John E. Smothers
b. July 1853
wife Julia A., b. 1854; d. 1945, buried in
St. Mary's Church cemetery, Petersville, MD
age at marriage, 23; m. 1876)
in Burkittsville in 1880 with 1 boy John E. and 1 dau Lucy(d. Oct 1970)
(two other children Thomas A and Cecelia E buried in
St. Mary's Church cemetery, Petersville, MD,
d. 1893 and 1898, repectively, as is Lucy)
Farm laborer

in Burkittsville in 1900 with 4 boys incl. Frederick S, age 13
Stone mason