SMITH, Anton Martin 1874-1942

SMITH, MCVEY, HAGEMANN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/4/2012 at 13:34:49

Anton Martin Smith 1874-1942

Funeral services for Anton M. Smith were held at the First Lutheran church in St. Ansgar. The Rev. O.A. Langehough was in charge of the services. Burial was in the Evergreen cemetery on the family lot.

Anton M. Smith was born in St. Ansgar, Iowa, October 22, 1874, the second son of John and Amalia Smith. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith by Rev. John Olsen and spent his boyhood days in St. Ansgar where he attended the public schools and St. Ansgar Seminary. He left St. Ansgar in 1907 for Kansas City, Kansas, where he was employed by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company until 1910, when he went to Texas where he was employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Mosher Steel Works. Here he was foreman of structural steel and bridge construction work. For the last 20 years, Houston, Texas, has been his home, and there he passed away at the age of 68 years after a week's illness due to a stroke and heart ailment.

He is survived by two sisters and one brother, Mrs. H.R. McVey of Chico, California, Mrs. W.G. Hagemann of Kansas City, Kansas, H.A. Smith of Phoenix, Arizona, and Mrs. O.C. Smith and several nieces and nephews.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise]
(Credit: Karen Robertson)
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FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR ANTON SMITH

St. Ansgar -- Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Anton Smith, who died Friday at Houston, Texas, after a few weeks illness. The Rev. Olaf A. Langehaugh of the First Lutheran Church officiated.

The Smith family are former residents of st. Ansgar. John Smith, Anton Smith's father, owned the local hardware store.

He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Tillie McVey of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Warner Hageman of Kansas City, and one brother, Hovel Smith of Bisbee, Arizona.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday October 27, 1942
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WWI Draft Registration: September 12, 1918
Anton Martin Smith living in Cochise, Arizona, born October 22, 1874; nearest relative Olaf Christian Smith (brother) Kansas.
*part of this draft registration was unreadable i.e. age and occupation.
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Texas Death Index:
Martin Smith, died October 23, 1942, Harris County.
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1880 US Census: St. Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa
John Smith 48 born Norway
Amelia 35 born Norway
Olaf 8 born wisconsin
Antoine 6 born Iowa
Hoviald 4 born Iowa
Emil 4 months born Iowa
Mary Severson, single 24 born Norway

1885 Iowa Census -- St. Ansgar
John Smith, 52, born Norway
Amelia C., 39, born Norway
Olaf C., 12, born Wisconsin
Anthon M., 10, born Iowa
Hovald A., 8, born Iowa
Rasmus E., 5, born Iowa
Anna M., 1, born Iowa

1900 US Census: St. Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa
John Smith, 68, born March 1832, Norway
Hannah, 53, born July 1846, Norway, married 1890
R. Emil, 2,0 born March 1880, Iowa
Anna M., 16, born September 1883, Iowa
Christine, 13, born December 1886, Iowa

(Credit: DM Scott)