Individual Details

Dallas SMITHSON

(4 Mar 1883 - 7 Jan 1962)

Dallas L. Smithson was age 26 in 1900. Dallas farmed in the LottsCreek area. They lived in Mount Ayr, Iowa at time of Vivian's death.
!Sources:
1. Ringgold Co. Iowa Marriage Records: Dallas Smithson, age 24,farmer, of Lotts Creek twp., Ringgold Co. IA, son of George Smithsonand Lide Frazier, md. Sept. 26, 1906 [1907] at Ringgold, Iowa toVivian Abernathy, age 22, of Iowa, daughter of Ira Abernathy andArwilda Hale. They were married by Rev. Guy R. Stover. EugeneAbernathy and Jennie Casada(y), Wits. First marriage for both.
Dallas was 78 years, 10 months, 3 days old when he died of cancer. Thefuneral was held at the First Baptist Church in Mount Ayr, Iowa, onJan. 10, 1962, at 2:00 o'clock. He was buried in the Rose HillCemetery in Mount Ayr, Iowa, Ringgold County.
The above names and birth dates of two daughters and George's middlename of Wesley obtained from a Gedcom posted at Ancestry.com by RobertSuddath, 10405 Red Mtn W, Littleton CO 80127, USA, rasuddath@msn.com.

Events

Birth4 Mar 1883Mt. Ayr, Ringold Co., IA
Census1 Jun 1900Lotts Creek Twp., Decatur Co., IA, ED 107 Sh. 5B; Dallas, son, born Mar 1883, 17, born IA father born IN mother born IL.
Marriage26 Sep 1906Ringgold Co., Iowa - Vivian Flora ABERNATHY
ResidenceJun 1927Mt. Ayr, IA, per mother's obituary.
Death7 Jan 1962Des Moines, Polk Co., IA
Burial10 Jan 1962Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringold Co., IA
Reference No3655

Families

SpouseZona HOYT (1901 - )
SpouseVivian Flora ABERNATHY (1885 - 1936)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherGeorge Wesley SMITHSON (1844 - 1918)
MotherEliza Jane FRAZIER (1849 - 1927)
SiblingIna Zella SMITHSON (1868 - 1870)
SiblingFrank Leslie SMITHSON (1871 - 1926)
SiblingOphelia SMITHSON (1874 - 1956)
SiblingVinnie SMITHSON (1876 - 1900)
SiblingLulu Belle SMITHSON (1879 - 1880)
SiblingBird SMITHSON (1880 - 1927)
SiblingWilliam Tecumseh SMITHSON (1884 - 1965)