around 1766. He moved to Fentress County in Tennessee and passed away about 1864. He had son Elijah that married a Rebecca Earp they had several children that married Williams, Delks, Riley, Stewarts and Brooks. Fentress County is near Sumner County in Tennessee. Any information would be appreciated. Spelling of names may vary. Thanks in advance. Jackie --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses at TNWEB LLC]

PLEASE dont take this offensively, I thought it VERY interesting! So many 'slang' words we use today had TOTALLY DIFFERENT meanings back then.....I know another story abt another word too.....yep, guess..starts with an 'f' and it meant 'to strike the ground'....many of our slang words used today began with the Barbaric conquering Anglo Saxons. Ship High in Transit In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything was transported by ship. It was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common. In dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did)happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM! Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "S.H.I.T" on them, which meant to the sailors to "Ship High In Transit." In other words, high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Now....I would not doubt, some of our ancestors were on these ships that blew up...never to be heard from or documentated again! _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

I rec'd a news article in the mail fr a Cuz Smeathers and want to share it with you as it relates to the Smothers Bros, so ironic bec I had no idea I was receiving it and too coincidental to receive it when this discussion is going on. [There is no date on it, so I do not know when this was in the paper, maybe cuz can clue us in when she reads this]. Interesting many of us have had some connection to them bef we ever thought abt genealogy. "FAMILY UNITED" BY Marvelle Smeathers Mueller, Monroe WI "We corresponded by mail and phone for four months on our family tree before I met them for the first time. Tom sent us free tickets to see their show at the Capitol Civic Center in Manitowac WI where past famous movie stars traveled by train from Calif. to entertain. We were escorted back stage by three guards to meet Tom and Dick. I was shocked to see how much Tom & Dick looked like my dec'd brothers Norman & Raymond. I showed Tom a picture of my brother & Tom said, "Look Dick, he looks just like us, he has our big ears!" My maiden name is Smeathers and Tom & Dick are Smothers. Our late past 5th generation grandfather changed our name. The real name is Smothers. [??] Dick has a son who is a professional singer and so is my daughter Teri & my son Steve is a singer & drummer." Under this is a picture of Marvelle's brother, Raymond, in a side view [I guess to show the profile & ears] and a picture of Tom is on the other side. [they certainly do look like brothers!] Under these 2 are 3 pictures, Marvelle is in the center with Tom and Dick on each side of her. [I see much resemblence for sure.] They are standing behind probably a big poster or sign that is a replica of the Sign that is at the William Smeathers Park in Owensboro KY. It says: "Bill Smothers Park". Site of home of William Smeathers [Bill Smothers] who in 1797-98 made first permanent settlement at Yellow Banks, now Owensboro. Officer in Kentucky "Corn Stalk" Militia in 1803 and on expedition up the Wabash River against the Indians; in the War of 1812 under General Samuel Hopkins. [notice nothing abt being in Rev War]. He then went to Texas as an Indian Hunter and guide. He died there 1837." Many yrs ago when I still lived in Tx and bef genealogy, my aunt, my father's sister told me she had made a trip to Richmond VA to do some research on our Smothers. She had these long narrow tubes with brittle parchment like paper in them and told me she had found out we were related to the Smothers Brothers. She eventually gave the tubes to me and for yrs I have tried to find them, without any luck-[I dont know what happened to them, unless they got lost in my moving fr Tx to Wa in 1973-Nena] Fr cuz of our Smeathers line:-this is so interesting. When I was five we lived in California for only one year. I remember very clearly my father talking about the Smothers Brothers and they were performing there (nobody knew about them back then --this would have been 1957) and he said they were our cousins. Wouldn't that be great if they did the DNA. I have always wondered "how" we were cousins. It wasn't something my father would say unless he was sure about it --and he was specific in telling us because nobody knew who they were and he and my mother went to see them perform as I recall. Not something they would just ordinarily do either. Also, I'm really curious as to the ship their dad was on and if it might possibly been the same one Dwight Butler was on as well. A terrible tragedy. My husband's uncle D Butler (my son is named after him) was at the Bataan March and on a Japanese prisoner of war ship and it was actually (and most unfortunately) attacked by the U.S. as it was not marked. John's uncle died on that ship and I'm wondering if there is any possibility it was the same one of the Smothers' Brothers.So sad. Also--another tidbit. One of my customers owned a hotel in Houston by the name of Tidelands. It was sort of the first in Houston to bring in some unknown entertainers that then became famous--The Smothers Brothers were a couple that he had there. Last tidbit--when I was competing in racquetball many years ago,I recall reading