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John William SMITH

Male 1889 - 1960  (70 years)


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  • Name John William SMITH 
    Birth 31 Aug 1889  Humboldt County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • inferred from the incorrect birth date on his draft registration
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Jan 1960 
    Burial Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • shares a gravestone with Eda
    Notes 
    • He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, as the 28 year-old John William Smith, in Fort Dodge. He was married and was a truck driver for the Fort Dodge Wholesale Grocery Company. He and his wife lived at 219 Bridge Street in Fort Dodge. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.

      In the 1920 census, he and Eda live in Fort Dodge at 2104 Seventh Avenue, S, in a house they own. John is a truck driver for a grocery business.

      In the 1930 census, he and Eda live in Fort Dodge at 2104 7th Avenue South. They own the house and it’s worth $2500. John is a truck driver for a wholesale grocery company. He is not a veteran. He first married at age 23 and Eda at age 25. This implies that the couple was married in 1913.

      In the 1940 census, he may be the John Smith, age 52, who is a hired man - laborer for an on a market garden operation in Douglas Twp, Webster County, Iowa. He had lived in Fort Dodge five years earlier. His marital status was married but there is an X through it so the entry is ambiguous.

      A John W Smith is buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Fort Dodge but that person’s birth date is shown as 27 Jan 1880 and his death date as 27 Jan 1960.
    Person ID I1267  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2019 

    Family Eda B WENDT,   b. 25 Nov 1887, Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1913 
    Family ID F914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 May 2013