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I am going to post this information as it could be a relative of your Mathias.
Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada 1971 July 24 page 7
Mathias Schmith, Lander Native dead at 91
Mathias J Schmith, 91, of 565 Cololonal Way, died Thursday at his home after a long
illness. Born Oct. 27, 1879 in Lander County, he was a lifetime Nevada resident and
worked as a rancher in Lander County and the Reno Area.
Surviving are daughter Agnes Heidtmann, son Louis W. Schmith, grandchildren Gary and
Roy Schmith, all of Reno and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Walton Funeral Home with the Rev. W.
E. Clawson Jr. officiating. Entombment will follow at the Mountain View Mausoleum.
Reno Evening Gazette 1953 June 15 page 3
Mrs. emma Schmith of Reno id dead
Mrs. Emma schmith of 565 Colonial Way, died at a local hospital on June 15.
Born in Bever City, Utah, she had resided in Reno for the last 35 years. Mrs. Schmith
is survived by her husband, Mathias J. Schmith of Reno; a daughter Mrs. Agnes L. Heidtman
and a son Louis W. Schmith of Reno; her mother Mrs. Sadie Swindelhurst of Battle Mountain;
two grandsons, Gary and Roy Schmith of Reno; several brothers and sisters and nieces and
nephews.
Funeral arrangements which are incomplete will be announed by the Walton Funerl Home,
875 West Second St.
Arline in Reno