that The Smothers' Brothers were both avid racquetball players. I didn't see any mention of that. [I saw this but did not list it!] Think I told you Mom visited with the Smother's brothers when here at Tacoma years ago--she was invited down to the ranch they had at that time in Calif. She has the program for that show and it is signed by Dick Smothers---Coop _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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In a message dated 2/20/03 7:33:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, smothersnena@hotmail.com writes: > ca means circa) or use abt (means about). > Usually "ca" is used when you are using a 20 year "window) for the date and > > "abt" is used when you are using a 5 year window > > Nena.....I didn't know this. I thought they were used one and the same. Thanks for this bit of info. Karen Theofanides

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Subject: PML Search Result matching Smothers Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:00:56 -0700 From: Marie Beckman <rmbeck@bellsouth.net> Source: PITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Pittman] J. A. Pittman Clay's Co. F 7th TN Calvary Florida has put their Civil War Veteran and Widow Pension Applications online http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/Pensionfiles.html I was checking out some of the Pittman/Pitman listings and ran across a Crockett Co. TN connection. Not sure how this Pittman fits into the Pittmans who were in the Gibson and Crockett Co. TN area. My Dekalb Co. TN Pittmans who had lived in Alabama around 1840 before moving on to Dekalb Co.TN(1850-1860)were migrating to Gibson Co. by 1880. I feel certain there must be a connection somewhere along the line. The site lists about 19 or so PDF files of J. A. Pittman's application which was filed over a period of years ending around 1911 as best as I can tell and I have extracted some of the info from them. J. A. Pittman who was living in Ocala Marion Co. Florida He enlisted in West Tenn in the Fall of 1862 in Clay's Co. F 7th TN Calvary J. G. Smothers & G. W. Moss were members of the regiment and at his time of filing they lived in Crockett Co. TN and filed an affidavit acknowledging that they were acquainted with him and that he had lived in Florida for about 25 years. J. A. Pittman is called James A. Pittman on a few of the records but mostly is referred to as J. A. Pittman. He states also in several parts of the document that he was born in Edgecombe Co. NC on Feb. 17 1839. If you use this info in your research please be sure you double check it by visiting the site and viewing the pension files for yourself.--MarieB Descend. of Daniel & Comfort Pitman and other Pittmans http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/pitman/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Dear cousins; Friday the 21 of February. Don will be having open heart surgery at the VA hospital in Indianapolis. They say they will take him in at 6:00am. Indiana time. I think it was February 6 when he came home from working at the church for lunch which is just about 5 blocks. He came in and played with our Dalmation and then went up stairs and came back down. We ate lunch and he asked me for some pain pills. I asked where his pain was and he said in his chest. He wouldn't let me take him to the ER. He did let me call the Danville IL.VA. His pain let up. They said bring him in so off we went. They kept him in the intensive care unit there and sent him to Indy VA. for a cardiac cath. We thought they would fix any trouble at the same time. But they came out an said the good news was that he had not had a heart attack and that the heart muscle was in good shape. The bad news was that the cornary artery disease was too bad to fix with a stint or angioplasty. We talked to the heart surgeons and they said he has three system disease. There are three arteries that are bolcked 2 on one side and one on the other. The two are each blocked 90% at the place they branch into a y. So each of those will probably take two bypasses. The other one on the other side is 70% and is a long straight blockage. They say it will probably take 4 or 5 bypasses. Thur. we go up for test. They are going to test the arteries in his arms They want to use a vein from his leg and an artery from his arm. They say the arteries from the arm are more resistant to plack build up and thus will likely last longer. Don is 55 and would like to not have to re do things to soon. Want them to last as long as possible. His Mom had open heart surg in 1975 and had a valve replaced. Both she and his brother had heart attacks when they were much younger than Don is now. Howard had one while in Vietnam. He was 21 years older than Don and passed away in 94 with a stroke. His Mom passed away in 1985. The surgery gave her 10 years. She had congestive heart surg Don's Dad died in 68 with a brain anurisum. We feel it is a miracle that they found the problem before he had a heart attack. Please keep us in your prayers. They say he will be in the hospital about a week. I will write you when we get back home. God Bless You, Candy --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses as a service to Keeling Inc. Customers]

Blessings and positive thoughts, to: Candy, Nena and Ron. Until Next time, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Don & Candy Smothers <candy@k-inc.com> To: <SMOTHERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 10:57 PM Subject: [SMOTHERS] Please pray for Don having open heart surg Fri.

