Family: Ewell Smith / Ida Elizabeth Walker (F1153)

• Father | Male Ewell Smith

  
  

  Born	2 Oct 1884	Missouri, USA
  Died	27 Oct 1962	Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
  Buried		Prairie Haven Cemetery, Hobbs, New Mexico
  Married	15 Jun 1905  [1, 2]	Sepulpa, Muskogee County, Indian Territory, USA  [1, 2]
  Divorced	Abt 1913-1915
  Father	John Clarence Smith | F467 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Alabam Polk | F467 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Ida Elizabeth Walker

  
  

  Born	27 Nov 1880	Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Died	15 Jul 1966	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Buried		Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Other Spouse	William Franklin "Frank" Johnson | F1154
  Married	28 Aug 1916	Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Father	Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker | F1036 Group Sheet
  Mother	Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder | F1036 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + J. Neal Smith

  
  

  Born	1 Apr 1908	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Died	4 Feb 1981	Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Buried		Greenlawn Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Spouse	Hazel Irene Smith | F464
  Married	8 May 1936	Howell County, Missouri, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Paul Corbett Smith

  
  

  Born	19 Jan 1911	Oklahoma, USA
  Died	24 Jun 1990	Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Buried		Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri, USA
  Spouse	Dorothy Gates | F466
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Ruth E. Smith

  
  

  Born	13 Jul 1913	Missouri, USA
  Died	2 Apr 1996	Benton County, Arkansas, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Richard H. Cochran | F1160
  Married	2 Apr 1996	Howell County, Missouri, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Married: First marriage Divorced: History handed down in the family tells us that Ewell Smith was unfaithful to Ida, and after a separation, when Ewell wanted to reconcile with Ida, her brother Neal said something like "If you go back to her after giving her that disease, I'll kill you." While this may not be strictly accurate, it is likely that it is some version of the truth.

  
  

• Sources

  [S318] Oklahoma, Muskogee - 1910 U.S. Census, Oklahoma, Muskogee County, Agency township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, ED 94, Sheet 18A, Dwelling 28, Family 28, Ewell Smith household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). The 1910 census indicates that Ida and Ewell had been married for 4 years. Since they were both from Howell County, Missouri, it is reasonable to assume that they were married there. However, Missouri marriages are now at Ancestry.com through 2002, and their marriage does not appear in the database, making it seem more possible that they were married in Oklahoma, perhaps. [However, my own marriage in Missouri in 1973 also doesn't appear, although the marriage of my cousin, in the same month, does appear. Possibly not all counties are fully databased yet. [S5453] Muskogee County, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Book S:317, license and return no. 610, Edward Smith [Ewell Smith]-Ida Walker, 1905; \"Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995,\" digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 1 September 2018); FHL film no. 4532527, item 2; original records, county clerk, Muskogee.