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Edward Vern Smith
1901 - 1956 (55 years)
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Name Edward Vern Smith Born 7 Apr 1901 Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male AFN 4ZVN-6L Died 28 Apr 1956 Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Buried 1 May 1956 Mtn View Cem, WallaWalla, Walla Walla, Washington [9, 10, 11] Person ID I1795 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Marcus Melvin Smith, b. 17 Jun 1871, near Scottsville, Sullivan, Missouri , d. 26 Sep 1934, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon, United States (Age 63 years) Mother Lennie Temperance Bell Zanie Brumbaugh, b. 17 Aug 1873, Boston, Barton, Missouri, United States , d. 3 Nov 1953, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States (Age 80 years) Married 22 Apr 1894 Duncan Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] Family ID F552 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Grace Mae Michael, b. 16 Apr 1902, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. 14 Oct 1990, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States (Age 88 years) Married 12 Jun 1922 Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] Children + 1. June Bernice Smith, b. 11 Aug 1923, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. 17 Jun 2002, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 78 years)+ 2. Living Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F537 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 7 Apr 1901 - Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States 
Married - 12 Jun 1922 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States 
Died - 28 Apr 1956 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States 
Buried - 1 May 1956 - Mtn View Cem, WallaWalla, Walla Walla, Washington = Link to Google Earth
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Histories 
Smith Family -- Histories for 4 Generations
Taken from Pam's PAF file notes
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Notes - 1901 BIRTH: MO,Linn Co-Browning, Edward Vern Smith born April 7, 1901 to Marcus M Smith & Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith. Known as Vern
1910 CENSUS:OR,Umatilla, Echo Precinct, 20 Apr, pg3401, Dw 169: Edward V Smith 9/MO, son of Mark M & Lena Smith
1917 HISTORY [history hereafter is same one done by Grace Michael Smith]: Grace Michael: "We went back to the ranch in the spring & that is when I met the Smith family at another little red school house. There were 7 children in their family, 2 older girls who were married & 5 boys: Henry, Vern, Leo, Claude & Jule. The last 4 of them was going to this little red school house & Vern graduated that year from the 8th grade. He must have been 17 yrs old. Their family had moved a lot, & they didn't attend school regular."
1920 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla, Pr 59 (outside Pilot Rock): 12 Jan,Dw60/61-Stewart Crk: Vern E 19/MO,
son of Marcus M & Lennie B Smith
1922 MARRIAGE: Oregon, Umatilla Co-Pendleton: "His family moved to Hermiston & bought a small acreage, so the next spring Vern went to Hermiston, rented an acreage next to his folks, so we really made plans, so on June 12, 1922, (20 yrs old), we were married in Pendleton at the Parsonage. We had no car, so left for Hermiston on an old open car stage."
1922-23 HISTORY: Oregon, Umatilla Co-Hermiston: "Vern's father came to Hermiston after us & we was at our 1st home. My brother called it a peanut ranch, but I don't know. Vern planted 3 bunches of peanuts... our first home... We lived there about a year; there wasn't much to make a living on. Vern rode on a bicycle 3 miles & worked in a pipe yard to help out."
1923 HISTORY: Oregon, Umatilla County-Pilot Rock: "next spring, Vern got a job in a garage at Pilot Rock."
1924 HISTORY: "After we had just been married for 2 years, we found out he was diabetic"
1923-33 HISTORY: Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock, Montana,Big Horn Co-Hardin: "That fall we moved on a ranch to work...We stayed there a year, then back to Pilot Rock. Vern had decided to shear sheep with his brothers in law, so that was our life for about 9 years-shear sheep through the spring & work wherever he could through the rest of the year."
1930 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla-Pilot Rock:Anc.com-Img 2/4[FA Roll T626_1956]pg2A,Dw 47/47-Birch St
SMITH, Vern-head 29/MO (MO,MO) md at 27yrs,renting, laborer, odd jobs;
Grace-wife 28/OR (PA,MO); June-dau 6/OR (MO,OR)
1934 HISTORY: Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock; then Oregon, Umatilla Co-Milton Freewater: "Vern started shearing sheep again & somewhere he picked up a typhoid bug [didn't know then what it was]. Ran a temperature for awhile, but it was time to go to Montana, & he thought it was something he would get over soon. We got as far a Spokane, & he got so sick, we had to put him in a clinic & that is where they found out it was typhoid. He was there a week, then back to Pendleton in an ambulance, there in the hospital for 2 weeks, then home.
Vern rented a little meat market, & we thought that might solve the problem of a living, but it was such a hassle, that after 2 yrs we moved to Milton Freewater & he worked in a meat market."
1938 HISTORY: Oregon Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock-Grace: "That summer, moved 3 times before we got settled."
1939 RELIGION-Grace: "Vern, June & myself was baptized Feb 5, 1939, Milton Freewater Christian Church." Personal Rcd in brown bk of remembrance: "Vern was baptized by Irvin Lars Pearson, confirmed by Elijah Hiatt."
1940 CENSUS: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla: Anc Img 4 pg 2B,4-4,Dw 43-404 Elm Street:
SMITH, Edward-head 38/MO md, 8th grade, Pilot Rock,Umatilla Co OR
in 1935, meat cutter-retail grocery store; Grace-wife 37/OR,md, 8th
grade, sorter-fruit warehouse; June-dau 16/OR; Janice-dau 7/OR
1940 HISTORY: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla-Grace: "We lived in Milton Freewater for 2 1/2 yrs, the meat market was sold...a call came from Walla Walla wanting a meat cutter...Vern got the job...found a house & had to move in January."
1940-1956-Pam: "Vern worked for Ninth Street Grocery as a meat cutter and Grace as a seamstress for a tailoring shop, then Gardner's Dept Store until after I graduated from High School [1960]."
1956 DEATH, BURIAL: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla, Edward Vern Smith died on 28 April 1956 at his home. Working on his Studebaker, pulled a bolt from the engine, falling on him; buried on May 1 at Mountain View Cemetery
NOTES: May 1992: Kathryn Varko Smith (Leo): "...The Church was Vern's salvation, as he drank lot. When he died, the Bishop and everyone came, Uncle Leo too. When Uncle Henry died, the family were not at his funeral, and it hurt Aunt Norma."
June 1992: June Smith Hallmark: Grandad drank a lot. Even after he joined the church he thought a cold bottle of beer sounded good. He had diabetes and knew he shouldn't have been drinking, but he drank until he joined the church. The drinking made him difficult to live with at times. I remember Gram having a pot of coffee on the stove, in an old green teapot. Loved tea, hot or cold. Dad had shingles and walked the floor with the pain. Diabetes caused him some problems, especially when he went to the hospital - had a bad hot water bottle burn on his leg, took a long time to heal."
For Memories of Pam Wagner, see Word > Family History > Edward V Smith Memories
- 1901 BIRTH: MO,Linn Co-Browning, Edward Vern Smith born April 7, 1901 to Marcus M Smith & Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith. Known as Vern
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Sources - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
Edward Vern Smith born April 7, 1901 in Browning, Linn Co, Missouri to Marcus Melvin Smith & Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith [Personal Record sheet says Sullivan Co]
Family group sheet in brown Book of Remembrance in suit case belonging to Grace Smith, in hands of Pam Hallmark Wagner - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
Edward Vern Smith was born 7 Apr 1901 n Browning,Linn,Missouri to Marcus Melvin Smith and Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith
Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith, in hands of Pam Hallmark Wagner - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
Edward Vern Smith... was born April 7, 1901 in Browning, Missouri... (no parents shown)
Date: 30 April 1956 - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
Edward Vern Smith died 28 April 1956 [ no place is shown]
Family group sheet in brown Book of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace Michael Smith - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
Edward Vern Smith, 1901-1956, services Tuesday,1 May 1956-DeWitt Funeral Home, buried Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla WA: Participants: Presiding-Bishop Gleyre C Frederickson, Bishop Elijah Hiatt-Invocation, Bishop Jerome F Davenport-speaker, C. Lloyd Walsh-spraker, R Lloyd Tyler (friend)-Benediction, Honorary Pall Bearers: Eveard Harrison, Lyal Stringham, John Owens, George McDowell, A A Rawlins, Ray Coffey, Active Bearers: LaVearl Lindsey, Monroe Noble, George Ferris, Clarence Edwards, Brandt Gessel, Donn Lott. Jack Stoddard sang "I Know that My Redeemer Lives, Oh My Father," Lela Lott-Organist (all friends & mbrs of church).
Funeral Program: DeWitt Funeral Home
Date: April 1956 - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
Edward Vern Smith died 28 Apr 1956 in Walla Walla,Walla Walla,Wash.
Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
Under picture: VICTIM--Edward Vern Smith, 813 W. Willow, was killed Saturday night when his car fell off blocks and crushed him. Funeral services are planned Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Funeral Set Tuesday for Car Victim -- Edward Vern Smith, 813 W. Willow, was killed Saturday night when his car fell off blocks and crushed him. He was working on the car in his garage. He was 55.
Smith was born April 7, 1891 in Browning, Missouri. He lived in Pilot Rock for a number of years and lived in Milton-Freewater a year before coming to Walla Walla in 1939.
For the past 13 years he worked as a meat cutter for the NInth Street Grocery. He was active in the Jefferson PTA and served on the high school council for a year. He was an active member of the Latter Day Saints Church.
On June 12, 1922, he was married in Pendleton to Grace Michael.
