Birth: 4 Mar 1855, Franklin County, Ohio
Death: 15 Oct 1939, Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Burial: Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Illinois
Occ: Superintendent of Schools, Rossville, Illinois; Physics and Science
Teacher
Educ: Central College, Ohio 1873 to 1875 and later from 1878-1879
(Probably Columbus, Oh)
Reli: Member Methodist Episcopal Church
Father: Henry SMOTHERS (1812-1872)
George William Smethers/Smothers (1770-1852)
Captain George Nicholaus Smethers/Smothers (1742-1825)
William Smither/Smothers (1710-1760)
Mother: Elizabeth (Betsey) BIRDSILL (1819-1890)
2 Jan 1883 when Isaac Alonzo was 27, married Mattie (Martha) L PETERS
Effingham, Illinois.5
They had the following children:
i. Arthur (Howdy) Elton (1884-1973)
ii. William Luther (1886-1893)
iii. Edgar Raymond (1888-1970)
iv. Isaac (Zeke or Geke) Alonzo (1890-1986)
v. Ruth Thurston (1896-1991)
vi. Frank Albert (1901-1981)
