Maybe someone can help here. Anyone familiar with these SMATHERS? We recently found a Daniel Smathers marr a Julia A Grass/Gross Mar 20 1870 Yell Co Arkansas. Very odd we thought so were pursuing the possibility the Julia could be a dau or gran dau of my cuz Coop's ancestor, Daniel Grass. This story goes Daniel's father was killed by Indians around Bardstown, Ky 1780's, the mother and 2 sisters taken by Indians. Abt 5yrs later, the mother and 1 dau name Julia were taken to Ft Detroit and exchanged by the Indians for whiskey, blankets etc by the Americans. Info also was told this Julia Grass married a GRANT. We cant prove this story, its known by family members and just written in alot of data around Spencer Co In. Thanks for any help, Nena Fr:Ron Huddleston <reathud2002@yahoo.com> Hello; I need to apologize before I attempt to answer your message. I lost it after I read it. I will attempt to answer as best I can. I have just recently bought my first computer and I am new at this, so some of the information may not be relevent. My great great grandfather was Daniel Smathers. He was born in Missouri. He was married to J.A. Gross born in Mississippi, they had three children: John Smathers, born in Arkansas, Samuel Smathers, born in Arkansas Salley Smathers born in Arkansas. There was one stepson, Joe Gross, age ten,born in Arkansas. My great grandfather was Samuel Grant Smathers. He married Lena Custer a native american Choctaw indian in 1896, from Missouri. Lena was born about 1875 She died between 1904 and 1910 in Arkansas. They had four children: Elmer Jack, Cecil, Clyde Modean, Modean married my grandfather Jackson Huddleston They had three children. Jack. Earnest and his twin Samuel Elton My father Samuel married my mother Ova Elezabeth Clayton in 1946. I know this Information is somewhat limited, I hope it can be of some help, Ron Huddleston. From: coopville@webtv.net (dick cooper) Now I am just supposing here--but here we have Samuel--a Joe-and a Sally--also a Samuel GRANT Smathers---our Julie Grass b before 1775 [sister to Judge Daniel Grass of Spencer Co In who m Jane Smeathers, dau/o Wm Smeathers]married [supposedly] a Grant ?? Coop _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail