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