Bob & Betty Smither of Louisville, KY:Information about John W. Smither
John W. Smither (b. Abt. 1783, d. date unknown)
Notes for John W. Smither:
E-mail, 1/30/07, [email protected]:I think the dates you give fit in beautifully with OED's earliest
citation.In my edition that earliest quote on the occupation is from 1432.
That's really a fascinating item you have sent.
The tradition in our family has been to resist belligerantly the
addition of that final s.In my own thinking, if indeed the "-er ending" indicates
agency analogous to thatcher, etc., that final s would be an etymological
error.
E-mail, 1/31/07, same as above:Attn. especially to Terry Smithers:
My son, Chris Smither (William Christopher Smither),
composer/guitarist, has done several performing tours in the UK and is on one such as I write
this.He has played at times in Farnham and says that in view of his name
people there regard him as "a hometown boy."Several years ago he sent me a
picture of a medieval tomb in that area of one Richard Smyther.Thinking of
Terry's reference to that name I have asked my son whether he recalls any further
details.If so I may be able to add more later.
Bill Smither
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More About John W. Smither:
Died 2: 1834, Bibb, AL, USA.1697
Died 3: 1834, Bibb, AL, USA.1697
Children of John W. Smither and Sally (Sarah?) Head are:
- +William N.(2) Smither, b. March 06, 1814, d. Abt. 1854, Between 1853/4 -when last child born- & 1856, when Jane herself sold property.
- John J. Smither, d. date unknown.
- Sarah Ann Smither, d. date unknown.
- Moses F. Smither, b. Abt. 1819, Kentucky, d. date unknown.
- Leonard Noel Smither, b. April 17, 1824, Peaks Mill, Franklin Co, Ky, d. June 12, 1913.
- James H. Smither, b. Bet. 1827 - 1828, Kentucky1698, d. date unknown.
- Anthony T. Smither, b. November 12, 1828, d. date unknown.
- +Richard Thomas Smither, b. September 29, 1829, Owen Co., KY1698, 1699, 1699, d. May 17, 1894, Owen Co., KY1700, 1701, 1701.
- Benjamin Head Smither, b. 1813, d. 1900.