Rev. Smathers was a Presbyterian missionary who relocated and installed two known organs to Taiwan from the United States - both from Virginia.

Rev Smathers passed away in 1990 at age 63 - his missionary work in Taiwan was apparently from 1974 to 1979: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/183675353/

Updated through online information from J. A. Hefner: Rev. Smathers passed away in 1990 at age 63 - his missionary work in Taiwan was apparently from 1974 to 1979: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/183675353/