J. Neal Smith

1908 - 1981  (72 years)

• Name	J. Neal Smith  [1, 2]
  Born	1 Apr 1908	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Feb 1981	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Neal, his wife Hazel, and their grandson were killed in a car accident on their way to church for Wednesday evening services,
  Buried	Greenlawn Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I3405	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Ewell Smith,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Missouri, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1962, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Ida Elizabeth Walker,   b. 27 Nov 1880, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 15 Jul 1966, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1905	Sepulpa, Muskogee County, Indian Territory, USA   [4, 5]
  	First marriage
  Divorced	Abt 1913-1915
  	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.
  Family ID	F1153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hazel Irene Smith,   b. 25 Aug 1913, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1981, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	8 May 1936	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3, 6]
  	License only; presumed married that day. Note on license said," Publish May 11."
  Children	+ 1. Dawn Smith,   b. 15 Aug 1941, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  My Dad: Nice, but a "sharpy." Sharp with a dollar, came out on top with trades, etc. Jack would probably tell a story of Neal never returning something.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4039] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 November 2013), entry for J. Smith, February 1981, SS no. 495-40-7014. [S4040] Robert J. Stauffer, Jr., contributor, "J. Neal Smith" (1881), database, Greenlawn Cemetery (Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri), memorial no. 14587816, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 29 November 2013). [S151] Smith, Ewell (email). [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. [S4047] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license no. 96, Neal Smith-Hazel Smith, 8 May 1936; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 November 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.