Descendants of Spencer and Permellia Smith
Submitted by: Cherry Carter
Sources: as noted
Descendants of Spencer Smith
Generation No. 1
1. SPENCER1 SMITH was born Sep 18, 1817 in Indiana1, and died May 17,
1901 in buried at Mayflower Cemetery in Kansas (Atwood). He married PERMELLIA ?.
Children of SPENCER SMITH and PERMELLIA ? are:
i. LUCINDA2 SMITH, b. 1846; m. ? BOOSE.
ii. WILLIAM F. SMITH, b. 1849; d. 1907; m. MARTHA S. ?.
iii. JAY HARLEY SMITH, b. Aft. 1856.
2. iv. JASPER NEWTON SMITH, b. Dec 09, 1856, Orange Co. Indiana; d. May
12, 1936, McDonald Ks, Mayflower cemetary.
3. v. ALBERT E. SMITH, b. 1863; d. 1929, McDonald KS, Mayflower Cemetery.
Generation No. 2
2. JASPER NEWTON2 SMITH (SPENCER 1) was born Dec 09, 1856 in Orange
Co. Indiana, and died May 12, 1936 in McDonald Ks, Mayflower cemetary.
He married IDA LENERE COGGAN Feb 24, 1884 in Clay Co. Illinois, daughter
of DENBY COGGAN and ANN TAYLOR.
Children of JASPER SMITH and IDA COGGAN are:
i. EDITH B.3 SMITH, m. ? GAINES.
ii. MILDRED L. SMITH, m. ? LEVELL.
iii. ETHEL B. SMITH, b. 1884; d. 1956, Rawlins Co., KS (buried at the
Mayflower cemetery.; m. HAYES A. RENEAU.
4. iv. PEARL SMITH, b. Apr 27, 1887; d. Jan 09, 1937, Benkelman, Nebraska.
5. v. CLARENCE D. SMITH, b. Aug 29, 1889, Near Beardsley, Rawlins Co.,KS;
d. Apr 19, 1948, Berryville, Arkansas (Buried at Benkelman NE,
Dundy Co., cemetery.
6. vi. MAUDE VICTORIA SMITH, b. Nov 12, 1891, McDonald, KS; d. Dec 29,1970,
Canyon City, CO, buried at Lakeside cemetery.
7. vii. JOHN JAY SMITH, b. Jul 05, 1896, Rawlins Co., near Beardsley;
d. Jun 12, 1954, Denver, CO at Veterans Hospital (buried at Grace
Cemetery at McDonald, Kansas.
viii. REX R. SMITH, b. Jan 07, 1901, Rawlins Co., KS; d. Dec 10, 1979,
Goodland, KS; m. GEORGIA ?.
ix. GEORGIA L. SMITH, b. Nov 20, 1902, Rawlins Co., Near Beardsley; d.
Jun 20, 1983, NW Kansas Regional Medical Center in Goodland, KS
(buried St. Francis Cemetery; m. LOYD M. BAER, Dec 01, 1936, Goodland, KS.
x. GOLDIE V. SMITH, b. Nov 13, 1904, near McDonald, KS (on the homestead);
d. Apr 29, 1985, Goodland, Ks; m. ORVILLE BOOKER, Sep 30, 1928, Sioux
City, Iowa at the First Christian Church.
3. ALBERT E.2 SMITH (SPENCER 1) was born 1863, and died 1929 in McDonald KS,
Mayflower Cemetery. He married CLARA BELLE SPEARS Apr 22, 1892 in Atwood, KS,
daughter of WILLIAM SPEARS.
Children of ALBERT SMITH and CLARA SPEARS are:
i. ELDYE D.3 SMITH.
ii. FAY L. SMITH.
iii. MYRTLE SMITH.
iv. ELMER SMITH.
v. ALBERT E. SMITH , JR..
vi. ERMA SMITH.
vii. LETHA SMITH.
viii. NILE SMITH.
ix. LLOYD SMITH.
x. NOLA SMITH.
Generation No. 3
4. PEARL3 SMITH (JASPER NEWTON 2, SPENCER 1) was born Apr 27, 1887, and died
Jan 09, 1937 in Benkelman, Nebraska. She married HERMAN GERDES2 Mar 06,
1907 in At the homestead in Rawlins Co., KS, son of RIEKE GERDES and GESCHE FRAUERNICHT.
