Edward Smith1

(November 21, 1891 - )
Edward Smith|b. Nov 21, 1891|p1309.htm|William Smith Sr.|b. May 30, 1849\nd. Apr 14, 1936|p836.htm|Mary Wiltse|b. Mar 2, 1855\nd. Jan 25, 1931|p2753.htm|Leeson A. Smith Sr.|b. Mar 1, 1815\nd. Mar 1, 1904|p90.htm|Mary A.|b. about 1817\nd. Feb 9, 1862|p91.htm|Philip Wiltse|b. 1818\nd. about 1871|p2739.htm|Juliana Deckerman|b. 1828|p2740.htm|

Relationship=Grandson of Leeson A. Smith Sr..
Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
Charts on which this person appears:
Leeson Smith, Sr. Descendants Chart
Edward Smith
Photo courtesy of Dale Smith
     Edward Smith, son of William Smith Sr. and Mary Wiltse, and his twin, Earl, were born on Saturday, November 21, 1891 in Iowa. Earl died when he was only about one and a half years old.2,3 Edward also went by the name of Eddie Smith.2

Eddie appeared on the Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska, census of June 14, 1900 living at home with his parents. He was eight years old and was at school.2

He appeared on the Dublin Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, census of April 26, 1910 living at home with his parents. He was 15 years old, single and working on the home farm.4

Edward married Pearl before 1920 in Nebraska.1

An Edward Smith appeared in the Dublin Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, census of January 12, 1920 as head of household. He was farming in a general manner to his own account and living on rented farm on farm schedule #72. He was 28 years old.. The household also included Pearl, his wife. She was 28 years old. She had been born in Iowa, her father had been born in Illinois, and her mother had been born in Iowa. No children were living in the household.1

Child of Edward Smith and Pearl

Citations

  1. [S130] 1920 US Census, 1920 Nebraska, Boone, Primrose; Dublin; Series: T625 Roll: 980 Page: 85.
  2. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900 Nebraska, Butler, Bone Creek Twp, Series: T623 Roll: 918 Page: 155.
  3. [S377] Carolyn Givan, Smith Family History (Publish Date: July 1998), p. vii. Hereinafter cited as Smith Family History.
  4. [S129] 1910 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1910 Nebraska, Boone, Dublin Pct; Series: T624 Roll: 838 Page: 66.
 


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