Martha Katherine SmithAge: 90 years1887–1978
- Name
- Martha Katherine Smith
- Surname
- Smith
- Given names
- Martha Katherine
| Birth | March 28, 1887 23 20 |
| Birth of a sister | Bessie Ellen Smith 1889 (Age 21 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Jesse T. Smith 1892 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse T. Smith 1892 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Samuel “Doc” Smith 1895 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sibling | baby Smith 1897 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sibling | baby Smith 1897 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Jesse Welsh June 9, 1907 (Age 20 years) Cause: Bright's Disease |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Wesley Smith about 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Gerald Leon Whited January 24, 1927 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | George Daniel Smith August 17, 1938 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucinda Belle Welsh July 28, 1950 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | George William Whited August 11, 1973 (Age 86 years) |
| Death | March 13, 1978 (Age 90 years) |
| Burial |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Daniel Smith Birth: February 16, 1864 28 18 — Polk county, Missouri Death: August 17, 1938 — Jackson County, Missouri |
| mother |
Lucinda Belle Welsh Birth: January 25, 1867 28 27 — Polk county, Missouri Death: July 28, 1950 |
| herself |
Martha Katherine Smith Birth: March 28, 1887 23 20 — Polk county, Missouri Death: March 13, 1978 — Paola, Miami County, Kansas |
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3 years younger sister |
Bessie Ellen Smith Birth: 1889 24 21 — Old Eden Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio |
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4 years younger brother |
Jesse T. Smith Birth: 1892 27 24 — Polk county, Missouri Death: 1892 — Polk county, Missouri |
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4 years younger brother |
Charles Samuel “Doc” Smith Birth: 1895 30 27 — Polk county, Missouri |
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3 years younger sibling |
baby Smith Birth: 1897 32 29 — Polk county, Missouri Death: 1897 — Polk county, Missouri |
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| Family with George William Whited |
| husband |
George William Whited Birth: January 15, 1884 25 23 — Wright County, Missouri Death: August 11, 1973 — Jackson County, Missouri |
| herself |
Martha Katherine Smith Birth: March 28, 1887 23 20 — Polk county, Missouri Death: March 13, 1978 — Paola, Miami County, Kansas |
| daughter |
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| son |
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| daughter |
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| son |
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Gerald Leon Whited Birth: January 24, 1927 43 39 — Jackson County, Missouri Death: October 1, 1991 — Jackson County, Missouri |
| Note | Martha Katherine was the oldest of the Smith children. She grew up in Polk County and moved w ith her husband to Jackson County in the middle 1920's. She died in a rest home in Paola, Kan sas, and is buried beside George William in the Belton Cemetery in Cass County, Missouri. Polk County is in southwest Missouri, its county seat Bolivar. The first settlers were relati ves of James Knox Polk, and hailed from Hardeman County, Tennessee. Here, they named the ne w county Polk after their kinsman, who would later become President. Polk himself was from Ma ury County, Tennessee, as were many of the early Polk county settlers, including Samuel McCro ry and Lucinda Woody, who were great-great-grandparents of Gerald Leon Whited. |