Husband: Joseph SMITH
Birthdate: 29 May 1832 - Wolcott Wayne Co NY
Death date: 7 Sept 1916 - Logan Co ND
father: SMITH, Daniel
mother: STAGE, Greta

Marriage date: 15 Oct 1854
Marriage place: Clinton Co IA

Wife: Melissa WALROD
Birthdate: 9 April 1841 - Wayne Co NY
Death date: 20 Sept 1906 - Beresford Union Co SD
father: WALROD, John
mother: TAYLOR, Rachel

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Benson Clark
Birthdate: 27 June 1856 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: DAVIS, Jane
Marriage date: 1879 (Divorced)
Death date: 5 March 1923 Beresford Union Co SD

Child No. 2: Eugene David
Birthdate: 22 April 1858 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: HARRIS, Charlotte
Marriage date: 19 Dec 1895 Beresford Union Co SD
Death date: 15 Jan 1951 Beresford Union Co SD

Child No. 3: Cordelia Ann
Birthdate: 30 Nov 1860 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: COFFIN, Frank Harris
Marriage date: 5 Nov 1880 Clinton Co IA
Death date: 11 Aug 1937 Pennington Co SD

Child No. 4: Martha May
Birthdate: 12 March 1864 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: MERRILL, Edward Hall
Marriage date: 25 Dec 1883 Clinton Co IA
Death date: 18 Feb 1939 Pennington Co SD

Child No. 5: Mary Gay
Birthdate: 12 March 1864 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: RANGER, Nathaniel W.
Marriage date: 6 March 1889 Plymouth Co IA
Death date: 10 Jan 1916 Los Angeles CA

Child No. 6: Jennie Pearl
Birthdate: 17 Nov 1869 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: BAILEY, Horace Edward
Marriage date:
Death date: 8 Oct 1940 Moline Rock Island Co IL

Child No. 7: Harry Otto
Birthdate: 22 Sept 1871 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: MCNALLEY, Nellie
Marriage date: 5 Feb 1899 Plymouth Co IA
Death date: 6 Dec 1929 Hennepin Co MN

Child No. 8: Charles Leslie
Birthdate: 11 Dec 1874 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: WHITE, Barbara Clarinda
Marriage date: 31 May 1896 Sioux Co IA
Death date: 16 Jan 1961 Wahpeton Richland Co ND

Child No. 9: Lora
Birthdate: 21 June 1879 Jackson Co IA
Spouse: BROWN, Herbert
Marriage date: 21 June 1899 Beresford Union Co SD
Death date: 27 Sept 1971 Jamestown Stutsman Co ND

Child No. 10: Glenn Frank
Birthdate:2 Apr 1882 Clinton Co IA
Spouse: MCQUAY, Felicia Mabel
Marriage date: 21 Oct 1902 Canton Lincoln Co SD
other marriages: BRATCHER, Mrs. Leva
Death date: 12 Oct 1944
 
 
Documentation:
* Bible Records;
* My Grandfather;
* Census Records;
* Letters and Poetry written by most of the children;
* Obituaries;
* Cemetery Records along with personal visits to the cemetery in Beresford.