Individual Details
Ward Miles SMOTHERS
(25 Aug 1898 - 12 Apr 1928)
Events
| Birth | 25 Aug 1898 | Kanesville, Mercer, Missouri, United States |  | ||
| Census-shared | 1900 | (Joshua W. SMOTHERS) Harrison Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Trail Creek, Harrison, Missouri, United States | | ||
| Military | From 5 Aug 1917 to 1919 | during The Great War |  | | |
| Marriage | Abt Jul 1919 | Clara Ruth "Ruth" BRUCE | |||
| Death | 12 Apr 1928 | Tekamah, Nebraska, United States | | ||
| Burial | 15 Apr 1928 | Tekamah Cemetery, Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Clara Ruth "Ruth" BRUCE (1901 - 1987) |
| Child | Eade SMOTHERS (1920 - 1920) |
| Child | Jack Bruce SMOTHERS (1921 - 2000) |
| Child | Betty Gayle SMOTHERS (1923 - 1990) |
| Child | Russell Eugene SMOTHERS (1924 - 1961) |
| Child | Richard SMOTHERS (1926 - 1926) |
| Father | Ulysses Grant "Grant" SMOTHERS ( - 1941) |
| Mother | Remetha Maud CRABB (1876 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Freda Belle SMOTHERS (1901 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Corda Adell SMOTHERS (1904 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Wade Merle SMOTHERS (1907 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Wayne Edgar SMOTHERS (1909 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Warren Murray SMOTHERS (1912 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Audria Vernell SMOTHERS (1913 - 2007) |
Notes
Military
He served with Co. G 137th Infantry United States Army during World War I. Ward was a private.Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Trail Creek, Harrison, Missouri; Roll: T624_778; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1374791.
2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
3. 1900, "United States Census", Harrison Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States, , enumeration District (ED) sheet 10A, family 195, FHL microfilm 1,240,874., Joshua Smothers; NARA microfilm publication T623 .
4. 1910 United States Census, Trial Creek, Harrison, Missouri, , enumeration District (ED) 112, sheet 6B, , ; NARA microfilm publication microfilm publication T624 ; FHL microfilm 1,374,791..
5. Many Attend the Smothers Rites (Obituary); Smothers Killed by Dredge Boat, Local Newspaper, Tekamah, Nebraska, 12 April 1928. Service information included in Ward's obituary..
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7. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
8. , Find A Grave, digital images ( : accessed ), Pvt. Ward M. Smothers, April 12, 1928, Tekamah Cemetery.
9. Pt. Ward M. Smothers, Served with Co. G. 137th Inf. U.S.Army during WW1 of 1917-18. Ward passed away in 1928 at the age of 30. , Plot: American Legion Lafrenz Post No. 15, Tekamah Cemetery, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska ().