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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ John Smith ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Smith, John
LAST NAME: Smith FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 7 June 1858 DIED: 4 Jul 1924 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Paxton, Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1870 IA CENSUS – Johnnie Smith (11y, b Illinois) enumerated with Michael (45y, b Pennsylvania, occupation farmer), Mary (35y, b Ohio), Fanny (18y, b Ohio), Ellie (8y, b Illinois), Mike (5y, b Illinois) and George (37y, b Pennsylvania, occupation farmer)

1st MARRIAGE – John Smith & Lorena Coons [Kuns] md 8 Mar 1880, Spaulding, Union co, Iowa

1880 IA CENSUS – John Smith (20y, b Illinois) enumerated with wife L. [Laurena] (17y, b Canada), his parents M. [Michael] (50y, b Pennsylvania, occupation farmer) and M. [Mary] (42y, b Ohio) and 3 siblings, E. [Ella] (16y, b Illinois), M. [Michael Jr] (13y, b Illinois) and P. [Lena] (3y, b Iowa)

1885 IA STATE CENSUS – John Smith (26y, b Illinois, occupation farming) enumerated with wife Lorena (22y, b Canada) and son Arthur (4y, b Iowa)

1900 OR CENSUS – John Smith (b June 1862, Illinois, widowed) enumerated with 3 children, Mary E. (b Sept 1882, Iowa), Grace (b Mar 1888, Iowa) and Bert (b Aug 1891, Oregon)

1910 OR CENSUS - John Smith, age 46, occupation farmer, b. Illinois, is enumerated with his wife of 5 years (her 1st marriage his 2nd), Ethel, age 25, mother of 4 children, b. Illinois, along with Bert, age 18, b. Oregon, Jessie, age 4, b. Oregon, Elsie, age 2, b. Oregon, Effie, age 3, b. Oregon, and Lavera, age 6 months, b. Oregon. 
1920 OR CENSUS – John Smith (55y, b Illinois, widowed) enumerated with 8 children, all born in Oregon, Jessie (14y), Effie (13y), Elsie (11y), Zella (10y), Elma (8y), Verna (6y), Vernon (6y) and Ronald (2y) and his mother Mary (87y, b Ohio, widowed)

DISCREPANCY - Marker gives year of birth as 1858, DC as 1859.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Polk County 1924) #90 - John Smith, male, farmer, widowed, b. 7 June 1859 in Paxton, Illinois, d. 4 Jul 1924 8 miles W of Salem at the age of 65 years 27 days, 35 year resident of the area, name of father Michael Smith (b. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania), maiden name of mother Mary M. Coffman (b. Callion?, Ohio), interment Zena; informant Mrs. Ella Wilham of Hood River, Oregon.

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

John Smith
1858 - 1924
[shares marker with Ethel]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk Couny 1924) #90 

1870 IA CENSUS (Adair co, Dayton, FA#13)

Iowa Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

1880 IA CENSUS (Adair co, Orient, ED 8, FA#71)

1885 IA STATE CENSUS (Adair co, Orient, FA#63)

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#54)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 3B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 365, sheet 3A) 

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