Eddie Lee SmithAge: 73 years1905–1979
- Name
- Eddie Lee Smith
- Given names
- Eddie Lee
- Surname
- Smith
 Birth | October 30, 1905 42 42 |
 Death of a mother | Ida Belle Higgerson February 28, 1910 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/ |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Frances Herndon May 15, 1920 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 |
| Death of a father | Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith October 24, 1944 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 13, 1979 (Age 73 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith Birth: March 4, 1863 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 24, 1944 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
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 elder sister |
Mary Venita Smith Birth: April 7, 1900 37 36 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
Ray Smith Birth: calculated 1903 39 39 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
Eddie Lee Smith Birth: October 30, 1905 42 42 — Missouri, United States Death: August 13, 1979 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
Eddie Lee Smith has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (17)
Parents Emmett Lee Higgerson + Ida May Lewis
Parents Abraham Douglas Swegle + Effie May Higgerson
Parents Harry Pearson Turley + Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
| 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 |