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Thanks for the info, I now have some different places to look. I spent most of my time
last year looking around Anderson. The Anderson IN paper had a slightly different
obituary for Otho:
"OTHO SMITH DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Otho S. F. Smith, age 67, died shortly after noon today at his home, 626 Jackson St., from
a heart attack. He had been ill for approximately four years. City firemean responded
to a resuscitator call in Mr. Smith's behalf but were unable to save him.
Mr. Smith was an artist and writer and a retired doctor of electrotherapy. He was born
at Fort Recovery, O., and had spent most of his life in that area. He had lived here for
the past sixteen years.
Surviving are one son, Manetho H. Smith, Anderson; a sister, Mrs. Berthy E. Henkey,
Lafayette; a brother, Charles D. Smith, this city, and a grandson, James Short, Mohawk,
[Hancock County] Ind.
The body was taken to the Harold E. Rizelle funeral home. Arrangements for services
have not been completed." Mon. Aug 22, 1949. Anderson Daily Bulletin, p. 11.
Do you know anything about this James Short? Would very much like to see any photos
of this family.
More on Manetho's ancestry, of which he probably knew very little:
From the book "These Men Have Seen Hard Service" On the
Fourth of July [1863] quite a celebration was held on the reservation in Oceana County
[MI].(56) The principal speaker was Capt. Edwin V. Andress, who looked resplendant in his
officer's uniform. Andress would ultimately command the Indian company. Louis
Genereau [Sr.], who had considerable influence with this band of Ottawas although he was
only half Indian, interpreted Andress's remarks for the crowd. Also backing up
Andress was Chief Paw-baw-me, one of the Ottawa subchiefs. Both orators urged the young
men to enlist. Led by young Louis Genereau, Jr., the 18-year-old son of the interpreter,
25 men joined the colors. All would serve in Company K, the "Indian company."
p. 148 [Spotsylvania Court House] Over the crash of musketry the rebels could hear war
cries of the Ottawas and Chippewas, as they let the Confederates know "they were
standing on dangerous ground." The Indian company held the left side fronting the
woods, from which Lane's remaining men poured a murderous fire. The unerring aim from
Company K kept the enemy at bay. They held their ground as their young lieutenant,
"mild, calm" Garrett Graveraet, kept his watch on the firing line. One of his
men ran to tell the lieutenant that his father, 1st Sgt. Henry Graveraet, had been shot in
the head. The son ran to the father's body and saw that he was already dead.
Casualites mounted in Company K. Cpls. Samuel Going and Benjamin Greensky were already
dead. The Mash-kaw brothers, James and John, both died on the line. Big Tom Ke-chi-ti-go
had his left arm broken by a shell fragment. Sgt. Louis Genereau was hit in the left leg.
Daniel Maw-ke-we-naw of Bear River [Petoskey] went down with three wounds. Mark
Pe-she-kee caught a bullet in his left shoulder; and Simon Keji-kowe sustained a severe
wound in his left side. All told, the Indians lost at least 17 men in the fight. [91]
p.186
For three days they were confined in an old tobacco warehouse in the city. Then they
boarded a train with hundreds of other captives taken at Petersburg; prisoner-of-war camps
awaited all of them.(111) Because of the confusion in Petersburg, a few of the
Sharpshooters did manage to escape. Some of the Indians set fire to their quarters.
Their cries brought out the rebel sentries, who opened the doors and tried to extinguish
the blaze; in the bedlam the prisoners ran off in all directions. At least one of them --
Sgt. Louis Genereau of Company K -- reached his own lines the next evening and told of the
capture of the men in the salient.(120)" -- 17 June 1864
Sgt. Genereau was Manetho's great-grandfather. The apple doesn't fall far
from the tree.