When William Barnett Smothers was born on 4 February 1850, in Knightstown, Wayne Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, his father, James C Smothers, was 22 and his mother, Minerva Jane Thomas, was 19. He married Laura Ann Snodgrass on 13 January 1872, in Delta, Keokuk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Delta, Keokuk, Iowa, United States for about 15 years. He died on 27 August 1928, in Lancaster, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Garrett Cemetery, Delta, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
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Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English (Cheshire): variant of Smithers . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
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