Candy, thank you for sharing and most certainly he is on my prayer list. I lost my father at 51y to a massive heart attack, his lst one was at 47y. It runs in our family....and I think I mentioned my brother also had a heart attack abt 2 months ago, prior to this cancer he has now. I understand the concerns and prayers and blessings for all of you and all our Smothers Tribe members going thru physical illness as well as deployed in War. thats what we are all abt right, taking care of each other, supportive and praying. Nena >From: "Don & Candy Smothers" <candy@k-inc.com> Dear Smothers Friends and Family; Don is going to have open heart surgery on Fri. the 21st. at the Indianapolis VA hospital. Please keep us in your prayers. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Dear Smothers Friends and Family; Don is going to have open heart surgery on Fri. the 21st. at the Indianapolis VA hospital. Please keep us in your prayers. He has been short of breath alot lately and a week ago last Wednesday he had some chest pain. The Danivlle IL. VA. kept him in intensive care and sent him by ambulance to Indy. for a cardiac cath. We had expected that if he had andy blockage that they would fix it with a stint or angio plasty. When they got into the cardiac cath. they found what they called 3 system disease and said that it was to extensive to repair in those ways. They scheduled him for open heart surg. and let him come home to rest till then. The good news is he has not had a heart attack and the muscle of his heart is in good shape. Two of the arteries are blocked 90% where they branch off into a Y and one on the other side is blocked 70% but will be easier because it is a long straight blockage. The interesting thing is he has been so short of breath lately and they said that diabetics sometimes don't have the warning signs of pain and that the shortness of breath is their warning sign So if any of you Smothers are diabetic and are having shortness of breath more than usual tell your Dr. Don's only brother was 21 years older than him and he had a heart attack in Viet Nam many years ago. He passed away with a stroke in 94 I believe. Nina we will keep your brother in our prayers and Ron you will be in our prayers also. God Bless You all; Candy --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses as a service to Keeling Inc. Customers]

----- Original Message ----- From: Nena Smothers <smothersnena@hotmail.com> To: <SMOTHERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:17 AM Subject: [SMOTHERS] Christian Smothers > Noah, you found this a while back...now I am wondering if this is the > Christian, the son of Wm Smither b 1710.....I dont believe its the > Christian, the son of Geo Nicholau Smither b 1742....that Christian was b > 1788. Where did you figure he might been b 1760-1770? > Was there no age for him on the census? except the age groups, did you > figure him being in the 30-40 group? > wonder who is the 60-70 group then? interesting..... > anyone help out here....thanks, Nena > > > CHRISTIAN SMOTHERS, b. Bet. 1760 - 1770, <Clarion Township, > Armstrong County, Pennsylvania>. > Notes for CHRISTIAN SMOTHERS: > > 1830 U. S. Census for Clarion Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, > page 229, Christian Smothers, > free white males, > under 5, 1 > 10 to 15, 2 > 20 to 30, 1 > 30 to 40, 1 > 60 to 70, 1 > free white females, > under 5, 2 > 5 to 10, 1 > 10 to 15, 1, > 30 to 40, 1 > (Jacob Smothers is also listed in Armstrong Co Toby Township). > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Noah, you found this a while back...now I am wondering if this is the Christian, the son of Wm Smither b 1710.....I dont believe its the Christian, the son of Geo Nicholau Smither b 1742....that Christian was b 1788. Where did you figure he might been b 1760-1770? Was there no age for him on the census? except the age groups, did you figure him being in the 30-40 group? wonder who is the 60-70 group then? interesting..... anyone help out here....thanks, Nena CHRISTIAN SMOTHERS, b. Bet. 1760 - 1770, <Clarion Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania>. Notes for CHRISTIAN SMOTHERS: 1830 U. S. Census for Clarion Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 229, Christian Smothers, free white males, under 5, 1 10 to 15, 2 20 to 30, 1 30 to 40, 1 60 to 70, 1 free white females, under 5, 2 5 to 10, 1 10 to 15, 1, 30 to 40, 1 (Jacob Smothers is also listed in Armstrong Co Toby Township). _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Hi Folks...the lst DNA result is in on our Smothers DNA Project 2003. I will have a more detailed