17. ROLAND C.7 SMATHERS (HENRY6, HEINRICH"HENRY"5, WILLIAM4SMITHERII, WILHELM"WILLIAM"3SCHMETTER, JOHN2SMOTHERS, JAMES1) was born September 26, 1844 in Haywood Co., NC, and died 1907. He married MARY ELIZABETH JONES September 26, 1866, daughter of GRAHAM JONES and ELIZA EVANS. She was born 1846.
Notes for ROLAND C. SMATHERS:
Rolen C. Smathers, Pvt, enlisted Haywood County, NC, May 4, 1861. Present or accounted for thru Aug 1862, transferred to Co. E, Infantry Regiment, Thomas Legion Oct 5, 1862 while absent without leave.
1880 Census, Haywood Co., NC: Smathers, Rowland, 35; Mary E., 34; Daniel G., 12; Henry A., 10; Charles D., 3; Henry, 84, father.
Dale Smathers, 130 Townwood Way, Encinitas, California 92024, states that his Great Grandfather, Roland Smathers, went to Washington, following a son, who started for the Alaska gold rush and settled in Washington instead.
Children of ROLAND SMATHERS and MARY JONES are:
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DANIEL G.8 SMATHERS, b. 1867; d. 1919; m. MARY C. ENSLEY; b. 1876; d. 1956.
