They do not appear to have had any children.
1900 US census: Idaho, Kootenai, All townships, ED#62, Jun 11, 1900 - Seneaquateen, Kootenai, Idaho
Warren, Byrd Sep-1876 23 Iowa, Maine, New York
, Mary May-1876 24 Ohio, Canada, Canada1910 census: Idaho, Bonner, Markham,
Warren, Byrd C. 1939 Iowa
, Mary A. 1909 Ohio
Aternate DOB on headstone: 1873
From the Press Democrat on Nov. 14 (or 15?), 1921
Edward H. Franklin Dies at Age of 27
Edward H. Franklin who came here from Stockton about a year ago, died at his home in this city at an early hour yesterday morning after a brief illness. He was a native of Ohio where he was born Oct. 19 1894 and came to California 15 years ago to engage in raching. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Mattie Franklin to mourn his loss.Comments: The birth year should be 1854. I believe the newspaper misread the date as 1894 which gives the reason for the article title. JMC
First school teacher of Sultan, WA. History of SULTAN, WA
1900 census: Seneaquateen, Kootenai, Idaho, 12-Jun-1900
Franklin, Edward A 45 Oct-1854 OH, NY, OH married 7 years
, Mattie C n/a
, Edna M 6 Jul-1893 WA, OH, n/a1910 census: CA, Fresno, Township 4, District 54, 19-Jun-1910
Warren, Mary E. 66, NY, CN, Canada (English), mother-in-law 4 of 5 children living.
Cass, Mildred 14 WA, NY, Iowa cousin
Franklin, Edward A 55 OH, NY, OH married 18 years
, Mattie 41 Iowa, NH, NY 1 of 1 children living
, Edna ? WA, OH, Iowa1920 census: CA, Sonoma, Glen Ellen, District 134, 7-Jan-1920
Franklin, Edward A. 65 OH,OH,OH farmer
, Matie C 50 IO,NH,NY
Warren, Mary E. 74 NY,CN,Canada (French)
Skaggs, Delbert 15 CA,CA,CA
census 1930: CA, Sonoma, Santa Rosa
Franklin, Matie 51 Iowa, New Hampshire, NY, widowed, 23 years old when married. Cook in Hospital.
McNeill, Rhoda 37 partner, nurse(Note: Matie's age is off by 10 years.)
Comment: Middle name is listed as Caroline since known middle initial is C. and father's mother is Caroline. Older brother Joseph is named after father's father.
1900 census, Seneaquateen, Kootenai, Idaho
Provided by Malinda Smith German:
1895 census for Wiscon, Madison Co, IA. states Melvin M. Smith, 26, was born in Shelby Co, IA.
1900 unable to find him.
1910 census for Blackwell City, Kay Co, OK there is M.M. Smith, 42, born in Iowa. He says he has been married for 20 years. Occupation: stone mason. I am fairly sure this is our Melvin Smith. Am unable to find any other records of him or his family.Possibility 1:
1930 census: Iowa, Warren, Palmyra, 24-apr-1930
Smith, M. Frank 62 IA, IN, OH married at 24
, Henrietta A. 60 IA, IN, Maine married at 22
Owens, A. Guy 28 IA, OH, IA son-in-law, married at 23
, Gladys E. 27 IA, IA, IA married at 221920 census: Iowa, Warren, Richland
Smith, H. F. 52 IA, IN, OH
, Retta 50 IA, OH, Maine
, Gladys 18 IA
, Robert 17 IA
Possibility 2:1920 census: Iowa, Appanoose, Walnut, 7-Jan-1920
Smith, Melvin 51 Iowa, MO, Iowa
, Lillie 53? Iowa, Ohio, MO
, Mable 15 Iowa, Iowa, Iowa1900 census: Iowa, Appanoose, Walnut, 9-Jun-1900
Smith, Melvin Feb 1868 32 Iowa, MO, Iowa, married for 13 years
, Lillie Jun 1866 34 Iowa, Ohio, Iowa, married for 13 years
, Lowell Oct 1887 12 Iowa
, Isco Jun IowaPossibility 3:
1930 census: Iowa, Marshall, Bangor, 5-Apr-1930
Smith, Melvin 56 Iowa, Ohio, IN married at 28 pastor Friends church
, Anna 52 Ohio, Ohio, OH married at 23 pastor Friends church1920 census: Iowa, Cedar, Springdale, 31-Jan-1920
Smith, Melvin 46 Iowa, Ohio, IN Minister church
, Anna 42 Ohio, Ohio, OH1910 census: Iowa, Henry, Salem twp, 27-Apr-1910
