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• Name: Ken Smith
• Residence: Denver, Denver, CO

Charles married Beverly SHIMEK on 15 Apr 1971 in Denver, Denver, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

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• Occupation: Druggist, Red Cross Drug Store.

Notes:

Note:
Charles worked for many years for the Red Cross Drug Store. Over his lifetime he collected a large amount of memorabilia from his days at the drug store. He was a camera enthusiast and had a large collection of original Kodak cameras, most in the original boxes. Charles worked on the Al-Can Highway in the 1940's. Charles was also a certified meteorologist.

Died:
Services held from the Sellergren-Lindell Funeral Home, Red Oak, Iowa, Monday, December 29, 1986 at 10:30 am, Rev. Byron Paxton, officiating.

Buried:
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Charles married Audrey Francis KENNON on 21 Jun 1938 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Audrey (daughter of Fred LaRue KENNON and Emma Jeanette MADISON) was born on 14 Apr 1918 in Carthage, Miner, SD; died on 1 Jan 1992 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 4 Jan 1992 in Salem Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note:
Audrey was a collector of almost anything! She purchased an old drive-in bank in the late 1970's, she took great pride in showing off the teller window.

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• Military Note: 27 Sep 1918, Clay Co., MO

Notes:

Military Note:
In September of 1918 Joseph Grover Smith completed a WWI draft registration, he gives his birth date as May 10, 1888 and his residence as Liberty, Clay, MO.
The registrar notes he is of medium height and build with grey eyes and brown hair.

Joseph married Reba WESTIL. Reba (daughter of William M. WEST and Sarah L. SHIRK) was born in Nov 1894 in IL; died after 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Mrs. Reba Smith is listed as a guest at the 63rd wedding anniversary party of Fred L. and Emma (Madison) Kennon, held in 1973.

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• Occupation: Farmer and Blacksmith
• Census: 30 Jan 1920, Mathews Township, Kingsbury, SD
• Census: 13 Apr 1930, Garfield Township, Montgomery, IA
• Census: 26 Apr 1940, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA

Notes:

DNA:
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Census:
1920 census at Mathews Township, Kingsbury, SD shows: Fred L., 30, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA, occupation, farmer; Emma J., 28, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; Randall F., 7, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; Audrey, 1, b. SD, parents b. IA/IA.

Census:
1930 census at Garfield Township, Montgomery, IA shows Fred L. Kennon, 40, married at age 20, b. IA, parents b. US/IA, farmer; Emma J., 39, married at 19, b. IA, parents b. PA/IL; children: Randall, 17, b. IA; Audrey, 11. b. SD; Maurice, 9, b. SD; Patricia, 4, b. SD.

Census:
1940 census at Red Oak, Montgomery, IA shows Fred L. Kennon, 51, b. IA, retired blacksmith; Emma, 49, b. IA; Patricia, 14, b. IA.

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Fred married Emma Jeanette MADISON on 24 Apr 1910 in Corning, Adams, IA. Emma (daughter of Robert Eugene (Gene) MADISON and Emily Jane SOPER) was born on 16 Jun 1891 in Corning, Adams, IA; died on 8 Dec 1973 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 6 Jun 1900, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA

Notes:

Census:
1900 census at Red Oak, Montgomery, IA shows George W. Smith, 50, b. Mar 1850, married 28 years, b. IL, parents b. KY/KY, farm laborer; Mary, 48, b. Aug 1852, 11 children born / 10 living, b. IL, parents b. KY/KY; children b. KY: Lizzie, b. Apr 1882, 18; Martin, b. Jan 1880, 20; remaining children b. IA: Milton, b. Jan 1885, 15; Martin, b. Jan 1885, 15; Joseph, b. May 1888, 12; Clara, b. Sep 1891, 8; Bessie, b. July 1895, 4.

George married Mary HOUCHIN about 1872 in KY. Mary (daughter of Willis HOUCHIN and Paradine COLE) was born in Aug 1852 in IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Belknap, Johnson, IL

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Census:
1900 census at Belknap, Johnson, IL shows William M. West, 42, b. Apr 1858, b. IL, parents b. IL/IL, day laborer; Sarah L., 38, b. Jan 1861, 5 children born / 5 living, b. IL, parents b. IL/IL; children b. IL: Evert, b. Sep 1885, 14, day laborer; Cliff, b. Dec 1887, 12; Lois, b. Sep 1889, 10; Reba, b. Nov 1894, 5; William, b. May 1899, 1.

William married Sarah L. SHIRK on 20 Nov 1884 in Johnson Co., IL. Sarah (daughter of George SHIRK and Mary Elizabeth MIZELL) was born in Jan 1861 in Massac Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 20 Apr 1910, Belknap, Johnson, IL

Notes:

Census:
1910 census at Belknap, Johnson, IL shows Sarah West (indexed as Sade West), 48, widowed,5 children born / 5 living, b. IL, parents b. IL/IL, dressmaking, home; children b. IL: Everett, 24, brakeman, railroad; Reba, 15, seamstress, home; Wm., 10.

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• Birth: 23 Aug 1857
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Quincy Township, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY
• Obituary: 9 Feb 1910, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 12 Feb 1910, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

Notes:

DNA:
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Census:
1900 census at Quincy Township, Fred, b. Aug 1850, age 39, m. 13 yrs, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Clara, b. July 1866, age 38, m. 13 yrs, children born/living, 4/4, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY; children, all b. IA: Edith, Mar 1888, 12; Freddie, Sep 1889, 10; Frank, July 1895, 4; Ralph, Aug 1898, 2. The age and birthdate of Fred is obviously wrong and Clara seems to be off by a year.

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Frederick married Clara Edith Daisy LARUE on 30 Apr 1887 in Corning, Adams, IA. Clara (daughter of Franklin B. LARUE and Amelia Wells CHAPIN) was born on 7 Jul 1865 in Bloomington, McLean, IL; died on 16 Sep 1949 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 19 Sep 1949 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Between 1879 and 1887, Adams Co., IA; School teacher
• Census: 12 May 1910, Corning, Adams, IA
• Census: 24 Jan 1920, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
• Census: 15 Apr 1940, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 22 Sep 1949, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

Notes:

DNA:
MKM

Census:
1910 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara E. Kennon, 44, widow, 5 children born / 4 living, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY; children b. IA: Frank, 14; Ralph, 11.

Census:
1920 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Myra Kenyon, age 54, widow, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, housework only; Edith, 30, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, occupation, public school teacher; Frank, 24, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student; Ralph, 21, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student.
This census entry fits this family exactly except for the name and spelling of the head-of-household. Daisy LaRue Kennon had a sister named Myra who remained unmarried and lived in town but she died in 1918.
Enumerated a few "spaces" away is Sarah Kenon, the widow of Albert Kennon.

Census:
1940 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara Kennon, 74, widow, b. IL, same house as 1930.

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Married:
Married by A. J. Lovejoy.

Robert married Emily Jane SOPER on 25 Nov 1869 in Knoxville, Knox, IL. Emily (daughter of Septimus SOPER and Alvina HEWITT) was born on 1 Apr 1851 in Ontario, CANADA; died on 26 Dec 1932 in Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Emily Jane Madison