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Walter Lee Smith

Walter Lee Smith

Male 1891 - 1967  (76 years)

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  • Name Walter Lee Smith  [1
    Born 17 Jul 1891  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 6 Jun 1900  Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 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
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Leroy township, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 1. Smith, Samuel R., head, male, white, 29, first marriage, married 5 years, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, renting, farm schedule no. 20
      2. _____, Lucie A., wife, female, whtie, 24, first marriage, married 5 years, 2 children 2 living, Missouri, West Virginia, Missouri, can read and write
      3. _____, Olive [initial?], daughter, female, whtie, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Charley S., son, male, white, 10 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      5. _____, Walter L., brother, male, white, 18, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, working out, can read and write
    Occupation 1917  Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Coal miner, for the Liberal Coal Mining Company. 
    Census 5 Jan 1920  Ozark township, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 1. Smith, Andrew J., head, owns farm with mortgage, male, white, 61, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 9
      2. _____, Mary C., wife, female, white, 60, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      3. _____, Walter, son, male, white, 28 widowed, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, fireman, steam shovel
      4. _____, Flossie [F.], daughter, female, white, 19, single, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
      5. _____, Elsie [F.], daughter, female, white, 16, single, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
      6. _____, Wayne D., grandson, male, white, 3 10/12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
    Census 2 Apr 1930  Ozark township, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 1. Smith, Walter L., head, owns, farm, male, white, 38, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, laborer, steam shovel, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 10
      2. _____, Ruth A., wife, female, white, 28, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana
      3. _____, Wayne D., son, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Richard, son, male, white, 8, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Kansas
      5. _____, Ralph E., son, male, white, 5, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Kansas
      6. _____, Raymond, son, male, white, 1 11/12, Missouri, Missouri, Kansas
    Census 5 Apr 1940  Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • 1. Smith, Walter L., owns, value $300, head, male, white, 48, married, completed grade 9, Missouri, same house (1935, not a farm), is seeking work, engineer, steam shovel, worked 12 weeks, income $600
      2. _____, Ruth, wife, female, white, 38, married, completed grade 8, Kansas, same house
      3. _____, Richard, son, male, white, 18, single, attending school, completed 3 years of high school, Missouri, same house
      4. _____, Jean, son, male, white, 15, attending school, completed grade 9, Missouri, same house
      5. _____, Raymon, son, male, white, 11, attending school, completed grade 6, Missouri, same house
      6, _____, Nadine, daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri
    Residence Aug 1950  Mindenmines, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    The 1950 obituary of his sister Alice A. (Smith) Brooks names him as her brother Walter, of Mindenmines. 
    Died Nov 1967  Mindenmines, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • SSDI gives last address as Barton County, but doesn't actually specifiy place of death.
    Person ID I3463  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2014 

    Father Andrew Jackson Smith,   b. 20 Sep 1858, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1940, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1920, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1878  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11, 12
    Family ID F1174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Edna Duncan,   b. 3 Jan 1895, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1916, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years) 
    Married 10 Jul 1914  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 13
    Children 
     1. Wayne D. Smith,   b. Abt 1916, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ruth Agnes Craft,   b. 13 Nov 1901, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1993, Mindenmines, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1921  Liberal, Barton County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    • Searching has failed to discover a marriage record for Walter and his second wife in the digital Missouri marriage records found on Ancestry.com. However, the 1930 census indicates that Ruth was first married at age 19, calculating to a year of 1921, supporting the data found in the Smith book.
    Children 
     1. Richard Smith,   b. Abt 1922, Barton County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ralph E. Smith,   b. Abt 1925, Barton County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Raymon Smith,   b. Abt 1928, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Nadine Smith,   b. Abt 1935, Barton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S2770] "World WarI I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com accessed 14 Oct 2012), Walter L. Smith, serial no. 1010, order no. 49, Barton County, Missouri; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,683,092.

    3. [S2771] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2012), entry for Walter Smith, 1967, SS no. 511-10-2635.

    4. [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.

    5. [S2733] 1910 U.S. census, Barton County, Missouri, population schedule, Leroy township, enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 1B, p. 1 (stamped, verso), dwelling 20, family 21, Samuel R. Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 768.

    6. [S2768] 1930 U.S. census, Barton County, Missouri, population schedule, Ozark township, enumeration district (ED) 6-17, sheet 1A, p. 257 (stamped, recto), dwelling 11, family 11, Walter L. Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1175.

    7. [S2715] 1920 U.S. census, Barton County, Missouri, population schedule, Ozark township, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheets 1A-B (penned), p. 242, (stamped), dwelling 11, family 11, Andrew J. Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 902.

    8. [S2769] 1940 U.S. census, Barton County, Missouri, population schedule, [township not stated] , enumeration district (ED) 6-17 sheets 2B-3A, pp. 166b-167a, (stamped), household 39, Walter L. Smith household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2084.

    9. [S4284] “Alice A. Brooks,” Liberal (Missouri) News, 10 August 1950, p.1, col. 4; [likely reel no. 26584], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.

    10. [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.

    11. [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.

    12. [S4372] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book C:17, A. J. Smith-Mary Walker, 1878, certificate and return; Recorder's Office, West Plains.

    13. [S2766] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 148 [loose papers, jacket only filmed, no return], for Walter L. Smith -Edna Duncam (1914); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.