Part VII

Ancestors of
Gordon Leland Smith

Husband of Billie Lee Lamb

Ancestor Chart-Gordon Leland Smith

Related Families:

Black, Buttolph (Taylor),
Clevenger (Horner, Hendrix/Stone, Potter),
Ferguson (Marshall),
Gipson,
Haley,
Hendrix/Stone,
Hoard (Heberlee, Traw),
Norton,
Schul (Badgley, Tiegje, Barnes, Marshall),
Siefert,
Smith (Badgley, Bohlman, Grant, Potter, Swanson),
St. Germaine,
Wyatt,
Yarberry (Gipson)

Phillip Smith, was married in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, to Margaretha Anna Miller, the daughter of Johann Jacob Mueller. He died in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Roy Skinner says:

The Schmidt children were named in Philip's will but notice the following connections to our Peter:

1. The use of the German name Schmidt (Schmit) in all three cases. I believe that following Philip's death (his will was translated from German) the family used the Americanized name Smith (as census and tax records had been using).
2. Peter was married in Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland and Anna Barbara and John Jacob births were recorded in a Reformed Church in Somerset County.
   I also might have found when and where the family migrated to American.
   Passenger List for the brigantine Pennsylvania Merchant Sept 18, 1733 which landed in Philadelphia.
   http://www.searchforancestors.com/passengerlists/schwenckfelders.html

Children:

1. John Jacob Schmidt, s/o Philip & Anna Margaret Schmidt, was born on July 25, 1777 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and baptized Oct. 10, 1777. Witnesses were Jacob Wacker & Elizabeth (Walker).

   Source: Evangelcal Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. (this area was Bedford County until April 1795)



2. Susanna d/o Philip Schmidt was born 14 Apr 1781 & bapt 04 Jun 1781; witness: none named (Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ---this area Bedford County until April 1795 --dc) She married George Schanafelt
1. Grandchildren:
1. Anna Margaret d/o George Schanafelt & Susanna was born 22 Apr 1783 & bapt 22 Aug 1783; witnesses: Frederick Ambrose & Anna Margaret. (Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ---this area Bedford County until April 1795 --dc)
2. Catharine Shenefelt, d/o George and Susanna Shenefelt, was b. 22 Feb 1777 and bapt. 12 Oct 1777; witnesses were Peter and Rosina Angane. (Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.; this area became Somerset County in April 1795, so was technically Bedford at this time..cce)


3. Anna Barbara Schmidt, d/o Philip & Margaret Schmidt, was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania,on Oct. 27, 1783 and baptized June 2, 1784. Witness was Catherine. Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. (this area was Bedford Co. until April 1795)


4. Catherine d/o Philip Schmidt & Susanna was born 15 Jul 1785 & bapt 04 Sep 1785; witnesses: Casper Augenstein (?) & wife (Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ---this area Bedford County until April 1795 --dc)


5. Susanna d/o Philip Schmidt was born 04 Apr 1781 & bapt 04 Jun 1781; witness: none named (Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ---this area Bedford County until April 1795 --dc)


6. Rosina d/o Philip Schmidt & Margaretha was born 25 Dec 1786 & bapt 02 May 1787; witness: none named (Source: Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church Records, Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ---this area Bedford County until April 1795 --dc)

Peter Smith, son of Phillip Smith, was born in 1769, and died 3 December 1849, in Koscuisco, Indiana.

He was married to Elizabeth Martha Schoenfelt, who died after 1849.

Children:

1. Catherine Smith


2. Daniel Smith


3. George Smith


4. Jacob Smith


5. Elizabeth Smith, born about 1804, in Pennsylvania, died after 1880 (in Missouri?)


6. Henry Smith, born 13 March 1806, Pennsylvania, died 18 March 1872, Sevastopol, Kosciusko County, Indiana


7. Phillip Smith, born about 1808, Pennsylvania or Ohio


8. Joseph Smith, born about 1811, in Ohio


9. Abraham Smith, was born 7 October 1814, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

Abraham Smith, was born 7 October 1814, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, which was heavily, heavily German. Most of the church records are of Germans. Them having the name of Schmidt is easy to believe. There are traces of the family being in Wayne County as well before being in Kosciusko.

Also, Harrison County was formed in 1813 from portions of Jefferson and Tuscarawas counties. Abraham might have been born in present day Harrison County. The family probably was living in the portion that was Tuscarawas County prior to the 1820 census.

Abraham is shown living with his brother Joseph and Joseph's family in 1850 in Kosciusko County, Indiana census. There is another brother, George, who we are working on tracing.

He was married 9 December 1852 to Elizabeth Leitner who was born 11 October 1827.

He had a relative named E C Smith, of Rochester, Indiana, Rte 6, Box 56.

They lived near Sevestopool, Kosciuko County, Franklin Township, Indiana, where all their children were born. They moved from there to Marshall County, Indiana sometime between 1864 and 1870. He died Marshall County, Indiana 1882, in Marshall County, and probably buried around Polk Township, where the farm was.

Roy Skinner (2006)

“My Mother left a note that Abraham died in 1881, which I believe in that his farm was sold the following year as "the Estate of Abraham Smith." There was another Abraham living there at the time but the Lemert family sold him the farm. The Lemerts sold my other Great, great grandfather (Charles Forsyth) his land as well. My sister doesn't “buy” it as there is no other evidence to support or deny it is him.”

In 1892, Elizabeth came to Kansas, to live with her son Lafe and family. She died 24 February 1906, at the farm in Kingsdown, Ford County, Kansas, and was buried first in Kingsdown, Kansas, and later the bodies were moved to Bucklin, Ford County, Kansas. (Bl 6, Lot 3)

The birthdays of Eizabeth's children is taken from the two surviving pages of Elizabeth's family Bible, later in the possession of Mercedes Smith.

Children:

1. Franklin Smith, born 2 December 1853, Indiana; died before July 1922


2. John Smith, born 11 May 1855; living in 1922, Plymouth, Indiana, died about 1831


3. Mary Jane (Jennie) Smith, born 22 December 1856; died August 1915, Cook County, Illinois. (Perhaps: She married William F Day) Her husband young; she had 2 boys: Homer who played baseball and had no children, and William


4. Elizabeth Alice Smith, born 29 November 1858, living in July 1922, in South Bend, Indiana, died in September 1922, in Washtenaw County, Michigan; married Jonas Lorenzo Forsyth, born 18 June 1859, Crawford County, Ohio, died 12 August 1951, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
1. Grandchildren:
1. Harry Jay Forsyth unfinished


5. Lafayette Smith, born 20 November 1860, Sevestopool, Kosciusko County, Indiana


6. Aaron Smith, born 18 January 1864; unmarried; resided in Shoshone, Wyoming, in 1922, died 10 April 1930, Thermopolis, Wyoming

Lafayette Smith, son of Abraham Smith and Elizabeth Leightner, was born 20 November 1860, in Sevestopool, Kosciuko County, Indiana. Lafayette came to Kansas in the spring of 1885, and bought a farm, which lies just north of Kingsdown, Ford County, Kansas.

He came with a horse, which he traded for a watch. Thereafter, he had to walk to Dodge City for groceries, a distance of 20 miles. This was in the “wild and wooley” days of Dodge City, and it was dangerous to stay in town over night. He would spend the night in a grove of trees on the east side of Fort Dodge, and come home the next day.

Arriving at Kingsdown the same year, by covered wagon from Michigan, was the family of Peter Noah Hoard and Ellen St. Germaine, who settled adjacent to Lafe. They had a daughter, named Cora Ellen, born 17 June 1874, in Allegan County, Michigan. This great granddaughter-in-law has a small, armless, walnut “ladies” rocking chair, they brought with them. They had a “soddie” just 1 mile to the west of Lafayette's land. Peter lost the land some years later, because he could not pay the taxes on it, a matter of $529. (See Hoard, and St. Germaine Families)

Lafe and Cora were married 30 November 1890, in Ford County. She was 16, and he was 30. On 30 July 1905, the Kingsdown Presbyterian Church bought the land from Lafe on which the new brick church was built. Cora was a charter member and trustee.

Many stories are told in the family, about Lafe's violent temper, and how harsh he was to his children. On one occasion, the two oldest girls were playing in his new buggy, which he had told them not to do. He took the buggy whip and began to beat them, and Cora had to come and stand between him and the children, to get him to stop. Nellie, the oldest, did farm work, right along with the men. The “aunts” claimed that was the reason she never had any children.

In 1905, when he began to prosper, Lafe built a splendid new barn. At the time, his family was living in a small two-room house. The family then consisted of six small children, and Grandmother Smith.

Cora decided the time had come for action. She took the children, and set up housekeeping in the tack room of the barn, declaring that she would stay there until he built her a new house. The new house was built in short order.

Grandmother died in February 1906, in the new house, and their youngest child was born later, in July of that year. Lafe was a good carpenter; he built several of the houses in the area. They all had the same design, just like the one he was living in. All of the children were born on the farm just one quarter-mile, north of Kingsdown.

Lafe made periodical trips to Indiana, to see his family, but he never took Cora and the children.

Back: Lafayette Smith, his sister Alice Front: his mother Elizabeth, his brother John

Lafe was a “wheeler and dealer.” For a while, he owned the general store in town. When times got bad, and other people had to sell out and leave the country, he was buying their land. At one time, he owned many square miles of it. Then as things got worse, he would sell one quarter of a section, (which was 80 acres) of land at a time, to pay the taxes on the others. He still had enough land left that he gave each one of the children a quarter of a section when they got married. They each inherited more when he died, and when Cora died.

Lafe & Cora lived in Kingsdown for a while, and when Bert was married and set up housekeeping on the farm, they moved to Bucklin, 7 miles to the east. The two younger children graduated High School there.

Lafe died of Bright's Disease, 17 July 1922 in Bucklin. The funeral was held at the Christian Church.

Back Row, Nellie Smith Strong, Treva Smith Robertson, Esther Smith Clevenger, Pearl Smith Haley, Ellen Smith Grant Front: Bert Smith, Cora Hoard Smith, Leroy Smith

On 4 November 1931, Cora was married again, to George Casebier, who was born 13 December 1869. He was a paperhanger and painter, a wiry little man who always ate his desert before the rest of his dinner. Relatives of George attending their wedding were his brother, J. H. Casebier; sister Mrs. T. J. Claus and son Teddy, Jr.; sister Mrs. T. V. Kelley; and another relative, Lenlie Casebier. He also had a brother Charles Casebier, of Central City, Kansas, and a brother, J. H. Casebier of Panama City.

Cora was a devout Christian, loyal to family, long-suffering and a loving matriarch. After Lorena (Aunt Lole) Van Vleet's husband died in 1925, Lole made her home with her sister Cora. During WW2, Cora's sister-in-law, Emma Hoard, and Emma's daughter Ruby, her husband and two young babies, lived in her basement.

Aunt Lole died in 1945, and Cora died 17 July 1947, in Bucklin. Although Cora lived to be 73, she had a heart ailment, which often gave her a very blue complexion. A great number of her children and grandchildren evidently inherited this. Many of them died suddenly.

George, who had the use of Cora's house as long as he lived, lived until 15 March 1964, spending his last few years in a home for the aged in Dodge City. Cora and George were both buried beside Lafe and his Mother in Bucklin. Aunt Lole was buried beside her Mother, in the Hoard Family Plot.

1910 - 2 room house

Children:

1. Nellie Smith, born 11 October 1891; died 17 April 1971, Bucklin, Kansas; married 5 February 1913 to Clyde Laurence Strong, farmer and carpenter, born 1 July 1884 Rushville, Illinois; died 10 March 1859, Bucklin; son of Thomas Woodson Strong and Josephine Troehmel of Illinois (brother, Otto Troehmel) No children.


2. Esther Smith, born 11 September 1893


3. Ellen Smith, born 27 March 1896


4. Pearl Smith, born 8 September 1898


5. Bert Smith, born 28 August 1900


6. Leroy Smith, born 25 September 1902


7. Treva Smith, born 30 July 1906

Esther Smith, daughter of Lafayette Smith and Cora Ellen Hoard, was born 11 September 1893, 3/4 mile north of Kingsdown, Ford County, Kansas.

She was married 30 October 1912, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Homer Hendrix Clevenger, born 18 December 1887, Rayville, Missouri, son of Samuel N. Clevenger and Margaret Frances Hendrix. (See Clevenger Family

Esther died 30 December 1958 in Bucklin, Kansas. He died 30 July 1969. They are buried in Bucklin.

All children were born in Kingsdown, Kansas.

Back: Bruce, Homer Front: Keith, Eula, Esther

Children:

1. Clarence Bruce Clevenger, born 28 January 1916


2. Keith Smith Clevenger, born 12 February 1920


3. Eula Maxine Clevenger, born 8 January 1924


4. Marilyn Fern Clevenger, born 22 August 1932

Ellen Smith, daughter of Lafayette Smith and Cora Ellen Hoard, was born 27 March 1896, Kingsdown, Kansas.

She was married 27 July 1916, Bucklin, Kansas, to Harold Stewart Grant, born 30 April 1895 at Stafford, Kansas, son of Hazeline McClennan Grant and Ida Mae Reigal.

In March of 1930, Ellen and Harold moved from Bucklin to Springfield, Colorado, to a farm, which they had purchased sometime before.

Ellen died 12 May 1949, in Springfield.

Harold was married/2 to Dorothy Wyatt, who was born 27 August 1912, Harold died 26 August 1966, in Springfield.

Dorothy died 25 June 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was buried in Springfield, Colorado

Children:

1. Laurence Harold Grant, born 11 December 1921, Bucklin, Kansas

50th Wedding Anniversary

Pearl Smith, daughter of Lafayette Smith and Cora Ellen Hoard, was born 8 September 1898, Kingsdown, Kansas.

She was married 16 September 1915, Ford County, Kansas, to Olin Rutledge Haley, born 8 July 1892 in Adams County, Illinois, son of Robert Grove Haley and Laura Rutledge. (See Haley Family)

All of the children were born near Kingsdown. When Pearl and “Dutch” retired they sold their farm and put up a “pre-built” house in Bucklin, Kansas.

Pearl died 13 July 1973, and “Dutch” died 25 November 1973; both were buried in Bucklin.

Children:

1. Elva June Haley, born 21 April 1916


2. Marlin Haley, born 27 May 1920


3. Robert Leo Haley, born 14 February 1928; married/1, divorced; no children; married/2 on 19 May 1967 Wichita, Kansas, to Rena (Wind) Roberts;
1. Grandchildren:
1. stepdaughter, Jan Roberts, married Bill Pinoky.

Bert Smith, son of Lafayette Smith and Cora Ellen Hoard, was born 28 August 1900, Kingsdown, Kansas. When he registered for the draft in WWI, he was given the middle name of Earnest. As it turned out, he never was conscripted. The name was discarded.

Bert met and fell in love with the new “schoolmarm” at Kingsdown. He was married 5 September 1920 near Minneola, Kansas, to Hazel Margaret Schul, born 16 June 1900, Minneola, daughter of William Schul and Samaria Badgely. (See Schul Family)

Hazel as a child

Hazel attended the old Emporia Normal School to obtain her teaching certificate. They were married in her parents' home. Hazel borrowed a Victrola and records to play wedding music, and fixed an arch in the south sitting room of the house.

Bert and Hazel moved onto the Smith “home-place,” 3/4 mile north of Kingsdown, when they were first married. For several years, his brother Leroy farmed with him.

The three older boys were born there, but the youngest was born in a Dodge City hospital.

Gordon and Norman

At first times were good, but in the 1930's during the depression and drouth, there were many lean years.

Hazel loved music, and would go for miles to hear a band concert. She never had a lesson, but could play the piano and organ “by ear.” She loved to take part in the dramatics that were such a big part of the social scene in the community, and gave many readings. She saw to it that her sons had an opportunity to play a musical instrument, and that they attended Church.

Bert was bitten by the “racing bug.” From a family in Oklahoma, whose racing stock was about to starve, he acquired half interest because he was able to provide a place to keep the horses. He did considerable breeding, and racing. He put his oldest son, Gordon, on as a jockey in the summers. Charlie Buxton, from Oklahoma, was the trainer, and they followed the racetracks, to New Mexico a lot, but also as far away as California and New Jersey.

Gordon standing, Norman, and baby Ronald

Bert seemed to be accident-prone. He was always in too much a hurry to be careful. At least once a year, he was involved in something. Once, he overturned a truck-load of valuable horses, by turning too sharply around a corner. During the harvest of 1939, he was caught in a combine, and nearly lost his life. In 1946 he went to the basement to see why the water heater went out, and lit a match. The resulting explosion raised the house off the foundation. He suffered very serious burns, but his eyes were not burned, because of the glasses he had on.

