Edward Vern Smith

Edward Vern Smith

Male 1901 - 1956  (55 years)

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  • Name Edward Vern Smith 
    Born 7 Apr 1901  Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    AFN 4ZVN-6L 
    Died 28 Apr 1956  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Buried 1 May 1956  Mtn View Cem, WallaWalla, Walla Walla, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 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  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Family ID F552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Vern Smith,   b. 7 Apr 1901, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1956, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1922  Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
    Children 
    +1. June Bernice Smith,   b. 11 Aug 1923, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 2002, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +2. Living
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Apr 1901 - Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jun 1922 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Apr 1956 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1 May 1956 - Mtn View Cem, WallaWalla, Walla Walla, Washington Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Edward Vern Smith and his wife Grace Mae Michael
    Edward Vern Smith and his wife Grace Mae Michael
    Married June 12th, 1922 in Pendleton, Oregon
    Bessie Michael Wegner, June Smith and her father, Edward Vern Smith, Elmer Joseph Wegner, Grace Michael Smith, Marie Kidwell Hemphill, Lavelle Wegner Bennett, about 1945
    Bessie Michael Wegner, June Smith and her father, Edward Vern Smith, Elmer Joseph Wegner, Grace Michael Smith, Marie Kidwell Hemphill, Lavelle Wegner Bennett, about 1945
    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
    Elery and Mae Wegner Michael, Edward Vern Smith and Grace Michael Smith, with June Smith (about 1 year) on Grandma Mae's lap
    Elery and Mae Wegner Michael, Edward Vern Smith and Grace Michael Smith, with June Smith (about 1 year) on Grandma Mae's lap
    Picnic in the woods of Oregon about 1924
    Friends, Gleyre Frederickson, Jerry Davenport, and Edward Vern Smith about 1950
    Friends, Gleyre Frederickson, Jerry Davenport, and Edward Vern Smith about 1950
    Walla Walla WA
    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
    Back: Henry Smith, Bertha Hemphill Pollock and Albert Pollock, Edward Vern Smith, Bertha Porter Smith; Front: Pollock children, with Jewel & Claude Smith
    Back: Henry Smith, Bertha Hemphill Pollock and Albert Pollock, Edward Vern Smith, Bertha Porter Smith; Front: Pollock children, with Jewel & Claude Smith
    June Smith Hallmark, with parents, Edward Vern and Grace Michael Smith
about 1956
    June Smith Hallmark, with parents, Edward Vern and Grace Michael Smith about 1956
    Walla Walla WA
    Sheepshearing -- might be Vern Smith
    Sheepshearing -- might be Vern Smith
    Edward Vern Smith 1997
    Edward Vern Smith 1997
    Vern and Grace Smith
    Vern and Grace Smith
    Vern Smith with June about 1924
    Vern Smith with June about 1924
    Edward Vern Smith and baby daughter June Smith, fall 1923
    Edward Vern Smith and baby daughter June Smith, fall 1923
    Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon
    Vern Smith and Goldie Michael
    Vern Smith and Goldie Michael
    Vern Smith postcard
    Vern Smith postcard
    Vern Smith postcard
    Vern Smith postcard
    Vern Smith on a snowy day
    Vern Smith on a snowy day
    Edward Vern Smith with grandaughter, Pam Bernice Hallmark, about 1942
    Edward Vern Smith with grandaughter, Pam Bernice Hallmark, about 1942
    Walla Walla WA, Smith home, 813 Willow Street
    Vern and Grace Smith about 1921
    Vern and Grace Smith about 1921
    Vern and Grace Smith about 1922 at grandma Wegner's
    Vern and Grace Smith about 1922 at grandma Wegner's
    Vern and Grace Smith, Elery and June Meachum
    Vern and Grace Smith, Elery and June Meachum
    Vern and Grace Smith
    Vern and Grace Smith
    Vern, Claude, Juel, Leo, and Henry Smith about 1950
    Vern, Claude, Juel, Leo, and Henry Smith about 1950
    Vern Smith
    Vern Smith
    Vern Smith (3rd from left)
    Vern Smith (3rd from left)
    Vern Smith about 1920
    Vern Smith about 1920
    Vern Smith and Bertha Hemphill Pollock
    Vern Smith and Bertha Hemphill Pollock
    Vern Smith and Hank in the mountains above PR
    Vern Smith and Hank in the mountains above PR
    Vern Smith at Bingham Hot Springs
    Vern Smith at Bingham Hot Springs
    Vern Smith catching peanuts
    Vern Smith catching peanuts
    Vern Smith as a young man
    Vern Smith as a young man
    Vern and Grace Smith
    Vern and Grace Smith
    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
    Vern and Grace Smith about 1955
    Vern and Grace Smith about 1955
    Grace and Vern Smith
    Grace and Vern Smith
    Grace and Vern Smith on Willow Street
    Grace and Vern Smith on Willow Street
    Unknown, Albert Pollock, Henry (Hank) Smith, Edward Vern Smith, Leo Smith
    Unknown, Albert Pollock, Henry (Hank) Smith, Edward Vern Smith, Leo Smith
    Vern Smith and Jesse Porter sheep shearing in Montana about 1930
    Vern Smith and Jesse Porter sheep shearing in Montana about 1930
    Vern, Grace, and June Smith sheep shearing in Montana around 1929
    Vern, Grace, and June Smith sheep shearing in Montana around 1929
    Edward Vern Smith & brother, Henry (Hank) and Chester Lee 'Ted' Michael, with June Smith, about 1 year old, in Uncle Ted's arms
    Edward Vern Smith & brother, Henry (Hank) and Chester Lee "Ted" Michael, with June Smith, about 1 year old, in Uncle Ted's arms
    Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon
    Uncle Chester Lee 'Ted' Michael with June Smith, about 13, on the top of the rock, Edward Vern Smith below
    Uncle Chester Lee "Ted" Michael with June Smith, about 13, on the top of the rock, Edward Vern Smith below
    Park in the Woods

    Histories
    Smith Family -- Histories for 4 Generations
    Smith Family -- Histories for 4 Generations
    Taken from Pam's PAF file notes

  • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [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

    3. [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

    4. [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

    5. [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

    6. [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

    7. [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

    8. [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

    9. [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

    10. [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

    11. [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

    12. [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

    13. [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

    14. [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

    15. [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

    16. [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

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

    18. [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

    19. [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

    20. [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

    21. [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

    22. [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

    23. [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

    24. [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