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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, NE

James married Mary UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Shimek

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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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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