Smith, Melvin 36 Iowa, Ohio, IN minister Friends Church
, Anna 32 Ohio, Ohio, OH minister Friends Church
, Virgil 5 Iowa, Iowa, Ohio
1930 census: Kasota twp, Le Seuer Co, MN, pg 4-B
indexed Ramond Smith. Major, Lavern and Dorothy are still living at home.1920 census: IA, Audubon, Viola, [20-24]- Jan-1920
Smith, Raymond 47, IA, PA, PA
, Alda F. 47, IA, OH, PA
, Cecil H. 15, IA, IA, IA
, Major I. 13, IA, IA, IA
, Raymond 10, IA, IA, IA
, Alda M. 8, IA, IA, IA
, Lavern 6, IA, IA, IA
, Dorthia P. 5, IA, IA, IA
Dutler, William C. 27, IA, Germany, Germany
, Esta F. 20, IA, IA, IA1910 census: IA, Guthrie, Seely
Smith, Raymond 47, IA, IA, IA
, Alda F. 47, IA, IA, IA
, Nile E. 13, IA, IA, IA
, Esta 10, IA, IA, IA
, Cecil H. 6, IA, IA, IA
, Major 4, IA, IA, IA
, Raymond 2, IA, IA, IA
This is most likely the son of Elijah even though parent birth states are incorrect.
1900 census: Iowa, Audubon, Exira, 6-Jun-1900
Smith, Ray Aug 1873 27 Iowa, Iowa, Iowa married 4 years
, Flora A. Aug 1874 25 Iowa, Iowa, Iowa 3 births, 2 living
, Nile Nov 1896 3 Iowa,
, Esta Aug 1899 9/12 Iowa,
Middle name, birth and death dates taken from MN death index. State file number 029974.
Middle initial, birth and death dates from MN death index. State file number 003019.
MN death index, state file number 027654, has the same dates and location as the SSDI.
Obituary: George Smith Dies After Long Illness, Provided by Malinda Smith German
George W. Smith of Sioux City passed away last Friday evening after suffering for the past several years from diabetes. Death came while he was asleep, having been in a diabetic coma. He was born at Audubon, Iowa, October 8, 1879. He was 53 years of age at the time of his death. Mr. Smith was well known in Hartley and vicinity where he lived for many years and owned a barber shop here before moving to Sioux City a little more than a year ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Smith; three sons, Merle, Maurice and Robert, all of Sioux City and one daughter, Emma who teaches in the Indian school at Flandreau, S.D.; four brothers, Grover of Omaha, Neb., Ray of Mankato, Minn., and Jess and Mell of Washington state, and two sisters, Mrs. Rose Martin of Calamus, Iowa and Mrs. Carl Warren of Portland, OR. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at Westcott's funeral home and the body was brought to Peterson, Iowa, Monday afternoon for burial. Short services were held at the cemetery at 1:30 o'clock. One brother, Grover Smith of Omaha attended the funeral.
Notes (provided by Malinda Smith German)
George and Carrie moved from Peterson to Sheldon, Iowa before the birth of their son Merle in 1908. In the 1910 and 1920 census for Hartley, O'Brien Co, IA, George is a barber working in his own shop.WW I draft registration: George W. Smith, Hartley, O'Brien Co, IA, age 38, b. Oct .8, 1879. Barber, self-employed. Nearest relative Carrie Smith, Hartley.
Medium height, slender build, blue eyes, light hair, no disabilities. Signed Sept. 12, 1918, Local board, Primghar, Iowa.1930 census Hartley, O'Brien Co, IA, pg 10-B.
George is not working. Carrie is a cosmetologist in a beauty shop. Merle is living at home, working as a barber. Maurice is selling magazines. House is valued at $5,000.George and Carrie sold the house they had built in Hartley and moved their family to Sioux City, IA, where George entered a treatment program for alcoholism. Carrie claimed later that George died because they did not give him the insulin he needed to control his diabetes.
