Florence May SmithAge: 85 years1887–1972
- Name
- Florence May Smith
- Given names
- Florence May
- Surname
- Smith
 Birth | June 27, 1887 24 25 |
 Birth of a sister | Daisy Iona Smith January 12, 1889 (Age 18 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Byrdie Leona Smith September 15, 1890 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Thressa Floy Smith November 8, 1892 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 sister | Velma Donny Smith February 3, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane Ann Troutman May 25, 1903 (Age 15 years) |
 Census | 1905 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Oscar E Smith July 22, 1911 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Ann Ware February 12, 1912 (Age 24 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Edward Smith — Grace W McCormick — View this family December 2, 1916 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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/ |
| Marriage of a parent | James Madison Martin — Emma Shummard — View this family February 14, 1925 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William T Shumard December 1, 1927 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 42 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 mother | Emma Shummard April 4, 1934 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | John Edward Smith 1935 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 62 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 |
| Death of a sister | Byrdie Leona Smith March 9, 1958 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Daisy Iona Smith May 6, 1966 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a sister | Thressa Floy Smith July 10, 1968 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | August 27, 1972 (Age 85 years) |
| Obituary | Florence Pulford (nee Smith) Obituary and Family Listing August 28, 1972 (1 day after death) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Edward Smith Birth: January 23, 1863 37 35 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: 1935 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
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 herself |
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 younger sister |
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 younger sister |
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 younger sister |
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 younger sister |
Velma Donny Smith Birth: February 3, 1900 37 37 — Walnut, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: July 27, 1987 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Grace W McCormick |
| father |
John Edward Smith Birth: January 23, 1863 37 35 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: 1935 — Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
| step-mother |
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 |
| Mother’s family with James Madison Martin |
| step-father |
James Madison Martin Birth: December 10, 1863 — Christian, Illinois, United States Death: January 9, 1944 — Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
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 | 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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| Obituary | 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
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-B3P5-VF8R?i=842&cc=4373179 |