report coming for you, but will post this for now so you can have a picture of how Nate compares to my brother and the Tx Smothers. Nate matched 11/12 markers with one mutation on the #9 marker to the above 2 Smothers that did the DNA testing in Nov. [I will explain markers, etc in a future post]. Tom-jump in here anytime & add yr notes as I know you are pretty up to date on DNA. What it does means is they all 3 have a Common Ancestor with a 50% probability within 14.5 generations, which would start with our 11x grandfather & come down. And what it means to the Smeathers line is a 50% probability of connecting to the Smither line of Pa that Nate is from. Nate's 4x grandfather is Wm Smither b 1710 d 1760 Pa. The Smeathers line 4x grandfather is Wm Smeathers b c1765-67 d 1837 Tx and his brother James Smeathers b c1769 d 1827 Ky. As far we know now there are no known siblings for Wm Smither b 1710. Wm Smither had 7 sons and 3 dau's: I will just list the sons by the various sp of the surname found. We await 3 more results from this line & 5 fr other lines. Any questions lets discuss them on the list, if Karen agrees, thank you, Nena Project Coordinator for Smothers DNA Project 2003 & Smeathers & Smithers List Administrator; Tom Goodman Sr-Assistant Smothers DNA Project 2003. http://www.familytreedna.com John Smither b abt 1735 d 1764 Pa Wm Smither b abt 1736 d 1823 NC Aaron Smither b abt 1739 d UNK George Nicholaus Smither/Smethers/Smothers b abt 1742 d abt 1825 [Nate,Steve,Don's line] George Jacob Smither/Smathers b abt 1745 d 1826 [Doug Smathers line] Christian Smither b abt 1748 d UNK Valentine Smither/Smeathers b abt 1759 d UNK New STR DNA test results have been posted for a member of your Family Tree DNA group : Genetic Distance Analysis: Nathan Beach Smothers. : A distance of 0 is an exact match, 1 is a single step mutation : : 12 Marker Analysis One step mutation : Name Distance : F Smothers 1 : J Smothers 1 : : : One Step Mutation for Nate Smothers below as compared to other 2 Tx Smothers : : Locus DYS# Alleles : 1 393 13 : 2 390 24 : 3 19* 14 : 4 391 11 : 5 385a 11 : 6 385b 15 : 7 426 12 : 8 388 12 : **9 439 14 THIS MARKER IS THE MUTATION [TX HAS 13 HERE] : 10 389-1 13 : 11 392 13 : 12 389-2 29 : : One Step Mutations -these are countries of Nate's ancestors-the Tx Smothers are different, but they also matched 12/12 markers too : REO : Country Comment Count : England - 8 : Germany - 1 : Hungary - 1 : Ireland - 2 : Ireland Meath 1 : Italy Sicily 1 : Scotland - 3 : Ukraine Dutch -Mennonite 1 : Unknown Origin - 7 [England looks to be where his ancestors are fr, the UNKnown's likely England also] These are the REO [Recent Ethnic Orgins] for the Tx Smothers-both had the very same, so only will post it one time. One Step Mutations Country Comment Count England - 30 England Isle of Man 3 France - 3 France Alsace 1 Germany - 5 Great Britain - 2 Iceland - 3 Ireland - 6 Ireland County Longford 1 Ireland Donegal 1 Polynesia Polynesian (European admixture) 1 Portugal - 2 Scotland - 5 Sweden - 1 Switzerland - 1 Unknown Origin - 55 [England, again seems the dominant country] Locus DYS# Alleles 1 393 13 2 390 24 3 19* 14 4 391 11 5 385a 11 6 385b 15 7 426 12 8 388 12 **9 439 13 **Nate has 14 here 10 389-1 13 11 392 13 12 389-2 29 I know you are not going to understand what all this means, but it can give you a picture of how close the match is. I personally find this very encouraging in establishing our 5x grandfather origins & possible connections. :o) _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Additional Information from the 1880 cenus for Rockingham County, North Carolina. 1880 U. S. Census for Wentworth, Rockingham County, North Carolina. Thomas B. (R) Smothers, self, white, male, age 87 (born 1793), Rockingham County, North Carolina, farmer, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia. Nathaniel Smothers, (Nathan Wright), son, white, male, age 40, farmer, born Rockingham, North Carolina, farmer, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia. Mary Jones, (wife of Nathan Wright), other, female, white, age 26, born Rockingham, keeping house, father born Rockingham, NC., mother born Rockingham, NC. James Boyd, other, male, black, age 14, born Rockingham, farmer laborer, father born Rockingham, mother born Rockingham, North Carolina. >From this census information it appears that Thomas Randall Smothers, father and mother were both born in Virginia, now to find that connection. Noah