Notes for Carrie Pearl Bowen from various undated newspaper clippings.
Mrs. Smith, wife of Hartley's new barber, was down from Sheldon Friday. Mrs. Smith is a very pleasant lady and we hope the Hartley ladies will make her feel at home.
Mrs. Carrie Smith moved her household goods to Peterson Friday to the home of her parents. Her youngest son Bob will make his home with his grandparents until Mrs. Smith finds a satisfactory location and employment. Maurice has returned to the C.C.C. camp at McGregor and Merle will continue his work at the Rooney barber shop and live at the home of Mrs. W.L. Briggs (1934)
Mrs. Carrie Smith and brother, Bret Bowen, drove to Primghar last Thursday for a visit with Merle Smith. Mrs. Smith remained there until Sunday, when Bret and Bobby Smith went up and took her to Miller's Bay Hotel at Okoboji where she will work this year.
Malinda's notes:
Occupation: Beautician. Owned the first beauty shop in Hartley, before their move to Sioux City. After George's death, Carrie and her sons, Merle, Maurice and Bob moved back to Hartley, Iowa. During the depression, after her move back to Hartley, she worked out as a mother's helper; cooking, cleaning and caring for new babies. It was at this time 1935 to 1937 my mother and I lived with Carrie, Merle and Bob. In the early 1940's Carrie owned and operated a small cafe she named "The Hamburger Shop". Besides the hamburger and sandwich menus at lunchtime, she prepared hot dishes and full meals for dinner. She would start her day at 4:30 in the morning, to get the pies baked and preparations made for whatever was on the menu for the day. She had a girl or two to help with serving and washing dishes. At this time, she lived in a walk up apartment on the main street over a grocery store. I remember staying with her for a couple weeks in 1944 when I was eight years old. It was when Bob was in the service stationed in England. Often in the evening, she would deal and "read" the cards, hoping they would give her some good news. She told me a bit about what the cards meant, but I don't remember any of it, except I think the Queen of Spades meant death. After she sold the Hamburger Shop, she worked as a cook at one of the other cafes in Hartley. By this time, she was living in a one bedroom house, built by her son Bob, next door to Merle and Gladys. Carrie had a big garden every year, canning much of her harvest, until she was in her ninties. She had an upright piano in her living room and upon occasion would play it; usually at the request of her grandchildren.The Hartley Sentinel - SMITH HAMBURGER SHOP CHANGES HANDS
The Smith Hamburger Shop which has been under the ownership and management for the past five years of Mrs. Carrie Smith was sold on Monday of this week to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fletcher of Kingsley. Mr. Fletcher took immediate possession. Mrs. Smith's plans for the future are undecided except for a good rest. (Carrie wrote "Sold out June 11th, 1945)SERVICES HELD FOR CARRIE SMITH
Funeral services for Carrie Pearl Smith were held Thursday, October 20, 1983 at 1:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Hartley. The Reverend Clair Kern officiated. Honorary casket bearers were Forrest Newcomer and Barb Kenyon. Casket bearers were E.P. Casper, Ingwer Hansen, Stan Bremer, Dave Smith, Emil Lux and Jim Hesse. Burial was at Pleasant View Cemetery, Hartley, Iowa with the Baumgarten Funeral
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records. (Found on Ancestry.com)
Robert C. Smith, born 1922 in Iowa. Enlistment date: 28 Jul 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa. No branch assignment. Grade Private. Term of enlistment for the duration of the war. Education 4 years of high school. Civil occupation Airplane Engine Mechanic or Carburetor Specialist. Married. Height 98. Weight 696.Undated news clippings. Probably from The Hartley Sentinal, supplied by Malinda Smith German
RECEIVED PRAISE OF GENERAL, AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND DEPOT, England
High praise from his commanding general opened 1945 overseas for Pfc. Robert C. Smith, son of Mrs. Carrie Smith of Hartley, Iowa
Serving in the flight test section at this Air Service Command depot in England he and his fellow soldiers set a record in 1944 testing more than 7,500 front-line aircraft for delivery to combat units for action over Germany.
Commending their battle-backing efforts, Brigadier General Morris Berman of San Antonio declared: "Working for months without days off before D-Day; stepping up their output to meet the demands of airborne operations in Holland; sweating night and day to get planes into the air for every raid over Germany, these men have outdone themselves in the thankless job of backing the 1944 aerial offensive against Germany."
