Wilbur Leo Smith

Wilbur Leo Smith

Male 1904 - 1972  (68 years)

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  • Name Wilbur Leo Smith 
    Born 13 Jul 1904  Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    AFN 4ZVN-MT 
    Buried Dec 1972  Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 5 Dec 1972  Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I1857  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Marcus Melvin Smith,   b. 17 Jun 1871, near Scottsville, Sullivan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1934, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Lennie Temperance Bell Zanie Brumbaugh,   b. 17 Aug 1873, Boston, Barton, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1953, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 22 Apr 1894  Duncan Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Family ID F552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Antoinette Kathryn Varco,   b. 21 Sep 1909, Sidney, Richland, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 2007, Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1935  Sidney, Richland, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Jul 1904 - Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Jun 1935 - Sidney, Richland, Montana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Dec 1972 - Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Dec 1972 - Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    80th birthday party for Lennie Smith (August 1953) at Echo, Oregon.
    80th birthday party for Lennie Smith (August 1953) at Echo, Oregon.
    Nanetta, Claude, Jule, Vern, Henry, Leo, Pricess (Peggy) and guest of honor Lennie in front
    Wilbur Leo Smith
    Wilbur Leo Smith
    Graduate of Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington; Later a teacher & register at University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
    Wilbur Leo Smith
    Wilbur Leo Smith
    Unknown, Albert Pollock, Henry (Hank) Smith, Edward Vern Smith, Leo Smith
    Unknown, Albert Pollock, Henry (Hank) Smith, Edward Vern Smith, Leo Smith
    Birthday party for Lennie Smith -- 80 years old, summer 1953
    Birthday party for Lennie Smith -- 80 years old, summer 1953
    L-R: June Smith Hallmark, Ninetta Smith Porter, Bertha and Claud Smith, Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith, Princess "Peggy" Smith Thomson, Henry "Hank" Smith, Jesse Porter, Edward Vern Smith, Sloan Thomson, Leo and Kathryn Smith, Grace Michael Smith, Doris Welch Smith
    Mom and her sons: Henry, Leo, Jewel, Claude, Vern and Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith about 1950
    Mom and her sons: Henry, Leo, Jewel, Claude, Vern and Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith about 1950
    Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon

  • Notes 
    • 1904 BIRTH: MO,Linn Co-Browning: Wilbur Leo Smith born 13 July 1904, known as Leo

      1910 CENSUS:OR,Umatilla, Echo Precinct, 20 Apr, pg3401, Dw 169: Walter L Smith 5/MO, son of Mark M and Lena Smith

      1920 CENSUS:OR,Umatilla,Pr 59 (outside Pilot Rock):12 Jan Dw60/61-Stewart Crk: Leo W Smith 16/MO, son of Marcus M and Lennie B Smith

      1935 MARRIAGE: MT,Richland Co-Sydney: Wilbur Leo Smith md Kathry Varko June 30, 1935

      1972 DEATH: MT, Missoula Co-Missoula: Wilbur Leo Smith died 5 Dec 1972


      NOTES: June Hallmark: Leo and Kathryn always lived in Montana when we grew up, so didn't get to know him as well as Grandad's other brother and sisters. He taught college, had two daughters I knew a little, but not as well as the ones who lived in Pilot Rock.
      Aunt Kathryn: Leo was hired by Elizabeth Ireland - vocational ed, State Director. Then received Registrar's offer.

      May 1992: Kathryn Varko Smith (Leo): "Uncle Leo helped the family financially. Leo talked about walking 3 miles to get milk for the family. He received a football scholarship to Willamette University and worked hard to get his education by working with wheat on the Columbia River..."
      Letter 1997, Kathryn Varco Smith: "Norma had a clipping recently, talked abt football team in Hermiston, the year Leo played, best ever. Took Leo a long time to graduate Whitman, had to stop to work. Went to reunion the year before died, met a man who knew all about his appointment to teach in Sidney, etc..."

  • Sources 
    1. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Wilbur Leo Smith born 13 July 1904, Browning, Linn, MO.
      Family group sheet in brown bk of remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase

    2. [S287] Family Rcds: SMITH, Kathryn Varco.
      (Wilbur) Leo Smith born July 13, 1904 in Browning Missouri
      Nov 1997 letter from Kathryn to Pam Wagner

    3. [S287] Family Rcds: SMITH, Kathryn Varco.
      (Wilbur) Leo Smith died Dec. 5 - 1972, Missoula, Mont.
      Nov 1997 letter from Kathryn to Pam Wagner

    4. [S457] Montana Death Index, 1860-2007.
      Leo Smith, Age 68, Est birth year: about 1904, Death County: Missoula, Residence County: Missoula, Marital Status: Md or Separated, Index #6542, Source: Montana State Genealogical Society.

    5. [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

    6. [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

    7. [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

    8. [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

    9. [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

    10. [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, Film 1260959, batch 812-4003.
      Marcus Smith md Lennie Brumbaugh Browning, Linn Co, MO

    11. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Wilbur Leo Smith md Kathryn Varco 30 June 1935 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in brown bk of remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase

    12. [S287] Family Rcds: SMITH, Kathryn Varco.
      Wilbur Leo Smith md Antoinette Kathryn Varco June 30, 1935 [no place shown]
      Nov 1997 letter from Kathryn to Pam Wagner