Son of Cora Abigail Gowdy and grandson of Frank Albert Smart & Mary Maude Wilkinson. Survived by wife, 2 sons, 6 grandchildren, one brother and one sister.
Ron was this biographer's 3rd cousin once removed. We met online in Oct 2000 when he posted on the Smart message board. From then on he, our cousin Debbi and I started traveling down the road to search this branch of our family. Not easy to do with this particular branch but as Ron lived near NARA & to the resources in Boston he was able to do our "hunting" for us. Oh how the e-mails flew back & forth when a new piece of evidence was found or a new theory would arise. He had a wonderful sense of humor and dry wit which came through in his e-mails. I still laugh today when I read them. One thing that Ron didn't know as it was discovered after his death was that his mother had a sister. I can imagine in my mind just what those e-mails would have been like!!
He was taken from us and his family too soon. We had a lot more work to do but one day we'll meet again & find the answers together.
Photo shows the only time we met in person. Taken at Wallis Sands, NH. L-R: This biographer, Ron, his wife and our Cousin Carolyn, whom I hadn't seen in over 50 years.
Ron was this biographer's 3rd cousin once removed. We met online in Oct 2000 when he posted on the Smart message board. From then on he, our cousin Debbi and I started traveling down the road to search this branch of our family. Not easy to do with this particular branch but as Ron lived near NARA & to the resources in Boston he was able to do our "hunting" for us. Oh how the e-mails flew back & forth when a new piece of evidence was found or a new theory would arise. He had a wonderful sense of humor and dry wit which came through in his e-mails. I still laugh today when I read them. One thing that Ron didn't know as it was discovered after his death was that his mother had a sister. I can imagine in my mind just what those e-mails would have been like!!
He was taken from us and his family too soon. We had a lot more work to do but one day we'll meet again & find the answers together.
Photo shows the only time we met in person. Taken at Wallis Sands, NH. L-R: This biographer, Ron, his wife and our Cousin Carolyn, whom I hadn't seen in over 50 years.
Son of Cora Abigail Gowdy and grandson of Frank Albert Smart & Mary Maude Wilkinson. Survived by wife, 2 sons, 6 grandchildren, one brother and one sister.
Ron was this biographer's 3rd cousin once removed. We met online in Oct 2000 when he posted on the Smart message board. From then on he, our cousin Debbi and I started traveling down the road to search this branch of our family. Not easy to do with this particular branch but as Ron lived near NARA & to the resources in Boston he was able to do our "hunting" for us. Oh how the e-mails flew back & forth when a new piece of evidence was found or a new theory would arise. He had a wonderful sense of humor and dry wit which came through in his e-mails. I still laugh today when I read them. One thing that Ron didn't know as it was discovered after his death was that his mother had a sister. I can imagine in my mind just what those e-mails would have been like!!
He was taken from us and his family too soon. We had a lot more work to do but one day we'll meet again & find the answers together.
Photo shows the only time we met in person. Taken at Wallis Sands, NH. L-R: This biographer, Ron, his wife and our Cousin Carolyn, whom I hadn't seen in over 50 years.
Ron was this biographer's 3rd cousin once removed. We met online in Oct 2000 when he posted on the Smart message board. From then on he, our cousin Debbi and I started traveling down the road to search this branch of our family. Not easy to do with this particular branch but as Ron lived near NARA & to the resources in Boston he was able to do our "hunting" for us. Oh how the e-mails flew back & forth when a new piece of evidence was found or a new theory would arise. He had a wonderful sense of humor and dry wit which came through in his e-mails. I still laugh today when I read them. One thing that Ron didn't know as it was discovered after his death was that his mother had a sister. I can imagine in my mind just what those e-mails would have been like!!
He was taken from us and his family too soon. We had a lot more work to do but one day we'll meet again & find the answers together.
Photo shows the only time we met in person. Taken at Wallis Sands, NH. L-R: This biographer, Ron, his wife and our Cousin Carolyn, whom I hadn't seen in over 50 years.
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