Fisher Family Genealogy
SMITH, Orville Elwood
1892 - 1954 (61 years)-
Name SMITH, Orville Elwood Birth 10 Sep 1892 Disco, Hancock Co., IL [1, 2] CENSUS 09 Jun 1900 Fountain Green Township, Hancock Co., IL [3] Census: 1900 U.S. - Fountain Green, Hancock Co., IL Roll T623_304; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19 CENSUS 10 Jun 1910 LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL [4] Census: 1910 U.S. - LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL Roll: T624_290; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 266 MILI 5 Jun 1917 Sciota, McDonough Co., IL [1] - Address listed as Good Hope, IL.
Occupation: Section Laborer, TP&W Railroad, Good Hope, IL.
Seeks exemption from draft due to having dependent wife and child.
Appearance: Medium height, medium build, light blue eyes and light hair.
WW I Draft Registration Card - Smith, Orville E., McDonough County, Illinois; Roll 1614210; Draft Board: 0 CENSUS 5 Jan 1920 Walnut Grove Township, McDonough Co., IL [5] - Orville's name spelled wrong by census taker.
Occupation listed as railroad co. laborer.
Census: 1920 U.S. - Walnut Grove, McDonough Co., IL Roll T625_385; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 1168 CENSUS 21 Apr 1930 Glasford, Peoria Co., IL [6] - Name spelled wrong again.
Notes Orville married at age 23.
States family were paying $2/month in rent.
Can't decipher occupation but job code is for railroad laborer.
Census: 1930 U.S. - Glasford, Peoria Co., IL Roll 549; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 694.0 RESI 1935 Glasford, Peoria Co., IL CENSUS 16 Apr 1940 Glasford, Peoria Co., IL [7] - Renting current home; rent $5/month
Highest grade of education: 5th grade
Occupation: Foreman, railroad section
Worked 52 weeks in 1939
Income in 1939: $1476
Census: 1940 U.S. - Glasford, Peoria Co., IL; Roll: T627_865; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 72-37 MILI 27 Apr 1942 Peoria, Peoria Co., IL [2] - Address listed as Glasford, Peoria Co., IL.
Occupation: TP&W Railroad
Contact person: Mrs. Margaret Willock in Pekin, IL. Presumably this is married name of Orville's daughter Margaret.
Appearance: 5'-6", 215 lbs, blue eyes, red hair and ruddy complexion.
WW II Draft Registration Card (front) - Smith, Orville Elwood, Roll 30955_165968; Local board: Glasford , Illinois WW II Draft Registration Card (back) - Smith, Orville Elwood, Roll 30955_165968; Local board: Glasford , Illinois CENSUS 5 Apr 1950 Glasford, Peoria Co., IL [8] - Adress: Main St. Glasford, IL
Occupation: Section foreman, railroad
Hours worked in past week: 40
Six year old boy Gene P lasted as son living with Orville and wife Florine
1950 US Census: E. D. No. 72-63, Glasford, Peoria Co., IL, p 10 Death 1954 Burial Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL - Buried with wife Florine Moose's family under Moose family headstone
Headstone: Orville E. and Florine E. (Moose) Smith
Plot: Section 5Person ID I169 Main Last Modified 30 Sep 2022
Father SMITH Thomas Grant, b. 21 Jul 1866, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL d. 20 May 1939, El Paso, Woodford Co., IL (Age 72 years) Relationship Birth Mother MILTON Cordelia Jane, b. 24 Sep 1875, Ferris, Hancock Co., IL d. 9 Dec 1922, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL (Age 47 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 28 Nov 1891 Disco, Hancock Co., IL [9, 10] - Thomas place of residence: Disco, IL
Cordelia place of residence: Ferris, IL
I. T Haverfield, Minister officiating
Witnesses: Eli J. Milton and W. H. Butler
Marriage License: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton Marriage Return: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton - 1891 Family ID F58 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MOOSE, Florine E., b. 11 Jul 1898, Astoria, Fulton Co., IL d. 7 May 1974, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 75 years) Marriage Abt 1913 Children 1. SMITH, Orville Edwin Jr., b. Abt 1917, Illinois [Birth] 2. SMITH, Gerald Lloyd, b. Abt 1914, McDonough Co., IL [Birth] 3. SMITH, Margiet M., b. Abt 1922, Illinois 4. SMITH, Donal E., b. Abt 1925, Illinois Family ID F424 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Sep 2010
- Address listed as Good Hope, IL.
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Sources - [S174] WW I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, (Ancestry,com), 5 Jun 1917, Roll 1614210; Draft Board: 0 (Reliability: 3).
- [s450] WW II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1947, (Ancestry.com), 27 Apr 1942, Roll 30955_165968; Local board: Glasford , Illinois (Reliability: 3).
- [S94] Census: 1900 U.S. - Fountain Green, Hancock Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 09 Jun 1900, Roll T623_304; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19 (Reliability: 3).
- [S95] Census: 1910 U.S. - LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 10 Jun 1910, Roll: T624_290; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 266 (Reliability: 3).
- [S248] Census: 1920 U.S. - Walnut Grove, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), 5 Jan 1920, Roll T625_385; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 1168 (Reliability: 3).
- [S252] Census: 1930 U.S. - Glasford, Peoria Co., IL, (Ancestry.com), 21 Apr 1930, Roll 549; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 694.0 (Reliability: 3).
- [S319] Census: 1940 U.S. - Glasford, Peoria Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), 16 Apr 1940, Roll: T627_865; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 72-37 (Reliability: 2).
- [S508] 1950 US Census, Illinois, (National Archives), 5 Apr 1950, E. D. No. 72-63, p 10 (Reliability: 3).
- [SR24] Marriage Return: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton, (Illinois State Board of Health), 28 Nov 1891, License No. 270. (Reliability: 3).
- [S47] Marriage License: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton, (State of Illinois), 29 Feb 1936, License No. 270. (Reliability: 3).
- [S174] WW I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, (Ancestry,com), 5 Jun 1917, Roll 1614210; Draft Board: 0 (Reliability: 3).