William Joseph Smith
My Greatgrandfather
( Sherry Diane Hess 1 , Evelyn Mae Swalander 2 , Maude Mabel Smith3 , William Joseph Smith 4 )
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William Joseph SMITH was born on 9 May 1881 in Clearfield, Taylor Co, Iowa to Samuel Martin SMITH and Julia Ann BROWN. In the Register of Births no. 350, 15 July 1881, Adams County Courthouse, Corning, Iowa, he is listed as Joseph Leroy Smith. He moved with his family to Kay Co, Oklahoma sometime before 1900. On 7 June 1905 he was married to Olive Aurelia TAYLOR DELANY in Kay County.
William and Olive had the following children:
Maude Mabel SMITH b. 11 October 1906 in Elida, Roosevelt Co, NM
m. Oscar Nels SWALANDER on 16 April 1924 in Newkirk, Kay Co, OK
d. 9 April 1988 in Yelm, Thurston Co, WA
Don Eugene SMITH b. 7 January 1909 in NM
d. 11 January 1936 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA
William and Olive divorced and William later remarried to a Frances ?. They had no children. William died of a heart attack on 18 January 1941 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington.