1 Mitchell C. Smith tombstone, Woodward Township Cemetery, Linden (Lycoming County), PA.

2 Ronald E. Smith, e-mail message from <tewapack@rt66.com> to Steven M. Wurster, 14 Nov 1998.

3 Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Ancestry.com, 1997. The SSDI component of Ancestry.com is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

4 Watson Kiess, "The Kiess Family", (Williamsport, PA, no publisher, 1957), page 18.

5 Mr. Watson Kiess, History of the Kiess Family, Who Came From Germany and Settled In Pennsylvania In the Early 1800's, (1957).

6 Mary E. Smith tombstone, Woodward Township Cemetery, Linden (Lycoming County), PA.

7 Descendants of Anton Pepperman, familytreemaker.com, online <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/u/i/Mary-R-Guinter/>, Pepperman data downloaded 22 Nov 2000, Information from Ron Smith 14 Nov 1998.