Individual Details

Buried Jan 16 1923 age 44
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The birth date year of 1878 is wrong; according to the 1880, 1900, & 1910 Fed Census, and the WW I draft reg card, his birth year is 1877.
Contributor: Boston Bulldog (50149249)
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Albert served in WW I in the 140th Aero Squadron as a Corporal. He was a machinist.
Albert married Rena Etta Mattox on 13 Jan 1899 and they had 3 children. Don't know if they divorced or what.
Albert also married Ida May Skeels on 7 Nov 1910, they had 5 children.
No burial records were found for either wife.
Contributor: Boston Bulldog (50149249)

Birth	5 Feb 1877	Iowa, United States
Residence	1880	Norway, Republic, Kansas, United States
Residence	1885	Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Residence	1895	Polk, Iowa, United States
Marriage	16 Jan 1899	Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States - Rena Etta "Larena" Mattox
Residence	1900	Grinnell Township Grinnell City Ward 1-2, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Military Draft Registration	1917 - 1918	Davenport City No 1, Iowa, United States
Death	13 Jan 1923	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Burial	16 Jan 1923	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
FIND-A-GRAVE		https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197083115/albert-leander-smith

Spouse	Rena Etta "Larena" Mattox (1881 - )
Child	Albert James Smith (1900 - 1971)
Child	Charles Albert Smith (1902 - 1950)
Child	Rudolph Smith (1904 - )
Child	Rowberta M. Smith (1908 - 1987)

Father	George W. Smith (1851 - 1909)
Mother	Rosesella Evangeline Skeels (1860 - 1945)
Sibling	Thomas Augustus Smith (1880 - 1955)
Sibling	Frankie E. Smith (1882 - 1920)
Sibling	Freddie W. Smith (1884 - )
Sibling	Lulu Smith (1890 - 1914)
Sibling	Ida Myrtle Smith (1893 - )
Sibling	Lena Viola Smith (1894 - 1918)