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Ross Earl Smith

Male 1897 - 1965  (67 years)

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  • Name Ross Earl Smith  [1]
    Birth 19 Nov 1897  Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Service U. S. Army during WW1  [3, 4] 
    Census 7 Jun 1900  Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 3 Apr 1930  West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 9 Sep 1965  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I21032  Bisbee
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2010

    Father Orlando Devillo Smith,   b. 3 Jun 1855, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1931, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Nellie Amelia Reynolds,   b. 2 Aug 1864, Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1927, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Marriage Abt 1879  [2] 
    Family ID F7863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Charlotte Hyde,   b. 5 Jun 1901, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1964, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Marriage 23 Dec 1920  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Children 
    +1. Ross Earl Smith, Jr.,   b. 25 Apr 1920, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1974, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +2. Betty Jane Smith,   b. 12 Aug 1922, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1967, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +3. Palmer Lee Smith,   b. 20 Apr 1924, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1970, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F8045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2010

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Nov 1897 - Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Jun 1900 - Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 16 Apr 1910 - Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Dec 1920 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 Apr 1930 - West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Sep 1965 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Nellie Amelia Reynolds & son Ross Earl Smith    		Nellie Amelia Reynolds & son Ross Earl Smith
    Photograph with permission from Gary V. Smith, author of "Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants," 1985, Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass.

  • Notes 
    • From 1914-1919 Ross worked as an insurance clerk for such firms as Aetna Life and Connecticut Mutual. On 21 August 1918 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and was sent to Parris Island, South Carolina for training. He exited with Company N on 28 February 1919. In 1930 he had moved to Cleveland and worked in the insurance industry. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3112] Gary V. Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, Nathaniel Smith of Vermont and Some Descendants circa 1775-1985, (Higgenson Book Company, Salem, MA 01970), pp. 88-9, 0-7404-5191-x.

    2. [S2469] Smith, Orlando (I20470): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1015, enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 15A, page 299A, line 50, dwelling 253, family 355; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1900.NY.Chautauqua.Jamestown W5.111.29.

    3. [S323] Ancestry.com, CT, Hartford, Hartford: 1919 City Directory, ([database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Geer's Hartford City Directory; Geer's Classified Business Directory; September, 1919: Also Including the Town of West Hartford. Hartford: Elihu Geer Sons, 1919. , accessed 9/13/2005).
      Honor Roll (served in WW1)
      p. 1453, Smith, Ross US Army
      p. 1453, Smith, Royden F. US Navy

    4. [S324] Smith, Ross E. (I21032): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 269; enumeration district (ED) 232, sheet 4B, page 227B, line 61, dwelling 40, family 100; image downloaded 11/9/2008.), 1930-West+Hartford.232.8.jpg.

    5. [S2470] Smith, Orlando (I20470): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1020, enumeration district (ED) 499, sheet 3A, page 205, line 3, dwelling 5, family 46; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1910.NY.NY.Manhattan W12.499.5.