John William Smothers

Male 1867 - 1946  (79 years)


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  • Name John William Smothers  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Born 22 Sep 1867  Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Race White  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Residence Castana, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1870  Swan City, Blue Island, Saline, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 2 
    Residence 1880  Little Sioux, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age: 12; Occupation: Working On Farm; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 238; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son 
    Residence 1900  Oto, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 32; Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0159; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: R; OwnsFarm: F; YearsMarried: 11; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head 
    Residence 1910  Grant, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Age: 42; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head 
    Residence 1920  Grant, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Age: 52; Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 84; HomeOwnership: Rent; Industry: General Farm; IsEmployed: Own Account; RelationToHead: Head; MaritalStatus: Married 
    Residence 1930  Maple, Maple, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Age: 63; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EnumerationDistrict: 0019; HomeOwnership: Rented; IsEmployed: Yes; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OwnedRadio: No; RegistrationDistrict: 19; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head; Occupation: Farmer 
    Residence 1935  Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1940  Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    StreetAddress: Eighth Street; Age: 72; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 67-22; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 6th grade; HomeOwnership: Rented; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: 8; OwnsFarm: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; ValueOfHome: 11; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head 
    Died 15 Nov 1946 
    Person ID I14361  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Henry Smothers,   b. 8 Jun 1838, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1916, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Etta Porter,   b. 27 Aug 1848, Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1935, Smithland, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1865  [11
    Family ID F9816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lueen Johnson,   b. Jan 1870, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1922, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1888  Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Married 1889  [5
    Children 
     1. Clara Belle Smothers,   b. 11 Dec 1889, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1969, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     2. Winifred Theodora Smothers,   b. 16 Jun 1891, Smithland, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1970, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     3. James Arthur Smothers,   b. 29 Nov 1892, Rodney, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1968, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
     4. Viola Mae Smothers,   b. 1 Dec 1895, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Marshall William Smothers,   b. 6 Feb 1898, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1946, Newport, Bonner, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [natural]
     6. Mary Laura Smothers,   b. Oct 1899, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1922, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years)  [natural]
     7. Martha Smothers,   b. 9 Dec 1901,   d. Sep 1987, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     8. Pearl Meda Smothers,   b. 11 Dec 1904, Castana, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1996, Ramona, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
     9. Faye Smothers,   b. 2 Dec 1905, Castana, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1978, Crow Wing, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     10. Chesley Smothers,   b. 1909, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     11. Gerald Durwood Smothers,   b. 16 Sep 1911, Grant Twp, Monona, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1931, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F10269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charlotte Zediker,   b. 1870, Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Jul 1927  Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F10270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Sep 1867 - Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Castana, Monona, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 12; Occupation: Working On Farm; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 238; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son - 1880 - Little Sioux, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Nov 1888 - Monona, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 32; Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0159; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: R; OwnsFarm: F; YearsMarried: 11; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head - 1900 - Oto, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Jul 1927 - Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: Eighth Street; Age: 72; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 67-22; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 6th grade; HomeOwnership: Rented; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: 8; OwnsFarm: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; ValueOfHome: 11; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head - 1940 - Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S137] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Swan City, Saline, Nebraska; Roll: M593_832; Page: 238A; Family History Library Film: 552331.
      Record for Henry Smothers

    2. [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Little Sioux, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 370; Page: 324A; Enumeration District: 238.
      Record for Henry Smothers

    3. [S794] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for J. Will Smothers

    4. [S213] Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa.
      Record for J W Smothers

    5. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Oto, Woodbury, Iowa; Enumeration District: 0159.
      Record for William J Smathers

    6. [S787] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Grant, Monona, Iowa; Roll: T624_414; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1374427.
      Record for John W Smathers

    7. [S50] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Grant, Monona, Iowa; Roll: T625_503; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 84.
      Record for William J Smothers

    8. [S778] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Maple, Monona, Iowa; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0019.
      Record for J W Smothers

    9. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Mapleton, Monona, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01184; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 67-22.
      Record for William Smithers

    10. [S213] Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Textual Records.

    11. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Oto, Woodbury, Iowa; Enumeration District: 0159.
      Record for Henry Smathers