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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Larena Malinda Smith ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Smith, Larena Malinda
LAST NAME: Smith FIRST NAME: Larena MIDDLE NAME: Malinda NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Kuns AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 25 Mar 1863 DIED: 23 Sep 1892 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Canada
DEATH PLACE: Spring Valley, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of Father: John Kuns

Maiden Name of Mother: Eunice Nelson

1870 IA CENSUS – Marion Kuns (7y, b Canada) enumerated with John (41y, b Canada, occupation farmer), Eunis (36y, b Canada), Melissa (13y, b Canada), Charles (11y, b Canada), William (9y, b Canada), Annie (5y, b Canada) and Mary (3y, b Canada)

MARRIAGE – John Smith & Lorena Coons md 8 Mar 1880, Spaulding, Union co, Iowa

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

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

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 

At her home in Spring Valley, Thursday, Sept. 23, 1892, from cancer of the stomach, Mrs. John Smith, aged 30 years.
Evening Capital Journal 24 Sep 1892, 2:4

INSCRIPTION: 

Larena M.
Wife of 
John Smith
Died
Sept. 23, 1892
Aged
29 Years, 5 Mo's
29 Days
[shares moument with Roy] 

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

1870 IA CENSUS (Adair co, Lincoln, FA#5)

Iowa Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

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

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

ECJ 24 Sep 1892, 2:4

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