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| Lorena' mother Anna Cooper Thompson Hardy in Iowa |
The young Smull family settled, along with other Smulls, in the 1860s in Chickasaw and Bremer Counties. Samuel and wife lived in Bradford, now a deserted town in Chickasaw County swallowed up by the larger Nashua, Iowa. Samuel served as a private in the 147th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry for a year (1865-1866) during the Civil War. In 1870, his farm land in Bradford area was valued at $4,000. In 1880, he was in very nearby Polk Township in Bremer County farming. Along with thousands of those lured by the call of cheap land, the Smulls moved to South Dakota in about 1884, residing at the time of the 1900 census in Richland Township. They homesteaded on section 30 SW.
Mesdames Almeda Herbst and Samuel Smull, from South Dakota, and Mrs MJ Smull of Plainfield came to the latter place Monday evening and have been visiting at Jas. Cooper's.
Nashua Reporter June 27, 1901
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The James Williams family, John Bateen, and Mr & Mrs Smull ate turkey at See William's last Thursday.
Huron Journal World Spirit December 3, 1908
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Sam Smull has been under the weather for a couple of days.
Huron Journal World Spirit December 17, 1908
Sam died 06 Nov 1919 in Grand Island, Nebraska. The entire family had been en route to California when Sam fell ill. They removed him from the train at Grand Island and sent him to the hospital, where he died almost immediately. The family returned to Clark, SD with the remains for burial. His wife Lorena preceded him 07 Jun 1918.
Their two sons, Bertrum W and Willis Leon "Lee" farmed in South Dakota on the land in section 30 SW after their parents retired and moved to town. Bert was born in Aug 1873 and Lee was born 28 Dec 1874 in Iowa.
Their two sons, Bertrum W and Willis Leon "Lee" farmed in South Dakota on the land in section 30 SW after their parents retired and moved to town. Bert was born in Aug 1873 and Lee was born 28 Dec 1874 in Iowa.
Bert married Nellie Blanche Irwin on 13 Sep 1914 in Kingsbury, South Dakota. She was born on 14 Aug 1886 in Webster, Day, South Dakota. They had one son, Byron Eugene, born 16 Oct 1915 in South Dakota. Byron died 12 Apr 1983 in El Sereno, Los Angeles County, California. We know little about Byron other than he served in World War II, having enlisted with two friends from where he worked at Lockheed*.
According to Bert's Find-a-Grave 133565997, "While on the farm Lee and Bert operated a threshing machine every fall. Bert Smull married Nellie Irwin who was a clerk in the C. W. Chambers store in Carpenter. After Bert and Nellie were married, they lived on the farm and later moved to a farm north east of Clark, where they lived until Bert's death in the early 1920's. Nellie and son, Byron moved then to Calif. Nellie was blind for many years before her death."
Bert died 09 Apr 1926 in Codington, South Dakota and Nellie died in Los Angeles County on 15 Sep 1973.
Lee married Elizabeth Emma "Bessie" Cox on 22 Nov 1899 in South Dakota. Bessie was born 14 Jan 1876 in New York. They had four children, Marlyn Archie, Mary Lorene, Lois, and Myron. Those kids are pretty interesting and will have a later post of their own. Education for the children seemed of the utmost importance to the couple. They would all attend college in South Dakota and later in California. Lee died from surgical complications on 22 Oct 1921 in Mitchell, South Dakota. His wife moved to California with the family after his death and died in Los Angeles County on 27 Nov 1944.The best tale comes from the obituary for Lee and outlines the lives of the Smulls:
* - Information from Ancestry member PEGGYSUEOGNE about her father, Edgar Vincent Nelson: "
ARMY INDUCTION Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA He had been a Foreman at Lockheed Aircraft; he enlisted with his two friends Ronnie Blanchard and Byron Smull 30 July 1944
Bert died 09 Apr 1926 in Codington, South Dakota and Nellie died in Los Angeles County on 15 Sep 1973.
Lee married Elizabeth Emma "Bessie" Cox on 22 Nov 1899 in South Dakota. Bessie was born 14 Jan 1876 in New York. They had four children, Marlyn Archie, Mary Lorene, Lois, and Myron. Those kids are pretty interesting and will have a later post of their own. Education for the children seemed of the utmost importance to the couple. They would all attend college in South Dakota and later in California. Lee died from surgical complications on 22 Oct 1921 in Mitchell, South Dakota. His wife moved to California with the family after his death and died in Los Angeles County on 27 Nov 1944.The best tale comes from the obituary for Lee and outlines the lives of the Smulls:
* - Information from Ancestry member PEGGYSUEOGNE about her father, Edgar Vincent Nelson: "
ARMY INDUCTION Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA He had been a Foreman at Lockheed Aircraft; he enlisted with his two friends Ronnie Blanchard and Byron Smull 30 July 1944
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