Nena Here is an outline that I have on this family. Noah Descendants of Saint Clair T. Smothers 1 Saint Clair T. Smothers 1831 - 1865 .. +Mary Heath ......... 2 William Henry Harrison Smothers 1854 - 1929 ............. +Eva May Simplot 1869 - .................... 3 Luther James Smothers 1890 - .................... 3 Harvey Deloss Smothers 1897 - .................... 3 Oliver Smothers .................... 3 Douglass R. Smothers .................... 3 Benjamin H. Smothers 1908 - .................... 3 Edward Martin Smothers 1920 - ........................ +Marian Bernadette Emerson ............................... 4 Virginia Rogers Smothers 1937 - 1996 ................................... +Gerald Lipke 1938 - .................... 3 Earl Henry Smothers 1913 - .................... 3 Pearl Smothers 1913 - ......... *2nd Wife of William Henry Harrison Smothers: ............. +Mary Paulley 1851 - 1888 .................... 3 Andrew S. Smothers 1876 - .................... 3 Hiram G. Smothers 1878 - .................... 3 Lowdena Smothers 1880 - .................... 3 Unkown Smothers 1887 - .................... 3 Unkown Smothers 1888 - ......... 2 Hiram Christopher Smothers 1855 - ............. +Belle Meeks ......... 2 Andrew Jackson Smothers 1857 - ............. +Phoebee Burnett .................... 3 Ambrose Roy Smothers 1887 - ........................ +Mary Clemons 1889 - ............................... 4 Archie John Smothers 1915 - ............................... 4 Beatrice Smothers 1918 - ............................... 4 Muriel Smothers 1920 - ............................... 4 Orville Donald Smothers 1923 - ............................... 4 Evelyn Smothers 1929 - ............................... 4 Shirley Smothers 1934 - .................... 3 Raymond Smothers 1887 - 1950 ........................ +Mary ............................... 4 Leo Smothers ............................... 4 Stella Smothers 1905 - ............................... 4 Florence Smothers 1904 - ............................... 4 Irene Smothers ............................... 4 Albert Smothers ............................... 4 Unkown Smothers ......... 2 Charles F. Smothers 1862 - ............. +Maggie 1865 - .................... 3 Gladys Smothers 1884 - ........................ +John R. Sjeffer .................... 3 Jessie Smothers 1886 - ........................ +Ward A Phelps .................... 3 Orpha Smothers 1888 - ........................ +Paul Christenson .................... 3 Thomas Smothers 1898 - .................... 3 Henry F. Smothers 1905 - .................... 3 Eve Smothers 1901 - .................... 3 Versal W. Smothers 1916 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nena Smothers" <smothersnena@hotmail.com> To: <SMOTHERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: [SMOTHERS] Jessie Smothers/Phelps.....?? : anyone know this family?....Nena : : : cwo2usn@aol.com : : My husband's great grandmother was Jessie Smothers she married Ward Phelps. : I noticed that there are three different postings for George Jacob Smithers : and George Nicholaus Smithers - they have the same parents & wife listed : with them so they must be the same person. It gets even more confusing : further back. I was just wondering what you thought was correct.Hope to hear : from you! Kathy Phelps : : _________________________________________________________________ : Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. : http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail : : : ============================== : To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: : http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 :

Fr Noah Smothers Oct 4 2000 Thomas Randall Smothers b UNK d Mar 14 1881 Rockingham Co NC + Susana Mays Aug 18 1830 Guilford NC NOTE:Will fr Karen T Oct 5 2000-Thomas Smathers NC 1795 abstracts 1760-1800, wife Susanna, children Wm, John, James, Thomas, Sarah, Mary. Fr Jas Stephenson Oct 5 2000-Will Orange Co NC Will Book C pg 57-58 "Wife Susannah Smothers; son Wm Smothers, John Smothers, James Smothers, Thomas Smothers, Sarah Smothers, Rebecca Summers, Elizabeth Pickerel, Mary Smothers all get 1 shilling. Susannah Exec. Alexander Summer Admin. Signed with an X. 2 Thomas Madison Smothers b abt 1840 + Emeline Coil Garrett Oct 21 1868 Rockingham NC NOTE:[dau/o Jarrett Garrett/Clarissa Hill] Thomas Madison Smothers enlisted Aug 21 1861 Rockingham Co NC, Private Served w/NC I Co 13th Inf Reg NC-Source:NC Troops 1861-65 A Roster. Conf Other Smothers enlisted: Garland D Smothers Nathan W Smothers age 21y Wm Gallant Smothers 21y James P Smothers 25y Wm C Smothers 30y A J Smothers 27y Civil War Pension Index: Thomas M Smothers, wife Emma C Smothers, NC Children of Thomas Smothers/Emeline Garrett 1. Hugh patrick Smothers b abt 