When Hazel inherited land in Minneola in 1939 after her father died, they farmed that, but in the 1940's, they sold it and bought land that was close to theirs.

Hazel and Gordon

Gordon and Ted

In the 1940's things began to get better. They modernized their house, putting in electricity and a bathroom, then a basement. Bert was the first one in the area to put in an irrigation well, on 1/4 section of ground that they bought from the Cobb family. It was a fine producing well, luckily tapping into a large underground river. The water was put into a big ditch on the high side of the quarter, and syphoned off into rows. This required close attention to keep it running, and to move pipe, to cover the whole space. The grandchildren remember taking their turns to move pipe. Later, they put in a Sprinkler system.

He put in a peach orchard. It flourished, and though it froze out sometimes in the spring, it produced a good crop. Much of the crop was lost, because of the difficulty of finding a market and transportation at the right moment. It required a lot of pruning and spraying. Gradually, the orchard was phased out, as it didn't pay enough. He tried raising row crops, and for a few years, had a crew of Mexican farm laborers at harvest time. But here, again, marketing made the critical difference.

Bert was stricken with a massive heart attack on Christmas day, 1956, and died in the hospital at Bucklin, Kansas, on 30 December 1957.

Hazel did not want to leave the farm, but she was afraid to live there alone. She had a new house built in Bucklin, and had lived in it less than a year, when she died in the hospital at Dodge City, Kansas, on 24 April 1961. They are both buried at Bucklin, Kansas.

April 1961, Ted, Ronald, Gordon, Norman

Children:

Gordon

1. Gordon Leland Smith, born 20 November 1921, Kingsdown, Kansas married 30 May 1942, Bucklin, Kansas to (See P-21 Billie Lee Lamb)


2. Norman Elwood Smith, born 29 April 1925, Kingsdown, Kansas


3. Ronald Leroy Smith, born 29 April 1930, Kingsdown, Kansas


4. Theodore Allan Smith, born 4 November 1935, Dodge City, Kansas

Leroy Smith, son of Lafayette Smith and Cora Ellen Hoard, was born 25 September 1902, Kingsdown, Kansas.

He was married 5 December 1931, Greensburg, Kansas, to Mercedes Lafaun Yarberry, born 20 November 1911, daughter of John Houston Yarberry and Arminta (Minnie) Isabelle Gipson. (See Yarberry Family)

Leroy was a farmer for many years, and lived at Kingsdown. They moved to Minneola, Kansas, in 1957, and opened a clothing store. Later they both worked for Eckles Department store in Dodge City; he was a shoe salesman, and she was in ladies ready-to-wear.

After retiring, they spent their winters in Tucson, Arkansas, where Leroy died 24 March 1984. He had the longest life of any Smith male. Although he survived heart trouble, all of the other men, and many of the women, died with heart disease, many of them suddenly.

He was buried in Bucklin, Kansas. Mercedes had spent her winters in Tucson. In 1996, she was gravely ill, in Minneola. In 1997, she was in a nursing home, in Missula, Montana, where her daughter lived. She died before 2008.

Leroy, Mercedes, Larry and Judith.

Children:

1. Larry LeRoy Smith, born 3 January 1935, Dodge City, Kansas


2. Judith Ann Smith, born 2 September 1943, Dodge City, Kansas

Treva Smith, daughter of Lafayette Smith and Cora Ellen Hoard, was born 30 July 1906.

She was married/1 to Rex Robertson of Wichita, Kansas, and divorced. She was married/2 to Mr. Herman, and divorced; and thirdly to Dewell Lybrand of California, and divorced.

She died 10 July 1961, in Fresno, California, and was buried in Forest Lawn, California.

Children:

1. Dean Robertson, born 1925, Ford County, Kansas; marriage/1, with 2 daughters; married/2; Dean died April 1970, California, with a sudden heart attack, buried Forrest Lawn Cemetery. His widow married Al Page of Northbridge, California. Both daughters were among the heirs of Nellie Strong's estate in 1971.
1. Grandchildren:
1. Gay Lee Robertson, married Fisher
2. _________ Robertson

Clarence Bruce Clevenger, son of Esther Smith and Homer Hendrix Clevenger, was born 28 January 1916, in Kingsdown, Kansas.

He was married 8 June 1941, near Ellinwood, Kansas, to Virginia Schmidt, born 9 August 1917, at Raymond, Kansas, daughter of Frank Schmidt and Myrtle Knapp.

They farmed at Kingsdown, and later built a house in Bucklin, Kansas, where Bruce died 25 January 1970 with a sudden heart attack the day after his son was married, and was buried in Bucklin.

Virginia, a home economics teacher, was married/2 on 28 March 1971, in California, to Francis Ingham. After his death in California, she returned to Bucklin, and resumed the Clevenger name.

After Cheryl died, Virginia had her grandchildren with her. She built a new house in Dodge City, Kansas, in 1996. Virginia died 1 June 2003, and was buried in Bucklin, Kansas.

Children:

1. Cheryl Clevenger, born 4 March 1944, Great Bend, Kansas


2. Roger Clevenger, born 20 May 1950, Dodge City, Kansas

Keith Smith Clevenger, son of Esther Smith and Homer Hendrix Clevenger, was born 12 February 1920, near Kingsdown, Kansas.

He was married 1 December 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, to Thelma Irene Potter. He died 14 May 1964, of a sudden Heart attack while driving in Dallas, Texas. Thelma was married again.

Children:

1. David Lee Clevenger, born 28 August 1944, Wichita; married in St. Monica Catholic Church, Dallas, Texas, to Mary Lou Bailey, daughter of Thomas S. Bailey
1. Grandchildren:
1. Shannon Marie Clevenger, born 9 April 1970
2. Shane Keith Clevenger, born 28 July 1973;


2. Steven Keith Clevenger, born 10 January 1949, Dallas, Texas

Eula Maxine Clevenger, daughter of Esther Smith and Homer Hendrix Clevenger, was born 8 January 1924, Kingsdown, Kansas.

She was married 10 September 1944, Kingsdown, Kansas, to Lemuel Bernard Colson, Jr. born 1 October 1920, in Pensacola, Florida, son of Lemuel Colson, Sr. and Ada Powers.

Eula and Lem have done a comprehensive genealogy account of their families. In 1997, they are living in Orlando, Florida

Children:

1. James Reid Colson, born 24 September 1945, Dodge City, Kansas


2. William Dairman Colson, born 5 April 1956, US Navy hospital, Agana Guam, Marianis Islands

Marilyn Fern Clevenger, daughter of Esther Smith and Homer Hendrix Clevenger, was born 22 August 1932, in Kingsdown, Kansas.

She was married 28 May 1956, in Kingsdown, to Miles Aaron Sheffler, born 23 July 1931, in Newton, Kansas, son of Laurence Bernard Sheffler and Beulah Elma Lewis.

Children:

1. Julie Lynn Sheffler, born 1 October 1957, Coffeeville, Kansas


2. Melinda Jeannine Sheffler, born 2 December 1960, Coffeeville, Kansas; unmarried in 1997

Laurence Harold Grant, the only child of Ellen Smith and Harold Stewart Grant, was born 12 November 1921, in Bucklin, Kansas, and raised in Springfield, Colorado.

He was married 26 November 1943, in Boise City, Oklahoma, to Barbara Jane Turner, born 3 August 1925, in Liberal, Kansas, daughter of Raymond A. Turner and Alice Warbuthnot.

Laurence was in the U. S. Air Force from 22 March 1944, until 11 May 1946. He farmed near Springfield for a number of years, and worked as a mechanic, in Springfield, in Monte Vista, Colorado, and in Amarillo, Texas.

They were living in Amarillo when he retired in 1983. In 1988, they returned to Springfield to live. They belong to the Methodist Church. All the younger children were born in Lamar, Colorado.

In 1993, they celebrated their “Golden Wedding Anniversary.” Laurence died 4 July 1997 in Springfield.

Children:

1. Laura Jane Grant, born 23 September 1945, Springfield, Colorado; died 27 October 1945, Springfield


2. Michael Laurence Grant, born 22 September 1946


3. Patty Jeanne Grant, born 28 October 1948


4. Max Harold Grant, born 11 December 1950; unmarried; truck driver for Baco Company, Springfield, Colorado


5. Penny Janeen Grant, born 15 July 1953


6. James William Grant, born 26 November 1955

Elva June Haley, daughter of Pearl Smith and Olin Rutledge Haley, was born 21 April 1916, Kingsdown, Kansas.

She was married 10 August 1940 to Willard Albert Hall, born 22 January 1914, Minneola, Kansas, son of Richard Eugene Hall and Mignon Nettie Riley. (See Hall Family, Pioneers of the Prairies, Minneola 1961, KGS Library, Dodge City Kansas)

June had a history of heart trouble. When she came to Bucklin to attend the funeral of her mother, she went with the family on 14 July 1973, to the Mortuary to make arrangements. She collapsed there, and was rushed to the hospital, but they were unable to revive her. She was buried in Lamar, Colorado

Children:

1. Allison Hall, born 29 July 1942, Wichita, Kansas; married 17 June 1972, Superior, Wisconsin, to Barbara Lee Coffrey


2. Dennis Allen Hall, born 2 April 1944, Wichita, Kansas

Marlin Haley, son of Pearl Smith and Olin Rutledge Haley, was born 27 May 1916, in Kingsdown, Kansas.

He was married 23 March 1941, in Wichita, Kansas, to Dorothy Lincoln, daughter of W. R. Lincoln, of Wichita.

Children:

1. Nancy Haley


2. Cheryl Haley

See Part I (P-21) for continuation of this family

Norman Elwood Smith, son of Bert Smith and Hazel Margaret Schul, was born 29 April 1925, at the farm place 3/4 mile north of Kingsdown, Kansas. He was a fighter pilot in the U. S. Air Force, and later a flight engineer, during WW2. He obtained a law degree from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. He was a member of both the Kansas and Oklahoma Bar Associations, and worked for many years for an oil company, as a petroleum landman.

He was married 5 September 1952, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Hallie Nadine Lawson, who was born 30 September 1930, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Norman retired in 1987 as Vice-president in the commercial loan division of Valley National Bank, in Phoenix, Arizona. They made their home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Nadine, a former secretary, taught English and Creative Writing in the University, there.

In 1993, Norman recovered from open-heart surgery. Norman spent his last 16 years playing tennis and enjoying his summer cabin in Forest Lakes. He died 16 October 2003, at home. He was cremated and a Memorial set up at the Shepherd of the Hills, United Church of Christ, in Phoenix.

Nadine retired in 1999, living in 2012.

Children:

1. Steven Kent Smith, born 30 August 1953, Bismark, North Dakota

Ronald Leroy Smith, son of Bert Smith and Hazel Margaret Schul, was born 29 April 1930, in Kingsdown, Kansas.

He was married 24 May 1953 near Hiawatha, Kansas, to Marjorie Grace Foster, born 23 May 1928, Hiawatha, Kansas, daughter of Charles Edward Foster and Carrie Huntsberger.

Ronald and Marge live on the “home-place” at Kingsdown, where he farmed in partnership with his brother, Gordon, then later with his son, Eric. Ronald drove a school bus.

Ronald died at home of lung cancer on 17 February 2004, and was buried in Bucklin, Kansas.

Marge is a retired primary school teacher. She sold the farm and moved to Dodge City, Kansas, living in 2012.

Children: Bradley Dale Smith, born 8 March 1954, Dodge City, Kansas Eric Bert Smith, born 11 January 1960, Dodge City, Kansas

Theodore Allan Smith, son of Bert Smith and Hazel Margaret Schul, was born 29 April 1935, in Dodge City, Kansas, and raised in Kingsdown, Kansas. He attended Washburn University, in Topeka, Kansas, and received his law degree from Tuscon, Arizona, practicing law in Phoenix, Arizona.

He was married 21 February 1959, in Nogales, Mexico, to Georgene Minetta Ivey, born 18 July 1936, in Denver, Colorado, daughter of Max Ivey and Illiah ___, who died 1 June 1998, Scottsdale, Arizona.

He retired inn Scottsdale, Arizona.

Ted died of cancer in 2011, in Scottsdale.

Children:

1. Tanya Cherie Smith, born 28 May 1957, Homestead, Florida; born to Georgene's 1/marriage, adopted by Ted; married/1 to Don Tully, 27 February 1982, Las Vegas, Nevada; divorced 1985; married/2 on 1 April 1985, to James Chandler, born 1 January 1956, Phoenix, Arizona, son of Joe and Selia Chandler; No children of her own, raised Jim's 2 daughters, Jody & Misty; lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2012


2. Tracy Norrene Smith, born 7 April 1961, Phoenix, Arizona

Larry Leroy Smith, son of Leroy Smith and Mercedes Lafaun Yarberry, was born 3 January 1935, in Dodge City, Kansas.

He graduated Kansas State University in manhattan, Kansas. While in college, he had his own dance band and also received his private pilot's license. He served in the US air Force.

He was married 14 August 1964, in Arlington, Virginia, to Mary Joanne Dunnington, born 14 September 1942, in Maryland, daughter of John William Dunnington and Dorothy Isabelle Newell.

In 1984, they moved from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, to Longmont, Colorado. Larry was a NASA representative, a test engineer, for Ball Research County, working at Goddard Space Center, overseeing the building of satellites.

He was a member of the Harvest Baptist Church, Chairman of the Church Elder Board, president of West Point Townhomes HOA, and a long time member of the Gideon's Internation. He enjoyed 4 wheeling, camping, boating, photography and playing the tenor saxophone.

Larry died at home 8 May 2008, in Niwot, Colorado, and was buried in Longmont Mountain View Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Mary Jo of Niwot, Colorado, two sons, Eric Smith and his wife, Gretchen, of Thornton Colorado, and Brian Smith and wife, Robyn, of Broomfield, Colorado, a daughter Cynthia Reiners and her husband, Chris, of Thornton, Colorado, a sister, Judy Kilgore, of Missoula, Montana, and five grandchildren.

Children:

1. Eric Newell Smith, born 27 September 1967, Washington, D. C. In 1997 he is engaged to Gretchen Riggs, who was born 30 April 1966, Denver, Colorado, daughter of Marge and Bob Riggs. Eric and Gretchen are law enforcement officers in Boulder County, Colorado


2. Cynthia LaFaun Smith, born 17 July 1970, Boulder, Colorado; in 1997 she went on a 7 week mission to the Ukraine in Russia. She is an art teacher; unmarried in 1997


3. Brian Christopher Smith, born 2 February 1973, Clearwater, Florida; married 14 August 1993, Longmont Colorado, to Robin Lee Trotter, born 14 January 1975, Longmont, daughter of Joel Trotter and Judy Mitchell In 1997, they attend Sterling Kansas College, and serve as ministers to children and youth.

Judith Ann Smith, daughter of Leroy Smith and Mercedes LaFaun Yarberry, was born 2 September 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas.

She was married 2 September 1965, in Lawrence, Kansas, to Dr. Delbert Lyle Kilgore, Jr., born 28 September 1942, in Dodge City, son of Delbert Kilgore, Sr. and Gertrude Hockette, both born in 1920.

Del received his PHD in Zoology from Kansas University, and did 2 years of post-doctorate work at Duke University. He is presently a professor at the University of Montana, in Missoula, Montana. Judith is a music teacher in the area schools.

Children:

1. Laurie LaFaun Kilgore, born 5 July 1966, Lawrence, Kansas; died 5 March 1969, Lawrence, Kansas; buried Bucklin, Kansas


2. Trevor John Kilgore, born 15 April 1975, Missoula, Montana


3. Alison Faith Kilgore, born 3 July 1980, Missoula, Montana

Cheryl Clevenger, daughter of Clarence Bruce Clevenger and Virginia Schmidt, was born 4 March 1944, in Great Bend, Kansas.

A primary school teacher, she was married 13 July 1968 in Kingsdown, Kansas, to Leon Boor, a farmer, born 12 March 1941, son of Joe Boor and Joan Penka. Cheryl took part in the Head Start program.

She died 16 July 1979, in Ulysses, Kansas. The cause of death was a violent reaction to some medicine she was taking for a cold. Leon took her death very hard. The children spend much time in Bucklin, Kansas, with their grandmother. Leon was married again.

Children:

1. Shelly Susanne Boor, born 19 September 1973, adopted; married Dale Stout
1. Grandchildren:
1. Shay Stout, born 1 June 1996, in Minneola, or Dodge City, Kansas


2. Charles Joseph Bruce Boor, born 30 May 1976, adopted; enlisted, left for basic training January 1999 at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, expecting to go to electronics school in Virginia

Roger Clevenger, son of Clarence Bruce Clevenger and Virginia Schmidt, was born 20 May 1950, in Dodge City, Kansas.

He was married 24 January 1970, in Kingsdown, Kansas, to Charlotte Baldwin, born 9 July 1951, Dodge City, daughter of Jo Baldwin and Doris Marie Imel. Roger farms north of Kingsdown. An honor student, Charlotte attended college after her marriage. The children are also honor students.

Children:

1. Roger Justin Clevenger, born 20 September 1972, Bucklin, Kansas;
   
   
   Dodge City Globe- 5 November 2005
   
   “Dustin and Jenny Clevenger, Bucklin, are the parents of a son, Jack Henry, born 25 October 2005. Grandparents are Kirby and Sherry Pike, Ashland, and Roger and Charlotte Clevenger, of Ford, Kansas. Great grandparents are Ray and Vera Kenton, Dodge City and Gladys Pike, Ashland, and Doris Baldwin, Kingsdown”


2. Rachelle Natasha Clevenger, born 18 July 1974, Bucklin, Kansas; married 1 June 1994 in Manhattan Kansas, to Greg Gilliam, who left on tour/duty w/Army, Germany, Rachel continued her studies at Kansas State University; married/2 August 1998, to Charles Edward Richmond, son of Prince and Emma Richmond, of Minter, Alabama, employed as supply warehouse specialist with Contract Services, Inc, Fort Riley, Kansas, Rachel employed as a social worker, with SRS, Junction City, Kansas.


3. Adam Jo Clevenger, born 5 August 1978, Bucklin, Kansas

James Reid Colson, son of Eula Maxine Clevenger and Lemuel Colson, Jr., was born 24 September 1945, in Dodge City, Kansas.

He was married 28 March 1969, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Hazel Rankin, born 3 August 1941, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and divorced.

James was married/2 on 18 September 1987, in Tucker, Georgia, to Linda Marshall Mullins (a divorcee)

Children:

1. William Reid Colson, born 8 September 1971, Colorado Springs; married 3 December 1994, Tampa Florida, Megan Anne Swenson, born 10 February 1971, Chicago Heights, Illinois, daughter of Thayne Warren Swenson Jr. and Mary Ann Ludden


2. Robert James Colson, born 10 November 1975, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Julie Lynn Sheffler, daughter of Marilyn Fern Clevenger and Miles Aaron Sheffler, was born 1 October 1957, in Coffeeville, Kansas.

She was married 17 November 1979, in Johnson County, Kansas, to Tom Nitcher, son of Kenny Nitcher and Eula Sloop. In 1997, they live in Overland Park, Kansas. The children were born in Johnson County, Kansas.

Children:

1. Melanie Erin Nitcher, born 13 February 1984


2. Meredith Leigh Nitcher, born 22 March 1988


3. Gregory Thomas Nitcher, born 6 April 1991

Michael Laurence Grant, son of Laurence Harold Grant and Barbara Jane Turner, was born 22 September 1946, in Lamar, Colorado.

He was married 25 March 1970, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Coleen Averyn, who was born 21 May 1951, in Detroit, Michigan.

He was in the US Air Corps for 21 years, retiring in 1988. In 1990, he started working for the US Postoffice, Las Vegas, NV.

Children:

1. Heather Ann Grant, born 12 January 1971, Wichita Falls, Texas


2. Travis Wayne Grant, born 27 May 1979, Las Vegas Nevada.

Patty Jeanne Grant, daughter of Laurence Harold Grant and Barbara Jane Turner, was born 28 October 1948, in Lamar, Colorado.

She was married 6 April 1968, in Springfield, Colorado, to Carl L. Jones, and divorced. She was married briefly a second time.

She was married/3 on 1 December 1984, to Michael Owen, a welder for Carolina Tank Corp., who was born 24 November 1950, in Anderson, South Carolina. He had 2 children by a previous marriage. They were divorced.

She was married/4 on 22 September 1996, to Frank Saber. In 1997, they live in Chester, South Carolina.

Children:

1. Jennifer Dawn Jones, born 18 December 1972


2. Jeffrey Don Jones, born 14 June 1976; died 23 May 1982, Amarilo, Texas


3. Katie Kathleen Owen, born 31 August 1979, Amarilo, Texas


4. Michael Owen, Jr, born 12 1981, Amarilo, Texas

Penny Janeen Grant, daughter of Lawrence Harold Grant and Barbara Jane Turner, was born 15 July 1953.

She was married to Frank Albert Strong IV, who was born 30 March 1954, in Denver, Colorado, and is an independent contractor in the earth moving business. They were divorced.

In 1997, she lives in Gering, Nebraska. She works at Harbor Financial as a Foreclosure Specialist.

Children:

1. Frank A Strong V, (Chip), born 12 April 1997, in Laramie, Wyoming; married 8 March 1977, Baynard, Nebraska, to Dora E Dewayne Paben, born 18 July 1977


2. Robert Dale Strong, born 15 December 1978, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska


3. Daniel Jay Strong, born 10 May 1980, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

James William (Bill) Grant, son of Lawrence Harold Grant and Barbara Jane Turner, was born 26 November 1955, in Lamar, Colodado.

He was married 21 December 1980, to Tamra Coonfield, who was born in Rocky Ford, Colorado. They were divorced in October 1988.

He was married/2 14 July 1990, in Springfield, Colorado to Rhonda Jo Fulton, the daughter of Frank Fulton, of Los Animas, Colorado, and Joyce Robertson, who in 1997, is married to Richard Hayes and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Bill graduated Cheyenne Aero-Tech, in October 1991. He is employed by Colorado D O T, and Flower Aviation at Pueblo Airport. In 1997, they live in Pueblo, Colorado, with all 4 children.

Children:

1. Joshua James Grant, born 18 May 1982, Walsh, Colorado


2. Sarah Nicole Grant, born 4 August 1987, Lamar, Colorado


3. Mickey Jo Fulton, born 14 June 1986, Lamar, Colorado


4. Dustin Dawayne Grant, born 6 January 1990, Lamar, Colorado

Dennis Allen Hall, son of Elva June Haley and Willard A. Hall, was born 2 April 1944, in Wichita, Kansas.

He was married 29 December 1964, in Limon, Colorado, to Susan Jeinine Anderson, born 1 December 1946, in Denver, Colorado, daughter of David Anderson and Beverly Spaid.

Children:

1. Bradley David Hall, born 6 August 1965, Greeley, Colorado


2. Andra Allyn Hall, born 21 August 1967, Lexington, Nebraska


3. Amy Susan Hall, born 20 November 1971, Greely, Colorado

Steven Kent Smith, son of Norman Elwood Smith and Hallie Nadine Lawson, was born 30 August 1953, in Bismark, North Dakota, growing up in Denver, Colorado and Houston, Texas.

A commercial real-estate dealer, he lives in Phoenix, Arkansas, with Monica Bohlman, RN, born 19 July 1952, in Watertown, Wisconsin, daughter of Rudolph E. Bohlman and Margaret L. Fendt.

Children: Mary Hannah Smith, born 30 April 1991, Phoenix, Arizona Auge Bohlmann Smith (Gus), born 26 May 1993, Phoenix, Arizona

Bradley Dale Smith, son of Ronald Leroy Smith and Marjorie Grace Foster, was born 8 March 1954, in Dodge City, Kansas, and raised in Kingsdown, Kansas. He received a degree in agriculture from Kansas State University, in Manhattan, Kansas.

He was married 9 August 1975 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, to Cynthia Jane Smith, born 22 January 1955, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, daughter of Jack Samuel Smith and Joyce Earline Stone.

Brad worked several years as manager for the Co-op in Ingalls, Kansas, and worked for Gibson's in Dodge City. In 2012, he is manager at Kansas Feeds. Cindy got her R.N. at D.C.C.C. and was a nurse at the Dodge City Medical Center, now retired in 2012. They live in Cimarron, Kansas.

Children:

1. Jayne Marie Smith, born 26 January 1978, Concordia, Kansas. In 2012, she is working for the Dodge City Schools as an Instructional Coach.
1. Grandchildren:
1. Sophia Courtney Jones, born April,2,2007


2. Mari Jo Smith, born 21 November 1979, Dodge City, Kansas. Attended Kansas State Universiry, studing family studies, attending Butler County Commumnity College and Wichita State, in 2003, working toward a nursing degree; married 27 December 2003, Methodist Church, Cimarron, Kansas, to Mark Stauth, graduated Fort Hays State University in industrial arts, completed his masters in school leadership through Baker University, industrial arts techer at Maize High school, son of Tony and Kay Stauth of Cimarron

Eric Bert Smith, son of Ronald Leroy Smith and Marjorie Grace Foster, was born 11 January 1960, in Dodge City, Kansas.

He was married 7 June 1980, in Ashland, Kansas, to Krista Louise Swanson, born 1961, Ashland, Kansas, daughter of Kenneth Swanson and Melba Edmonston. He has a degree in agriculture from Kansas State University, in Manhattan. He worked for Vigortone Products, and farmed with his father on the “home-place” in Kingsdown, Kansas.

In 1994, he received a law degree at Washburn University, in Topeka, Kansas. Krista, an honor graduate of Dodge City Jr. College, received her RN degree from St. Mary's of the Plains, Dodge City. She was a head operating-room nurse. In 1995, they moved to Hugoton, Kansas, where he was a partner in a law firm. In 2012, they live in Topeka, Kansas

Eric Brandon

Children:

1. Eric Brandon Smith, born 10 April 1982, Manhattan, Kansas; married Kim Brennon on 2 July 2011, daughter of Dan and Melody Brennan of Pittsburgh, Kansas; In 2012, Brandon and Kim live in Chanute, Kansas. Brandon works for an oil company.


2. Elizabeth Nicole Smith, born 19 December 1984, Dodge City, Kansas; married 5 June 2009, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Nathan Kinate, who was born 27 July 1984, the son of Christopher and Benja Kinate
1. Grandchildren:
1. Hudson Christopher Kinate, born 19 July 2011

Tracy Norrene Smith, daughter of Theodore Alan Smith and Georgene Minette Ivey, was born 7 April 1961, Phoenix, Arizona.

She worked as a model in California, then was married 31 March 1991, in Malibu Beach, California, to William Wilkenson, who was born 15 July 1945, son of Richard Wilkerson and Doris Courtien, of Los Angeles, California.

Tracy and Bill lived in Hollywood, California, and Austin, Texas. Bill is an inventor and producer of medical tools, and in 1999 commuted between Austin and Scottsdale, Arizona, where they lived.

She was divorced in 2012, and is currently living in Florida.

Children:

1. Zachary Alan Wilkerson, born 6 March 1992, Los Angeles, California


2. Ashley LoRee Wilkerson, born 18 February 1994, Los Angeles, California