Ancestry of
Neil Patrick Harris

TV and Movie Actor

John A. Smethers

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Neil Patrick Harris — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 30 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Smethers 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah J. Gaster   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 MAR 1851 or 1852 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hancock County, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Dec 1929 
  • Death Location:
  • Bluffton, Wells, Indiana 
  • Burial Date:
  • 30 Dec 1929 
  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Etna Cemetery, Mount Etna, Huntington, Indiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eliza Cecil
  • Marriage Date:
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  • Child:

  Ida Mae Smethers (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Smethers's death certificate and tombstone disagree on his year of birth giving both 1851 and 1852.

• Sources for John A. Smethers

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/06/2021).
  • ² Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for daughter Ida M Hamilton.
  • ³ Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for John A Smethers.
  • ⁴ Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for mother Sarah L Lamdin.

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