1871 had son Hugh jr b Dec 12 1900 d Jul 19 2000 m Tillie Siouska Scott 2. John Raine Smothers b abt 1873 d 1964 + NOTE:Fr Sonja Smothers Gunn-My grandfather had 11 children & adopted 2 also had 27 grandchildren, 6 adopted grandchildren Nannie 'Nan' Carr Smothers md Parks Walter 'Punk' Newell Smothers William 'Bud' Matthew Smothers Jesse Raine Smothers Lottie Mae Smothers md Chambers Nathan Wright Smothers Kelsie Virginia Smothers adopted Mary Francis Smothers [sis to Billy/Willie] Sharpe Smothers Wells Smothers Daniel Boone Smothers Addie Inez Smothers md Clark Augustus 'Gus' Everette Smothers Lillian Helen Hazel Smothers md Shelton Billy Smothers [adopted] Willie Smothers [adopted] NOTE: "My grandfather was John Raine Smothers. My father is Augustus Everette 'Gus' Smothers. I was b 1940. John Raine had 11 children and adopted 2. Only my Dad, Gus and my Aunt Lillian are living-2001." 3. Thomas Bolling/Bolyn Smothers b May 1 1874 New Bethel Rockingham NC d Aug 15 1958 Winston Salem NC md Maude Francis Reid Feb 5 1899 Mayodan NC Children of Thomas/Maude i. Thomas Bolyn Smothers jr b Jul 27 1908 NC d Apr 26 1945 Japan md Ruth Remick Jan 1935 NOTE: Was Maj stationed at Governor's Island NY City. FATHER TO TOM & DICK SMOTHERS Children of Thomas/Ruth 'Tom' Thomas Bolyn Smothers III 'Dick' Richard Remick Smothers Charles Smothers Sherry Smothers Charles Smothers ?? ii.Brona Reid Smothers b Feb 22 1910 4. Sue Lillian Smothers b abt 1877 5. Ollie Lorene Smothers b abt 1879 6. Infant b abt 1881 7. Infant b abt 1881 8. Gus Garrett Smothers b act 1883 9. Ruben Reid Smothers b abt 1885 d 1980 Fr:Michele Bynum bmwbynum99@aol.com Apr 26 2001-"Our famous cousins Tom and Dick Smothers could not come to the Smothers Reunion. I remember wishing that could be with us. Since their father died when they were so young and they lived in Ca it was difficult for them to visit the East Coast. I dont think they know much abt their Smothers family. At a concert last summer I gave them a picture of their great uncle John Raine Smothers. JR's grand daughter mailed me the picture. She wanted Tommy to keep the picture because he looked exactly like John Raine." Fr:Sonja Ann Smothers Gunn Apr 27 2001-" I am a desc of Thomas Madison Smothers. My grandfather was John Raine Smothers. My father is Augustus Everette 'Gus' Smothers. I was b 1940. John Raine had 11 children and adopted 2. They were: Nannie 'Nan' Carr Smothers Parks, Walter 'Punk' Newell, William 'Bud' Matthew, Jesse Raine, Lottie Mae Smothers Chambers, Nathan Wright, Kelsie Virginia Smothers, Sharpe, Wells, Daniel Boone, Addie Inez Smothers Clark, Augustus 'Gus' Everette, Lillian Hazel Smothers Shelton. The 2 adopted are: Buddy and Willie, brothers. Aunt Kelsie adopted their sister, Mary Frances. Only my Dad, Gus and my Aunt Lillian are living. Daddy is 86 this yr and Aunt Lillian is 83. I asked Daddy where the Smothers came from and he said they lived down the road from where I lived now. He did not know of Thomas Madison. One of our kin searched but when she found the mulatto she stopped. John Raine told us we were part Indian. None of us have Negro characterists but we have high cheekbones and sparse body hair as the Indians. There are no thick lips. I wonder abt the mulatto business. It does not bother me but would like to know. I live in Pleasantville community. John and Thomas are buried in the primitive Baptist Church. We come from a long line of livers. Great Uncle Patrick Smothers died when he was 100. His brother Reuben was 95y and grandpa Raine was 91y. None of them smoked but did have their 'toddy'. Tommy and Dick Smothers are my 3rd cousins. Tommy looks like my grandfather John Raine Smothers. John Raine had 27 grandchildren and 6 adopted grandchildren. Grandpa had a 112 ac farm and Granny had 20ac. I grew up next door to them." [there is more, just got the highlites] Tom has a young son they call Bo....bet that's the Bolling fam. name on these records....don't you reckon? I am making copies of this to send to cuz to send to Smothers Bros maybe they will want to do the DNA......NOW I can understand why these guys were so anti Vietnam War....more understandable now knowing how they lost their dad....VERY VERY sad! Cuzzie Lu Smothers 2-14-2003 The Smothers Brothers are going to be in Springfield, Mo., this coming Tuesday, we are going to see them. Wish they too would do the Dna. Noah 2-15-2003 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

