John William SMITH

1889 - 1960  (70 years)

• Name	John William SMITH
  Birth	31 Aug 1889	Humboldt County, Iowa
  	inferred from the incorrect birth date on his draft registration
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1960
  Burial	Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
  	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 d. 1960 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1913
  Family ID	F914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2013