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Porter Wilbur Smith

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Porter Wilbur Smith

Birth
Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Death
31 Jan 1954 (aged 79)
Eldon, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot N95
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Porter {Age 5} is recorded on the
1880 census at Keokuk, Wapello, Iowa
dwelling in the household of his parents.

Occupation - House painter.

Porter married

1] on 20 September 1900
at Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa
Gala May HELLER
{born - 1879 in Wapello County, Iowa
daughter of Charles Henry HELLER
and Sarah Ellen SPRINGER.

Porter and Gala are recorded on the 1905 & 1910 census at Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa.

2] on 21 August 1936
Sara Ann WOODS
They are recorded on the 1940 census
at Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa.

FAIRFIELD LEDGER - 1 February 1954:
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P. Wilbur Smith, age 79 died suddenly at
his home at Eldon yesterday at 9:50 a.m.
He was a well known painter and decorator
in Wapello and Jefferson Counties, where he spent most of his life.
He started working as a boy with his father and older brother as a painter and interior decorator, and has been associated with his brother at Batavia for the last few years.
Interment in Batavia Cemetery.
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Son of Carlyle A. SMITH
{born December 1842 in Iowa
Occupation - Farmer}.
and
Eliza STEPHENSON
{born about 1847 in Indiana}.

Carlyle A. Smith {widower}
is recorded on the 1900 census
at Pleasant Township in Wapello County.
Porter {Age 5} is recorded on the
1880 census at Keokuk, Wapello, Iowa
dwelling in the household of his parents.

Occupation - House painter.

Porter married

1] on 20 September 1900
at Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa
Gala May HELLER
{born - 1879 in Wapello County, Iowa
daughter of Charles Henry HELLER
and Sarah Ellen SPRINGER.

Porter and Gala are recorded on the 1905 & 1910 census at Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa.

2] on 21 August 1936
Sara Ann WOODS
They are recorded on the 1940 census
at Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa.

FAIRFIELD LEDGER - 1 February 1954:
*******************************
P. Wilbur Smith, age 79 died suddenly at
his home at Eldon yesterday at 9:50 a.m.
He was a well known painter and decorator
in Wapello and Jefferson Counties, where he spent most of his life.
He started working as a boy with his father and older brother as a painter and interior decorator, and has been associated with his brother at Batavia for the last few years.
Interment in Batavia Cemetery.
*******************************

Son of Carlyle A. SMITH
{born December 1842 in Iowa
Occupation - Farmer}.
and
Eliza STEPHENSON
{born about 1847 in Indiana}.

Carlyle A. Smith {widower}
is recorded on the 1900 census
at Pleasant Township in Wapello County.


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