I recieved about 15 pages of an article on William Bill Smothers today, it has some interesting information. William was 12 years old at the time of his parnet's death. There were two other children: James aged nine and Mollie aged seven. One of the neigbor's a newcomer, having no place of his own, proposed to take care of these orphan children for the rent of the farm. This was agreed upon and he moved in. During that same year William went to live with an Uncle in Virginia, who agreed to give him a good education and $100 in money when he became of age. This Uncle, whose name was Chrisman, was a man who worshipped the rich and scorned the poor. He was so cruel and overbearing to his orphan nephew that the latter ran away from him in a few years. If we look at this article, printed in History of Daviess county, Kentucky 1883, then we know that William had a brother James and a sister Mollie. Chrisman was the name of his Uncle, whom he went to live with in Virginia.