Mattie (Thornton) Smead
June 4, 1935; Oregonian, p 10
"Pioneer Resident of Heppner Dies"
Heppner, June 3

   Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Thornton Smead, wife of Wallace Smead, mayor of Heppner and pioneer resident of this city, will be held at 10 A.M. tomorrow.  Mrs. Smead died here yesterday after a brief illness.
   Mrs. Smead was born near Sedalia, Mo., November 30, 1846.  Her father, Hiram Thornton, served in the Black Hawk war in 1831 and 1832 with Abraham Lincoln.  During the civil war the family lived near the Mason and Dixon line and the troops of both sides commandeered horses and fodder from their farm.  Her brothers fought of renegades, known as bushwhackers, identified with neither army.
   She remembered her father calling the negro slaves together and reading them the emancipation proclamation and telling them they could go free if they wished.  The negroes preferred to stay.  She remembered vividly when Jesse James watered his horse at their trough.
   She barely escaped with her life from the Heppner flood June 14, 1903, her home being washed away.  She was married to Joseph E. Glascock August 26, 1866, at Sedalia, Mo.  From this union were born 11 children.  Surviving of these are Roy Glascock, Mount Vernon, Or.; Mrs. Maud Boyd, Caldwell, Idaho; Mrs. Mabel Piper, Marshfield; Mrs. Lena M. White, Heppner, and Frank Glascock, La Grande.
   She was married to Mr. Smead in 1888.  They were the parents of Maurice E. Smead, state manager of the Occidental Life Insurance company.  Mrs. Smead was active in the Woman's Relief corps, Episcopal church, Eastern Star, W. C. T. U., Daughter of the American Revolution and the Degree of Honor.