SMITH, Leon George 1878-1949

SMITH, DUNN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/16/2012 at 12:17:48

LITTLE CEDAR, IOWA — Funeral rites were here Tuesday for Leon Smith, 72, long time resident of Mitchell County, who died of a paralytic stroke Friday evening at home of his daughter at Sowler, Indiana.

He lived all of his life in Mitchell County with exception of the last year.

He leaves a son, Maurice, Albert Lea, Minnesota; a daughter, Mrs. Murrell Tiffany, Sowler, Indiana; a brother, LeRoy, and sister, Mrs. Inez Bucknam, both of Little Cedar.

His wife preceded him in death.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday, March 22, 1949]
(S. Bell)
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NOTES:

Leon George Smith

Birth: Apr. 10, 1878, Mitchell County, Iowa.

Death: Mar. 18, 1949, Fowler, Benton County,
Indiana.

Burial at Liberty Cemetery, Little Cedar.

Parents: John and Luva M. (Fannham) Smith.

Wife: Hattie A. (Dunn) Smith 1882-1844.

1930 US Census: Austin, Mower, Minnesota:
Leon G. Smith, 51, born Iowa.
Hattie A., 48, born Minnesota.
Norris D., 24, born Iowa.
Elda L., 18, born Iowa.

NOTE: Iowa Birth and Christening record for Norris Dunn Smith; born January 15, 1904 in Mitchell Co., Iowa, the son of Leon G. Smith and Hattie Dunn.

(Credit: DM Scott)

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Photo of Leon from STANDARD HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, IOWA, 1911.

Photo of tombstone at Liberty Cem., on GPP
 

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