A soldier since July 18, 1943, he has been overseas for 17 months. He was formerly employed by Boeing Aircraft Co., Seattle, Washington and graduated from Hartley high school.ARRIVE IN STATES
Pfc. Robert Smith and Pfc. Arvid Fick were among those who landed in New York Friday on the Queen Elizabeth. They are expected home soon.HOME FROM OVERSEAS
Pfc. and Mrs. Robert Smith and small son arrived the past week from LaCrosse, Wisc. and are spending some time here with his mother, Mrs. Carrie Smith and his sister, Mrs. Randolph Mann, and brother, Merle and family. They visited in Eyota, Minn, with Maurice Smith and family. Pfc. Smith has been in service over two years and most of that time he was overseas.BOB SMITH NAMED HOBO DAY CHAIRMAN (Britt, Iowa)
Organization of the 1959 Hobo Day Aug. 18, swung into formal high gear this week with the naming of Bob Smith as general chairman.
While some phases of Hobo Day and the National Hobo Convention were already underway, the planning for the parade, stew and coronation are just beginning.
Smith, owner of Bowen Food Center for three years, is on the board of directors of the Britt Commercial Club, which sponsors Hobo Day. He has also served on the retail committee.BRITT PILOT DESIGNS, BUILDS CAR THAT RUNS ON AIR CUSHION
BRITT - Bob Smith, Britt, owner of the Bowen Food Center has designed and built an "Air Car", a wheel-less platform which glides along on a cushion of air about a foot above the ground. He was assisted by H.R. "Jim" Higdon, a fellow pilot, in his cabinet shop. The "Air Car" has been taken to Clarion so that Howard Libersky, a veteran airplane mechanic, can mount the 75 power Continental air craft engine which is to drive the 14-blade aluminum fan.Smith has invested $1,500 to date in his experiment. If it is a success he plans to build a larger one with a 600 h.p. engine. The craft is put into operation by the powerful motor and fan forcing air down into a 10 inch compression chamber. The compressed air is forced out smaller openings around the lower edge of the platform. This lifts the car several inches off the surface. Smith says his car will have controllable flaps around the lower edge of the platform to direct the jets of air and can thus be guided in any direction. The Armed Forces and air-craft companies have worked on development of such a car for several years. Smith says an Illinois doctor has used a home-made model to make rural calls over otherwise impassable roads.
1910 census Hartley, O'Brien Co, IA, pg 1-A.
Grover & Ethel are living with her parents Valerus & Fannie Wheelock. Grover is a barber in his own shop.WW I draft registration. Grover Smith, Emmetsburg, Palo Alto Co, IA, age 34, born Dec. 7, 1883. Self-employed barber. Nearest relative: Ethel Smith of Emmetsburg. Tall, medium build, blue eyes, dark hair. Signed Grover Casteele Smith, Sept. 12, 1918, Emmetsburg, IA.
1920 census Emmetsburg, Palo Alto Co, IA, pg 20-A.
Grover has his own barber shop.1930 census, Omaha City, Ward 11, Douglas Co, NE, pg 26-B, 2535 6th St,
Grover is barbering, his daughter Doris is working as a telephone operator.1930 census: Nebraska, Douglas, Omaha, District 121, 12-Apr-1930
Smith, Grover C. 46 Iowa, Ohio, Ohio married at 25
, Ethel 41 Iowa, NY, Iowa married at 20
, Doris 19 Iowa, Ohio, Ohio
, James 5 Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa
1910 census Olive twp, Clinton Co, IA. pg 152-A. George, Rose and son Lowell are living with George's father John L. Martin. John is a wagon maker; George is a laborer working at odd jobs.
1920 census Spring Rock twp, Clinton Co, IA, pg 13-A. George is farming.
1930 census Spring Rock twp, Clinton Co, IA, pg 1-A. George is a farmer. Lowell is a laborer.
Lowell returned to run the home farm after the death of his father, George Martin. At that time, his mother Rose was severely crippled by arthritis. Lowell was interested in organic farming and started growing their table food by that method. Within a few years, Rose was free from arthritis and lived to be 91 years old. (Family story from Jim W. Smith, cousin of Lowell)