oh MY GOODNES...YES i DO KNOW WHO ST CLAIR IS...AND THIS IS THE WM SMITHER B 1710 PA LINE.....YES, I WILL PUT YOU ON OUR SMITHERS MAIL LIST....THERE IS A GAL ON OUR SMOTHERS LIST FR ST CLAIR, BUT YOU PROB KNOW HER..MARILYN CAMPBELL.....NENA >From: Cwo2usn@aol.com Thank you for responding to my e-mail so quickly. I will have to e-mail you the exact dates this week, but Jessie Smothers was married to Ward Phelps. Her father was Charles Smothers, and according to the information that I found on the web site his father was a St. Clair Smothers. I was getting really confused with the George's - guess they really liked the name George to name two children that! I'm still trying to sort through the info. I printed off last night. I can imagine how excited you are! I find genealogy fascinating and I think I drive my family crazy sometimes! I am more excited to discover that a Smothers fought in the Civil War than my husband & kids and he is their ancestor! I would love to be put on your mailing list if that is okay. Will e-mail later,>Kathy Phelps>Newnan, GA _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

a.. b283243@aol.com rootsweb.com world connect tree a.. Name: Thomas MADISON SMOTHERS a.. Birth: ABT 1840 in OF NC Marriage 1 EMMA COIL GARRETT b: 3 OCT 1843 in NC a.. Married: ABT 1867 in OF NC Children 1.. Hugh PATRICK SMOTHERS b: ABT 1871 in OF NC 2.. John RAINE SMOTHERS b: ABT 1873 3.. Thomas BOLLING SMOTHERS b: 1 MAY 1875 NEW BETHEL,Rockingham,NC 4.. SUE LILLIAN SMOTHERS b: ABT 1877 in OF NC 5.. OLLIE LORENE SMOTHERS b: ABT 1879 in OF NC 6.. INFANT SMOTHERS b: ABT 1881 in OF NC 7.. GUS GARRETT SMOTHERS b: ABT 1883 in OF NC 8.. RUBEN REID SMOTHERS b: ABT 1885 in OF NC 9.. ADDIE WALTON SMOTHERS b: ABT 1887 in OF NC North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Bride: Emily Garrett Groom: Thomas M Smothers Bond Date: 21 Oct 1868 County: Rockingham Record #: 01 242 Witness: W M Ellington Bond #: 000121823 Civil War Pension Index Thomas M. Smothers Images Online #: 3432 State Filed: North Carolina Widow: Emma C. Smothers Relative: Thomas Bolling Smothers Birth: 1 May 1875-- Rockingham, New Bethel, NC Spouse: Maude Francis Reid Parents: Thomas Madison Smothers, Emma Coil Garrett American Civil War Soldiers Thomas Madison Smothers Residence: Rockingham County, North Carolina Enlist Date: 21 August 1861 State: North Carolina 1. Thomas BOLLING SMOTHERS I was born 1 MAY 1875 NEW BETHEL,Rockingham,NC. He was the son of 2. Thomas MADISON SMOTHERS and 3. EMMA COIL GARRETT. He married Maud FRANCIS REID 5 FEB 1899 in MAYODAN,NC. Children of Thomas BOLLING SMOTHERS I and Maud FRANCIS REID are: **i. Thomas BOLLING SMOTHERS II was born 22 JUL 1908 in NC. He married RUTH RICKETT/Remick ? JAN 1935. She was born ABT 1910 in OF LOS ANGELES,CA. their children: 1-Thomas Bolyn Smothers III b Feb 2 1937 NY City, Governor's Island 'Tom-YO YO Man Smothers' [Tom is md with 11 children] 2-Richard 'Dick' Rickett/Remick ? Smothers b Nov 20 1939 NY City, Governor's Island. 'Dick' of Smothers Brothers [Dick md 2x, has 1 fr lst marr, 2 fr 2nd marr] 3-Sherry Smothers ii. BRONA REID SMOTHERS was born 22 FEB 1910 in OF NC. She married ROBERT E MOSTIN 1 JAN 1935 in WINSTON SALEM,NC. He was born ABT 1905 in OF NC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2 2. Thomas MADISON SMOTHERS was born ABT 1840 in OF NC. 3. EMMA COIL GARRETT was born 3 OCT 1843 in NC. She was the daughter of 6. JARRETT BOULDIN GARRETT and 7. CLARISSA WALTON HILL. Children of EMMA COIL GARRETT and Thomas MADISON SMOTHERS are: i. Hugh PATRICK SMOTHERS was born ABT 1871 in OF NC. ii. John RAINE SMOTHERS was born ABT 1873. iii. Thomas BOLLING SMOTHERS II was born 1 MAY 1875 in NEW BETHEL,Rockingham,NC. He married Maud FRANCIS REID 5 FEB 1899 in MAYODAN,NC. iv. SUE LILLIAN SMOTHERS was born ABT 1877 in OF NC. v. OLLIE LORENE SMOTHERS was born ABT 1879 in OF NC. vi. INFANT SMOTHERS was born ABT 1881 in OF NC, and died ABT 1881. vii. GUS GARRETT SMOTHERS was born ABT 1883 in OF NC. viii. RUBEN REID SMOTHERS was born ABT 1885 in OF NC. ix. ADDIE WALTON SMOTHERS was born ABT 1887 in OF NC. She married J W JARVIS ABT 1912. He was born ABT 1882 in OF NC. smobro1@aol.com Smothers Bros website Tom, now 65, is married with two kids (plus a grown son from an earlier marriage). When not working, he's an avid golfer. Dick, 62, is also married; he and his wife have a combined 11 kids. Dick's pastimes include cycling, yoga, and cooking. The brothers also run a vineyard and winery, REMICK Ridge, in California's Sonoma Valley. D.M. Remarkably, the Yo-Yo Man [Tom] achieves all this without ever uttering a word. Dick (the Voice of Yo) authoritatively speaks for him as he explains, "When you're fully Yo from head to toe, you're online with the world." Smothers Brothers Mother Loved Tom More-Tom and