Ruth E. Smith

1913 - 1996  (82 years)

• Name	Ruth E. Smith  [1]
  Born	13 Jul 1913	Missouri, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	4 Apr 1940	Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	1. Cochran, Richard, head, renting, $3, male, white, 28, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place 1935, farmer, farm, own account, other source of income, farm schedule no. 9 2. _____, Ruth, wife, female, white, 26, married, completed 3 years college, Missouri, same house 1935 3. _____, Giles Wesley, son, male, white, 1, Missouri
  Died	2 Apr 1996	Benton County, Arkansas, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I3412	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	29 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   [5, 6]
  	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	Richard H. Cochran,   b. 25 Feb 1912,   d. 13 Feb 1993  (Age 80 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1996	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Giles Wesley Cochran,   b. 19 Dec 1938, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 26 Decmber 2016  (Age 78 years)   2. Merrilyn Cochran   3. Mike Cochran   4. Richard Cochran, DNA
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Taught elementery school, Mtn View. Not attractive. Tall and skinny.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1030] Walker, Irene - Personal Memories, (Informal interviews with Irene (Walker) Hanson (Willow Springs, MO), conducted from 1986 through 2007regarding her memories and knowledge of her parents and each of their families.). [S4033] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 November 2013), entry for Ruth E. Cochran, 2 April 1996, SS no. 509-24-4451. [S4037] Robert J. Stauffer, Jr., contributor, "Ruth E. Cochran" (1996), database, Greenlawn Cemetery (Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri), memorial no. 13384425, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 29 November 2013). [S4035] 1940 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 1A, p. 27 (stamped, recto), household no. 8, Richard Cochran household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 November 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2113. [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. [S4034] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license no. 41, Richard-Cochran-Ruth Smith, 12 March 1938; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 November 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.