The oldest of nine, John Thomas Smyth was born in Missouri in 1840. His parents were George Comegys Smyth and Margaret Ann Dent Rochester Smyth. His siblings included:
Elizabeth Smyth
Darious Hynson Smyth
Margaret Ann Smyth
Sarah Smyth
Leah Jane Smyth
Josephine Smyth
George A. Smyth, JR
Presley Smyth
He married Candice Jane Zumwalt and together they had 4 children:
George Adam Smyth, born 1872
Margaret Louise Smyth Born 1873
Frank Smyth born abt 1875
John T. Smyth, Jr born 1877
John Thomas Smyth, Sr was killed by indians along with his father on Jun 14 1878.
His granddaughter, Marjorie Ann Smyth (daughter of George Adam Smyth) would go on to marry my grandmother's half brother, Andrew Jackson Shull, Jr.
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FYI: The Facebook website called "Claire Mcgill Luce Western History Room" on June 18, 2015, has a recording of the following:
"Listen as Marion Louie recounts the story told to her by her father-in-law, Chief Louie, a former scout for the US military, detailing the 1878 Bannock Indian raid on the Smyth place in Happy Valley in Harney County, Oregon.
Read or listen to more of this interview in Oral History #37 in the archives of the Claire McGill Luce Western History Room."
Elizabeth Smyth
Darious Hynson Smyth
Margaret Ann Smyth
Sarah Smyth
Leah Jane Smyth
Josephine Smyth
George A. Smyth, JR
Presley Smyth
He married Candice Jane Zumwalt and together they had 4 children:
George Adam Smyth, born 1872
Margaret Louise Smyth Born 1873
Frank Smyth born abt 1875
John T. Smyth, Jr born 1877
John Thomas Smyth, Sr was killed by indians along with his father on Jun 14 1878.
His granddaughter, Marjorie Ann Smyth (daughter of George Adam Smyth) would go on to marry my grandmother's half brother, Andrew Jackson Shull, Jr.
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FYI: The Facebook website called "Claire Mcgill Luce Western History Room" on June 18, 2015, has a recording of the following:
"Listen as Marion Louie recounts the story told to her by her father-in-law, Chief Louie, a former scout for the US military, detailing the 1878 Bannock Indian raid on the Smyth place in Happy Valley in Harney County, Oregon.
Read or listen to more of this interview in Oral History #37 in the archives of the Claire McGill Luce Western History Room."
The oldest of nine, John Thomas Smyth was born in Missouri in 1840. His parents were George Comegys Smyth and Margaret Ann Dent Rochester Smyth. His siblings included:
Elizabeth Smyth
Darious Hynson Smyth
Margaret Ann Smyth
Sarah Smyth
Leah Jane Smyth
Josephine Smyth
George A. Smyth, JR
Presley Smyth
He married Candice Jane Zumwalt and together they had 4 children:
George Adam Smyth, born 1872
Margaret Louise Smyth Born 1873
Frank Smyth born abt 1875
John T. Smyth, Jr born 1877
John Thomas Smyth, Sr was killed by indians along with his father on Jun 14 1878.
His granddaughter, Marjorie Ann Smyth (daughter of George Adam Smyth) would go on to marry my grandmother's half brother, Andrew Jackson Shull, Jr.
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FYI: The Facebook website called "Claire Mcgill Luce Western History Room" on June 18, 2015, has a recording of the following:
"Listen as Marion Louie recounts the story told to her by her father-in-law, Chief Louie, a former scout for the US military, detailing the 1878 Bannock Indian raid on the Smyth place in Happy Valley in Harney County, Oregon.
Read or listen to more of this interview in Oral History #37 in the archives of the Claire McGill Luce Western History Room."
Elizabeth Smyth
Darious Hynson Smyth
Margaret Ann Smyth
Sarah Smyth
Leah Jane Smyth
Josephine Smyth
George A. Smyth, JR
Presley Smyth
He married Candice Jane Zumwalt and together they had 4 children:
George Adam Smyth, born 1872
Margaret Louise Smyth Born 1873
Frank Smyth born abt 1875
John T. Smyth, Jr born 1877
John Thomas Smyth, Sr was killed by indians along with his father on Jun 14 1878.
His granddaughter, Marjorie Ann Smyth (daughter of George Adam Smyth) would go on to marry my grandmother's half brother, Andrew Jackson Shull, Jr.
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FYI: The Facebook website called "Claire Mcgill Luce Western History Room" on June 18, 2015, has a recording of the following:
"Listen as Marion Louie recounts the story told to her by her father-in-law, Chief Louie, a former scout for the US military, detailing the 1878 Bannock Indian raid on the Smyth place in Happy Valley in Harney County, Oregon.
Read or listen to more of this interview in Oral History #37 in the archives of the Claire McGill Luce Western History Room."
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