Dick Smothers Mother's diary was uncovered and it was revealed that she loved Tom more. http://thefunnyline.com/November%202002.pdf Glenn Greenwood-AOSHS/AOSA Communications Director aoshscom@wichita.edu THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS - TOM AND DICK SMOTHERS COMEDIANS http://aoshs.wichita.edu/famousS-U.html Tom & Dick Smothers are Army Brats. They were both born at Fort Jay on Governor's Island in New York. Their father Major Smothers was captured in the Philippines during WW2 and participated in the Bataan March. Major Smothers died on board a Japanese prisoner-of-war ship on the way to Japan. http://www.nnp.org/newvtour/regions/Hudson/nut_island.html If you were to enter New York Harbor by ship, as the first explorers and settlers did, before reaching Manhattan you would come to a smaller island jutting out into the harbor - an ideal base for establishing a small settlement and fort for defending the harbor and the Hudson River from would-be invaders. The Dutch explorers of the early 17th century thought as much, and they chose this, which they named Noten Eylant, or Nut Island, after the walnut and chestnut trees that grew there, as their initial base. We know it today as Governor's Island.In 1624, the ship Nieu Nederlandt (New Netherland) put in at the island, under the command of Cornelis Jacobsz May. May's passengers comprised a group of 30 families from an area of the Low Countries or Spanish Netherlands called Wallonia. The Netherlands was in the midst of a long war with Spain, and at the time Wallonia was under Spanish rule. Spain hoped to reconvert the Walloons to Catholicism; thus, along with the Pilgrims who had arrived at Cape Cod just four years earlier, these were among first of what would be droves of refugees coming to America seeking religious freedom. Soon after arriving, most of these settlers were transported further up the Hudson River, to present-day Albany. A party of eight men was left on Nut Island, as the West India Company, their employer, thought to make this the center of its fur-trading operations. One year later, the company sent 45 more colonists and several hundred cows, horses, sheep and pigs. Also in this party was Willem Verhulst, the new director-general of the province, along with an engineer who would lay out a fort and the main streets of a town. It was soon decided that Nut Island was too small to serve as a permanent capital, so Verhulst ordered the settlers to move approximately 500 yards across the harbor to Manhattan, thus beginning the decline of Nut Island and the establishment of the town of New Amsterdam, later New York City. It wasn't until 1784 that Nut Island was renamed Governor's Island.For most of its history Governor's Island has been at the disposal of the U.S. military, which has not wanted to part with it but also never found a good use for it. It's thus been a kind of junk drawer of military history, a place where things have been stored, and where odd bits of history have happened:The comedy team of Tom and Dick Smothers were born on the island in 1937, when their father was stationed here. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/change-style/tg/detail/-/B0000063EI Tommy and Dicky's father died in the Bataan Death March in WWII. They also have a sister named Sherry so their mom really did have a Tom, Dick, and Sherry. http://www.nbaa.org/conventions/2002/attendees/banquet.htm Tom and Dick Smothers were born in New York City and attended San Jose State University in California. Their enduring appeal as a comedic team has brought them fame and honor, including a Museum of Broadcasting retrospective and seminar on their work and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is studied in universities across the country as an important factor in the revolutionary changes undergone in the United States during the 1960s. http://users2.ev1.net/~smyth/linernotes/personel/DrakeTom.htm. In the spring of 1958 Bobby & Kingston Trio went to a barbecue that afternoon on a houseboat in Sausalito. The houseboat belonged to a couple of struggling young musicians named Tom and Dick Smothers. http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/ghogue/comedy.html. Comedians Tom and Dick Smothers had several television programs: The Smothers Brothers Show in September of 1965, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in February of 1967, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in July of 1970, The Smothers Brothers Prime Time Space Ride in 1971, and The Smothers Brothers Show in January of 1975. ~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus