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William Edward SMITH

Male 1910 - 1945  (35 years)


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  • Name William Edward SMITH 
    Birth 19 Mar 1910  Grimes, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence From 1914 to 1919  Battle Lake, Otter Tail, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 9 Jan 1920  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1925  Albion, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 14 Apr 1940  Edenville, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Military Service 16 Oct 1940  Edenville, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 16 Dec 1945  Edenville, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Burial Eden Cemetery, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Person ID I9043  bmds
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2020 

    Father Stephen Myron SMITH,   b. 2 Nov 1879, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1938, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Katherine Elizabeth WOOD,   b. 24 Jan 1876, Mayfield, Fulton, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1967, Edenville, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Ruth ELDRIDGE,   b. 18 May 1922, Clemons, Marshall, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1998, Meridian, Ada, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 16 Dec 1941 
    Age at Marriage William : 31 years old | Eleanor : 19 years old. 
    Children
     1Male. William Edward SMITH, Combs,   b. 18 Sep 1942, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 2010, Apache Junction, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     
    Family ID F3614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Mar 1910 - Grimes, Polk, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1914 to 1919 - Battle Lake, Otter Tail, Minnesota
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jan 1920 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1925 - Albion, Marshall, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 14 Apr 1940 - Edenville, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - 16 Oct 1940 - Edenville, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Dec 1945 - Edenville, Marshall, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Eden Cemetery, Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1920 US Census.
      Smith, William | son | age: 9 | bp: Iowa | fbp: Illinois | mbp: New York

    2. [S15] Internet.
      Source: Iowa State Census, 1925
      Household (head: S. M. Smith)
      Smith, William E. | son | age: 14

    3. [S7] 1940 US Census.
      Household (head: Katherine E. Smith)
      Smith, William E. | son | age: 30 | bp: Iowa | occup: Manager

    4. [S15] Internet.
      Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
      William Edward Smith | addr: Rhodes, Marshall, Iowa | b: 19 Mar 1910 (Grimes, Pol, Iowa) | Next of kin: Mrs. K. E. Smith (mother)

    5. [S4] Obituary.
      Smith Funeral To Be Wednesday At Rhodes
       RHODES — (Special) — Funeral services for William E. Smith, 34, Rhodes man missing since Dec. 16, whose frozen body was found Sunday in a field near Baxter, will held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Rhodes Methodist church in charge of Rev. Harry Sippel of Adel. Masonic rites will be conducted at the grave and burial will be in Eden cemetery.
       Altho Smith was last seen on Dec. 16, the sheriffs of Marshall and Jasper counties were not notified of his disappearance until Dec. 23 when a search was instituted.
       W. L. Boswell, Marshall county deputy sheriff, and Ed Scoville, Jasper county deputy, joined in an extented search in the vicinity of the abandoned auto the day following the first report that Smith was missing. About 20 neighbors of Smith at Rhodes took part in that search.
       Later, a much larger searching party was organized and swept thru fields near the spot where the auto was found, but at that time the ground was covered with snow and searchers passed near the spot where Schweinbart found it without observing any trace of the missing man.
       Ralph Toland, Jasper county coroner, went to the scene and said exposure was the apparent cause of death. He reasoned Smith got out of his auto after the tire went down and tried to make his way thru the fields to Baxter but perished in the extreme cold.
       Smith was born March 19, 1910 at Grimes, the son of Stephen and Katherine Smith. Besides his mother and his former wife, Eleanor Eldridge, he is survived by a son, Bill, 3. A sister, Catherine also survives along with his grandmother, Mrs. Nettie Miller of Des Moines.

    6. [S15] Internet.
      William E. Smith | b: March 19, 1910 | wife: Eleanor Smith | divorced | bp: Grimes, Iowa | father: Steve Smith (bp: Illinois) | mother: Kathryn Wood (bp: Mayfield, New York) | informant: Mrs. Eleanor Smith (Des Moines, Ia) | cause of death: Frozen from exposure.

    7. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 58503723.