1. JOHN PIERSON SMITHART was born 1827 in KY., and died August 20, 1899 in Iowa. He married (1) MILLICENT S. W. RUBY June 14, 1845 in Washington Co., KY., daughter of CHARLES RUBY and SUSANNAH BURNS. She was born November 26, 1829 in KY., and died July 1854 in Iowa. He married (2) SARAH ANN RUBY December 07, 1854 in Keokuk Co, Iowa, daughter of JOHN RUBY and ELIZABETH MILLER. She was born 1830, and died December 22, 1883.

Children of JOHN SMITHART and MILLICENT RUBY are:

i. MARTHA JANE SMITHART, b. March 29, 1845, KY.; d. November 11, 1906, Sigourney, Iowa. ii. JOHN WILLIAM SMITHART, b. 1848.

iii. JAMES W. SMITHART, b. May 10, 1849, KY.; d. November 14, 1925, Iowa.

iv. SARAH E. SMITHART, b. 1852.

v. MARY FRANCES SMITHART, b. March 13, 1854; d. October 08, 1919; m. HUGH REINER.

Children of JOHN SMITHART and SARAH RUBY are:

vi. MILAS ELVIN SMITHART, b. October 24, 1855; d. July 24, 1923; m. JOSEPHINE GARDNER.

vii. HARVEY SMITHART, b. January 19, 1858; d. May 1858.

viii. LOUIS RUSSELL SMITHART, b. 1860; d. June 08, 1922; m. SARAH J. REINER.

ix. PERRY MARSHALL SMITHART, b. November 04, 1863; d. March 02, 1929.

x. NORRIS LEONARD SMITHART, b. 1864; d. 1940; m. LORA J. QUICKSAND. xi. FILANDO WOODEN SMITHART, b. 1868; d. 1943; m. LYDIA DOBBS.

xii. MILLIE SMITHART, b. 1870; d. June 16, 1916; m. SAM BUTLER.