Eralus Dunn “Dump” SmithAge: 81 years1863–1944
- Name
- Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith
- Given names
- Eralus Dunn
- Surname
- Smith
- Nickname
- Dump
 Birth | March 4, 1863 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ida Belle Higgerson — View this family calculated 1892 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Venita Smith April 7, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ray Smith calculated 1903 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Eddie Lee Smith October 30, 1905 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a wife | Ida Belle Higgerson February 28, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
 Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | October 24, 1944 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with Ida Belle Higgerson |
| himself |
Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith Birth: March 4, 1863 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 24, 1944 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Ida Belle Higgerson Birth: August 1, 1863 27 24 — Missouri, United States Death: February 28, 1910 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1892 — |
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8 years daughter |
Mary Venita Smith Birth: April 7, 1900 37 36 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
Ray Smith Birth: calculated 1903 39 39 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Eddie Lee Smith Birth: October 30, 1905 42 42 — Missouri, United States Death: August 13, 1979 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Eralus Dunn Smith - Household
Arrow Rock Road Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Susie's age is off - CC's census has Not Named, maybe another daughter -b |