John Edward SmithAge: 71 years1863–1935
- Name
- John Edward Smith
- Given names
- John Edward
- Surname
- Smith
Shared note: Oscar E Smith Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | January 23, 1863 37 35 |
 Birth of a sister | Dora Alice Smith April 1865 (Age 2 years) |
 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Isabele Smith 1866 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Henry Hardin Smith between 1860 and 1870 Note: He was shown with his family int the 1860 Census but not in the 1870 Census. |
| 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 |
 Census | July 16, 1870 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Ann Lockhart January 26, 1873 (Age 10 years) |
| 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 |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Emma Shummard — View this family July 25, 1886 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Florence May Smith June 27, 1887 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Daisy Iona Smith January 12, 1889 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Byrdie Leona Smith September 15, 1890 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Thressa Floy Smith November 8, 1892 (Age 29 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 #5 | Velma Donny Smith February 3, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a sister | Columbia Smith before 1903 (Age 39 years) Shared note: Estimated Death Date - Pre 1903 |
| Death of a sister | Isabele Smith before 1903 (Age 39 years) Shared note: Estimated Death Date - Pre 1903 |
| Death of a mother | Jane Ann Troutman May 25, 1903 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | 1905 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Oscar E Smith July 22, 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry H Smith after 1911 (Age 47 years) Shared note: Estimated Death Date - Post 1911 |
| Census | 1915 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage | Grace W McCormick — View this family December 2, 1916 (Age 53 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/ |
| Census | January 28, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah J Smith 1922 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Russell Jay Barnett — Velma Donny Smith — View this family about 1923 (Age 59 years) Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census |
| Census | 1925 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary A Smith June 18, 1928 (Age 65 years) |
| 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 |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Thomas Barnett July 9, 1931 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a wife | Emma Shummard April 4, 1934 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Margaret Ann Barnett November 12, 1935 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | 1935 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Girard Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Oscar E Smith Birth: October 2, 1825 26 18 — Montgomery, Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1911 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Jane Ann Troutman Birth: March 1827 35 33 — Bartholomew, Indiana, United States Death: May 25, 1903 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: April 11, 1848 — Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Sarah J Smith Birth: 1849 23 21 — Indiana, United States Death: 1922 — Cowley, Kansas, United States |
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7 years elder brother |
Henry H Smith Birth: about 1855 29 27 — Indiana, United States Death: after 1911 |
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23 months elder sister |
Mary A Smith Birth: December 11, 1856 31 29 — Indiana, United States Death: June 18, 1928 — Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Columbia Smith Birth: 1858 32 30 — Indiana, United States Death: before 1903 |
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5 years himself |
John Edward Smith Birth: January 23, 1863 37 35 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: 1935 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Dora Alice Smith Birth: April 1865 39 38 — Indiana, United States Death: November 17, 1942 — Oklahoma, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Isabele Smith Birth: 1866 40 38 — Indiana, United States Death: before 1903 |
| Family with Emma Shummard |
| himself |
John Edward Smith Birth: January 23, 1863 37 35 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: 1935 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Emma Shummard Birth: April 27, 1862 26 26 — Clermont, Ohio, United States Death: April 4, 1934 — Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: July 25, 1886 — Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Florence May Smith Birth: June 27, 1887 24 25 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: August 27, 1972 — Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Daisy Iona Smith Birth: January 12, 1889 25 26 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: May 6, 1966 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Byrdie Leona Smith Birth: September 15, 1890 27 28 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: March 9, 1958 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Thressa Floy Smith Birth: November 8, 1892 29 30 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: July 10, 1968 — Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Velma Donny Smith Birth: February 3, 1900 37 37 — Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: July 27, 1987 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Grace W McCormick |
| himself |
John Edward Smith Birth: January 23, 1863 37 35 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: 1935 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Grace W McCormick Birth: September 1867 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1940 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: December 2, 1916 — Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| James Madison Martin + Emma Shummard |
| wife’s husband |
James Madison Martin Birth: December 10, 1863 — Christian, Illinois, United States Death: January 9, 1944 — Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Emma Shummard Birth: April 27, 1862 26 26 — Clermont, Ohio, United States Death: April 4, 1934 — Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 14, 1925 — Clermont, Ohio, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Oscar E Smith - Household
Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Oscar E Smith - Household
Dora, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household
Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United State
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household
Cowley, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household
Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household
Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household
Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
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| Census | United States - Census transcript - John Edward Smith - Household
Crawford, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Emma Shummard - Household
Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States
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| Name | Florence Pulford (nee Smith) Obituary and Family Listing
MRS. W.M. PULFORD
Mrs. W.M. (Florence)
Pulford, 85, 824 W. Randolph,
died in a local nursing home
Thursday morning following a
period of ill health. She was
born June 27, 1887, in Girard,
Kan. and came to Oklahoma
in 1926.
She was married to W.M.
Pulford on Nov. 15, 1911, and
he preceded her in death in
1964. She was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church.
member of the Women’s Bible
Class, and member of the
Ladies Canasta Club.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Pulford will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday in the Chapel of the
Ladusau-Evans Funeral |
Home, with Dr. Leslie G.
Everitt Jr. officiating. Burial
will follow in the Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Pulford is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Howard
(Wilma) Record of Enid, Mrs.
K.S. (Helen Jean) Blanchard
of Midland, Tex.; one son,
Dale Pulford of Oklahoma
City; seven grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Velma Barnett of.
Nevada. Missouri.
Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986
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| Name | Jane Ann Smith (nee Troutman) Obituary and Family Listing
SMITH — At Maple City, Kas, May 25th,
1903, of dropsy of the heart, Jane, wife of
Oscar E. Smith, aged 75 years.
Mrs. Smith was visiting relatives at the
time of her death. Her maiden name was
Jane Troutman. She came to Kansas twenty-one years
ago from Macon county, Ill., and resided in
this county afterwards.
An aged husband and five children survive
her. The children are Mrs. Sarah Cain,
of Brazilton; Henry H. Smith, of Pitts-
burg; Mrs. Dora Heizer, of South Haven,
Kas.; Mrs. Mary Ryan, of Fredonia, and
John E. Smith, of Girard.
Her remains were brought to Girard far
interment, the funeral taking place at 10
o’clock Wednesdday, Rev. B. F. Thomas
officiating.
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| Name | Oscar E Smith Obituary and Family Listing
Oscar E. Smith was born in Mont-
gomery County, Kentucky, October 2,
1826, and died in Girard, Kansas,
Julv 22, 1911, aged 84 years, 9 months
and 20 days. When a small boy his
parents moved to Fulton County, In-
diana. He moved to Decatur, Illinois,
in 1867, and then to Kansas in 1881,
locating on a farm near McCune. In
1883 he moved to Brazilton, Kansas,
where be resided until March, 1911,
when he came to Girard with his
daughter and husband. His wife died
8 years ago, He was married to Jane
Troutman in 1848. To this union
eleven children were born, six of
whom have preceded him to the better
land. Those living are Mrs. Sarah
Cain, John E and Henry Smith of
Girard, Mrs. Mary A. Ryan of Fred-
onia and Mrs. Dora Hiser of Chicago,
Ill. One brother and a number of
children are also left to mourn his de-
parture. He was converted and
united with the Christian Church un-
der the preaching of Alexander Camp-
bell, when quite a voung man. The
funeral was held at the Christian
Church yesterday at 10 o'clock a. m.,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. W.
McLaughlin.
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