Benjamin Andrew Smith

1886 - 1950  (64 years)

• Name	Benjamin Andrew Smith  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	30 Nov 1886	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jun 1900	Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	1. Smith, A. Jackson, head, white, male, September 1858, 41, married, married 22 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 44 2. _____, Mary C., wife, white, female, January 1860, 40, married 22 years, 10 children 8 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Samuel R., son, white, male, November 1881, 18, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, not attending school, can read and write 4. _____, William W., son, white, male, November 1882, 17, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, not employed 6 months, can read and write 5. _____, Eunice, daughter, white, female, October 1884, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months, can read and write 6. _____, Benjamin, son, white, male, November 1886, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, not employed 9 months, attended school 6 months, can read and write 7. _____, Mary, daughter, white, female, May 1888, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months, can read and write 8. _____, Walter, son, white, male, July 1890, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months 9. _____, Bertha, daughter, white, female, June 1882 [1892], 7, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 6 months
  Residence	Abt 1917-1918  [3]
  	Ben was registered for the draft in Texas County, Missouri, though his address was given as Mountain View, Howell County.
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Date township, Texas County, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	1. Smith, Ben A., head, owns with mortgage, male, white, 33, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 29 2. _____, Mabel, wife, female, white, 27, married, can read and write, Missouri, Norway (Norwegian), Missouri 3. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, cannot read or write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Hellen [Helen], daughter, female, white, 5, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Eva May, daughter, female, white, 1 2/12, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
  Census	28 Apr 1930	Fourth St., Edwardsville, Delaware township, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA   [6]
  	1. Smith, Benjamin A., head, renting, $8, not a farm, male, white, 43, widowed, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, carpenter, independent, not a veteran 2. _____, L. Helen, daughter, female, white, 15, not attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Eva-May, daughter, female, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Edna L., daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, James D., son, male, white, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
  Missing Census	1940
  	Could not be located in 1940 census. Nothing further known of his children.
  Residence	Aug 1950	Edwardsville, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA   [7]
  	The 1950 obituary of his sister Alice A. (Smith) Brooks names him as her brother "Ben" of Edwardsville, Kansas.
  Died	After 1950  [6, 7]
  Person ID	I3461	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Andrew Jackson Smith,   b. 20 Sep 1858, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 24 Feb 1940, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 26 Feb 1920, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	17 Jan 1878	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [4, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Dubwig,   b. 1 Jul 1891, Shannon County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1928, Mountain View, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Married	6 Feb 1909	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [4, 11]
  	Smith book offers same day and month, but a year of 1910, clearly a contradiction to the original record.
  Children	1. Irene Smith,   b. at 1922, Missouri, USA   2. Helen Smith,   b. Abt 1915, Missouri, USA   3. Eva May Smith,   b. Abt 1919, Missouri, USA   4. James D. Smith,   b. Abt 1925, Missouri, USA
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother). [S2713] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 3B (penned), p. 25 (stamped, verso), dwelling 53, household 54, A. Jackson Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860. [S2753] "World WarI I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com accessed 14 Oct 2012), Benjamin Andrew Smith, serial no. 525, order no. 28, Texas County, Missouri; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,683,934. [S11] Alta A. Dayton, Record of the Posterity of Samuel Harrison Smith and Caroline Mooney Smith and Mary Ellen Batman Smith (Publisher: [N. p.], 1957). [S2751] 1920 U.S. census, Texas County, Missouri, population schedule, Date township, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 2B (penned), p. 86, (stamped, verso), dwelling 32, family 33, Ben A. Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 965. [S2755] 1930 U.S. census, Wyandotte County, Kansas, population schedule, Edwardsville (Fourth St.), Delaware township, enumeration district (ED) 105-66, sheets 1B-2A, pp. 20b-21a (stamped), dwelling 23, family 23, Benjamin A. Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 726. [S4284] “Alice A. Brooks,” Liberal (Missouri) News, 10 August 1950, p.1, col. 4; [likely reel no. 26584], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S2717] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1978]: 17, A. J. Smith-Mary Walker, 17 January 1878; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 August 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S2709] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 25 (penned), p. 469 (stamped, recto), dwelling 200, family 200, A. Jackson Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no. 1,254,691. [S4372] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book C:17, A. J. Smith-Mary Walker, 1878, certificate and return; Recorder's Office, West Plains. [S2752] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license and return, book [not stated]: 108, for Benjamin A. Smith-Mable Dubwigg (1909); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .