Carl was born in Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas, but his family moved to a small town in New Mexico when he was about 13 years old. They then moved to Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Carl married Ella May Wood 1 April 1920 in Aztec, San Juan County, New Mexico. They lived in New Mexico until their move to Utah sometime between 1940 and 1942.

Ella was his one and only sweetheart and wife. They were happily married until his death.

Memories by Carl's daughter, Carlee Smith:

He was a very handy man. He could fix things. He could do anything with his hands. The neighbor wanted a bedstead with a post. She had him cut them off and had him carve -- by hand 4 posts to match for her.

He could repair anything. He would walk along the street on garbage day and bring things home to fix. The living room floor had a lot of things because he couldn't fix it outside. Mom was pretty tolerant of it but the girls weren't.

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Miscellaneous memories of Buddy Smith about his parents as told to Sandra Smith Gwilliam in 2002. We were on the phone talking shortly before Buddy died. Some of the sentences are disjointed because I couldn't type as quickly as he was speaking.

My father was primarily a farmer.

Dad was a Teamster and drove a team in St. George, Utah. He always had a team. He hired the wagons driving logs. One time in a Pioneer Day parade in Ogden they wanted an 8-horse hitch and he was the only one who they could find to drive the team.

During the depression, they picked all the potatoes and sacked them and took them into town. The grocer couldn't use the potatoes and couldn't find anyone who could buy them, so the grocer gave them a penny apiece for the sacks.

Carl's parents Henry Mattison and Dillie Jo Smith took in their grandson, Bill Bandy. Bill's mother died 4 days after his baby brother was born and died.

During World War I – Dad never went overseas. He worked around an ammo dump dragging the shells and breathing the gunpowder, which made him have breathing problems.

When I, Buddy, was 6--the toilet tank on the wall sprang a leak. My dad pulled my wooden wagon with wooden wheels to the hardware store and bought a toilet tank and pulled the wagon with the toilet tank clear on home.

My folks didn't have a car so they had to carry groceries in their arms. They didn't ever own a TV.

They moved to Ogden, Utah, and he got a job as an elevator operator at the Forestry Building in Ogden.

Within a short period of time, he was no longer able to work because of his lungs. He finally stayed in the Veterans Administration hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he died.

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This census was taken 9 March 1920, about 3 weeks before Carl was married.

1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Federal Census, pg 2a . Enumerated 9 Mar 1920 with parents and sister, brother and nephew.

27 30 Smith, Henry m. head Renting M W 65 married line 16 No line 17 yes line 18 no Texas Tennessee Tennessee General Farm OA?

Smith, Dillie J. Wife F W 62 Married no yes yes Texas Tennessee Tennessee Occupation none

Smith, Carl L. son M W 23 Single no no no Texas Texas Texas Occupation farmer General Farmer W