Survivors include his wife, Grace, of the home address; two daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Janice) Hankla and Mrs. David (June) Hallmark, both of Walla Walla; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Porter, Pilot Rock, and Mrs. Sloan Thomson, Echo; four brothers, Claude and Henry, Pilot Rock; Leo, Missoula, Montana, and Jule, Echo. Seven grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services are being planned for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of a local funeral home. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Date: 30 April 1956 - [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com.
Edward Vern Smith, male, born about 1901. died 28 April 1956 at age 55, Walla Walla Walla Walla Co, WA. Father: Marcus Smith Mother: Lennie Brumbaugh.
Washington Deaths, Source: Washington State Death Records - [S181] Washington,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla: Funeral Program.
Edward Vern Smith 1901-1956...1 May 1956, buried Mtn View Cemetery...
DeWitt Funeral home program
Date: April 1956 - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
Edward Vern Smith was buried 1 May 1956 in Walla Walla,Walla Walla,Wash.
Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
...Edward Vern Smith... Funeral services are being planned for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of a local funeral home. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Date: 30 April 1956 - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
Marcus Melvin Smith md Lennie T Bell Z Brumbaugh 22... 1894 in Pendleton, Oregon
Pedigree chart in brown bk of remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
Marcus M Smith and Lennie Brumbaugh married April 22, 1894 [no place shown]
Family Registry cut from a book [Bible?] in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith - [S277] Missouri,Sullivan Co: Marriage Rcds, #1009116, pg 207.
Marriage License issued to M M Smith of Reger, Sullivan Co MO, over the age of 21 and Lennie Brumbaugh of Cora, Sullivan Co MO over the age of 18... STATE OF MONTANA, Sullivan Co... This is to certify that the undersigned, a Minister of the Gospel did, at Duncan, in said County, on the 22nd day of April 1894, united in marriage the above named persons. MRF Nickell; filed May 26th, 1894. T A White, Recorder
Also Apr 21 1894 License #64 to MM Smith 22 and Lennie Brumbaugh 21, license ret'd May 26. 1894, MRF Nickell, MG Bk 4
Also Missouri Marriage Rcds 1805-2002, searched 1-19-2009 on Ancestry.com image 19 and 49 MG License page 207 - [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index.
IGI shows married in Browning, Linn Co, MO: Shows Marcus of Reger and Lennie of Cora, Sullivan Co, MO.
Sealing of 24 Oct 1981 SEATTLE - [S140] Family Rcds: BRUMBAUGH, Lou (Mrs George H).
Marcus Smith md Lennie 22 Apr 1894, no place shown
1948 letter from Mrs. George H Brumbaugh, Browning MO to Vern Smith - [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, Film 1260959, batch 812-4003.
Marcus Smith md Lennie Brumbaugh Browning, Linn Co, MO - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
His family moved to Hermiston & bought a small acreage, so the next spring Vern went to Hermiston, rented an acreage next to his folks, so we really made plans, so on June 12, 1922, (20 yrs old), we were married in Pendleton at the Parsonage.
Edward Vern Smith married Grace Mae Michael on 12 June 1922 in Pendleton, Umatilla Co, Oregon.
This Certifies that Edward Vern Smith of Umatilla Co and Grace Michael of Umatilla Co were United in Marriage at 506 East Alta-Pendleton. According to the Ordinances of God and the laws of Oregon, on the 12th day of June in the year of our Lord 1922. Signed Rev. G. L. Clark, Pendleton, Ore. Witnesses: Mrs. J. A. Porter and Mrs. E. L. Michael
From autobiography of Grace Michael Smith, written in her hand; also family group sheet & copy of certification of marriage in brown Bk of Remembrance in her suitcase
Date: 1986 - [S160] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton: 1986 Michael Family Tree.
Grace Michael md to Mr Smith, 2 daughters: June, Janice Smith [no dates or places shown]
Date: 1986 - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
Grace M Smith... On June 12, 1922, she married Edward Vern Smith in Pendleton
Wife, Grace Michael Smith's obituary
Date: 16 October 1990 - [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
Grace Mae Michael md Edward Vern Smith, June 12, 1922, two daughters: June and Janice Smith [no place shown]
1955 letter from Iva to Mary Marks, Eads doc #87b - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
This Certifies That Edward Vern Smith of Umatilla Co. and Grace Michael of Umatilla Co. were United in Marriage at 506 East Alta, Pendleton. According to the Ordinance of God, and the laws of Oregon, On the 12th day of June in the year of our Lord 1922. Signed by Rev. G. L. Clark of Pendleton, Ore. Witnesses: Mrs. J. A. Porter and Mrs E. L. Michael
Copy of a page from wedding book, perhaps - now in Bk of Remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase - [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
Edward Vern Smith md Grace Mae Michael 12 June 1922 in Pendelton,Umatilla,Oregon
Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
...Edward Vern Smith... On June 12, 1922, he was married in Pendleton to Grace Michael.
Edward Vern Smith's obituary
Date: 30 April 1956
- [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