Children of PEARL SMITH and HERMAN GERDES are:
i. OPAL LORRAINE4 GERDES, b. Oct 12, 1908, Benkelman, NE; d. Oct 31,
1959, Ft. Morgan, CO; m. WILLIAM BRIAN AMSBERRY, May 20, 1925.
ii. EVERETT GLEN GERDES, b. Mar 22, 1910; m. PANSY ETHEL CARTER, Jan
01, 1936, Benkelman, Nebraska.
iii. LYLE DENBY GERDES, b. Jul 09, 1912, Benkelman, NE; d. Aug 14,
1979, Loveland, CO Buried Benkelman Cemetery; m. MARGERITE LOUCH, Jun 18, 1937.
iv. ETHEL EUNICE GERDES, b. Dec 06, 1914, Benkelman, NE; d. Oct 02,
1993, McKee Medical Center Loveland, CO; m. (1) IRWIN WEBBER, 1937,
Flandreau, South Dakota; m. (2) JOSEPH DUBBERT, 1947.
v. LENA MAE GERDES, b. Aug 31, 1916; d. Oct 15, 1977, Hamburg,
Arkansas buried in Slydell AR; m. DOYLE D. SLOAN.
vi. LEE GERDES, b. Jul 22, 1918, Benkelman, NE; m. BEULAH LANTIS, Jun
05, 1945, Oberlin, KS.
vii. ARCHIE L. GERDES, b. May 08, 1920, Benkelman, Nebraska; d. Dec
14, 1988, Aurora, Nebraska3; m. (1) DARLENE KNAPP, 1943;
m. (2) CAROL PERKINS, 1951; m. (3) JOSEPHINE BRAUN NELSON,
Dec 07, 1957, Seward, Nebraska.
viii. REX VERLE GERDES, b. Oct 01, 1921, Benkelman, NE4; d. Oct 13,
1969, Buried in Benkelman Cemetary, Benkelman Nebraska; m. MARIANN MARQUISE.
ix. FREDDIE LELAND GERDES, b. May 12, 1924, Dundy Co., NE5; d. Mar 04, 1977,
Veterans Hospital, Denver CO, Buried in Benkelman NE6; m. FRANCIS V. HAPES, Dec 26, 1966.
x. VELDA GERDES, b. Mar 17, 1927; m. WILBUR HARTMAN.
xi. STEWART LEROY GERDES, b. Jul 13, 1930, Stratton, NE; d. May 10,
1952, Stanton, TX.
5. CLARENCE D.3 SMITH (JASPER NEWTON 2, SPENCER 1) was born Aug 29,
1889 in Near Beardsley, Rawlins Co., KS, and died Apr 19, 1948 in
Berryville, Arkansas (Buried at Benkelman NE, Dundy Co., cemetery.
He married LENA MAY BLAKELEY Jun 18, 1913, daughter of ROBERT BLAKELEY and HATTIE ?.
Children of CLARENCE SMITH and LENA BLAKELEY are:
i. IDABELLE4 SMITH, m. GEORGE HARPER.
ii. ROBERT SMITH.
iii. ROYCE D. SMITH, b. Aug 05, 1918, MCDonald, Kansas; d. Jun 01, 1988, Goodland, Ks; m. E.
BLANCE CLARK.
6. MAUDE VICTORIA3 SMITH (JASPER NEWTON 2, SPENCER 1) was born Nov 12,
1891 in McDonald, KS, and died Dec 29, 1970 in Canyon City, CO buried at
Lakeside cemetery. She married (1) CLYDE E. WILKINS
Dec 05, 1910 in Kansas. She married (2) JOHN L. PAYNE Mar 01, 1917 in
McDonald, KS.
Children of MAUDE SMITH and JOHN PAYNE are:
i. DECALVAS4 PAYNE.
ii. BLANCHE PAYNE, m. ? NELSON.
iii. CLYDITH PAYNE, m. ? DEMICELL.
iv. CHILD PAYNE, d. Bef. 1970.
7. JOHN JAY3 SMITH (JASPER NEWTON 2, SPENCER 1)7 was born Jul 05, 1896
in Rawlins Co., near Beardsley, and died Jun 12, 1954 in Denver, CO
at Veterans Hospital (buried at Grace Cemetery at McDonald, Kansas.
He married ETHEL EDNA LAVELL Dec 26, 1920.
Children of JOHN SMITH and ETHEL LAVELL are:
i. ELDON EUGENE4 SMITH, b. 1921.
ii. JOHN JAY SMITH , JR., b. Jul 08, 1923; d. Apr 01, 1979, Buried at
Fairview Cemetery, Burlington, CO.
iii. DWANE WESLEY SMITH, b. 1926.
iv. LYLE LEROY SMITH, b. 1930.
v. VERYL LIONEL SMITH, b. 1940.
vi. MARLENE KAY SMITH, b. 1942.
Endnotes 1. 1850 Orange Co., U.S. Census, Northeast Township. 2. Marriage License, Rawlins Co. Kansas. 3. Aurora, Nebraska newspaper...Obituary 4. Obituary and funeral booklet. 5. Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Sep 30, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.84388.22 6. Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Sep 30, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.84388.22 7. Last will and testament, Dated Apr 22, 1954.