Individual Details

Benjamin SMOTHERS

(6 Feb 1812 - 1849)

Benjamin Smothers lived in Mercer County, Missouri with his family. He deserted his wife and 7 children in April of 1846. His family did not hear from him again. His wife remarried in 1849.

He killed James Kirk in Princeton, Missouri. He was caught, charged with murder, then escaped and was never recaptured. He was, however, seen afterwards in Indiana.








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Events

Birth6 Feb 1812Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
Marriage22 Sep 1830Franklin, Indiana, United States - Nancy YORK
Death1849Franklin, Indiana, United States

Families

SpouseNancy YORK (1812 - 1889)
ChildJoseph York SMOTHERS (1832 - 1880)
ChildLyvy Ann SMOTHERS (1831 - 1917)
ChildAnadosha "Andocia" SMOTHERS (1835 - )
ChildWilliam Gallant SMOTHERS (1838 - )
ChildSobrina SMOTHERS STANLEY (1840 - 1862)
ChildJoshua W. SMOTHERS ( - 1934)
ChildJames Benjamin SMOTHERS (1846 - 1911)
FatherHugh SMOTHERS ( - 1840)
MotherMartha HOPKINS (1785 - 1844)
SiblingSobrina SMOTHERS (1813 - 1888)
SiblingReuben SMOTHERS (1803 - )
SiblingHugh SMOTHERS (1810 - 1844)
SiblingAndocia SMOTHERS (1807 - )
SiblingMartha SMOTHERS (1801 - 1885)

Endnotes

1. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001).

2. "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFDZ-YLV : accessed 1 February 2016), Benjamin Smothers and Nancy York, 22 Sep 1830; citing reference 59; FHL microfilm 476,730..

3. "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFDZ-YLJ : accessed 1 February 2016), Benjamin Smothers and Nancy York, 22 Sep 1830; citing reference 59; FHL microfilm 476,730..

4. , "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFDZ-YLJ : accessed 1 February 2016), Benjamin Smothers and Nancy York, 22 Sep 1830; citing reference 59; FHL microfilm 476,730. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).