PARENTS:
-Edward Perry Mowrer (1832 - 1887)
-Lydia Ann Mendenhall Mowrer (1839 - 1887)
SPOUSE:
-Wilbur Jacob Smith (1868 - 1918)
CHILDREN:
-Verne Eldridge Smith (1893 - 1961)*
-Marie Hazel Smith Belton (1896 - 1987)*
-Cecil Elmo Smith (1899 - 1993)*
-Zuletta Bernice Smith (1902 - 1978)*
-Burwell Perry William Smith (1910 - 1991)*
-Kirvin Rupert Smith (1906 - 1966)* )
-Esmond Verle Smith (1912 - 1937)*
SIBLINGS:
-Ezra P Mowrer (1859-1936)*
-James Theadore Mowrer (1861-1943)*
-George H Mowrer (1863-1879)* - age 16 Illinois
-Mary Emma Mowrer Fengel (1868-1965)*
-Ovid Lee Mowrer (1869-1935)*
-Dora (Orpha Idora) Mowrer Smith (1871-1937)
-Charles Frank Mowrer (1874 - 1967)
-Samuel A Mowrer (1876-1886)* - age 10 Illinois
-Minnie Ettie Mowrer (1880-1883)* - age 3 Illinois
Marker Transcription:
MOTHER - DORA SMITH - 1871 - 1937
BURIAL:
Woodbine Cemetery
Puyallup
Pierce County
Washington, USA
Plot: Sec A Blk 37 Lot 5 Gr 7 [Edit Plot]
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
Cemetery Photo
Photos may be scaled.
Click on image for full size.
BIOGRAPHY:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dora was a sweet, kind, gentle, soft spoken person who treasured her family and loved children. She had 7 children of her own and as each one came she always said, "This one is even sweeter than the last one." Verne - Marie - Ceicil - Zuletta - Kervin - Burwell (Bub) - & Esmond. Dora was small and frail, and, Jessie, her daughter-in-law said, "She should have never had that many children." "She was so frail and not well but she spoiled everyone of them ie. If they didn't like the kind of potatoes they were having for dinner, she would cook 7 kinds so that each could have the kind they liked."
Her brothers and sister are: Ezra, - Thede, - Ove, - Em,- Frank, and other relations all lived near by and they were a very close supportive family all living in or near Lost Springs, Kansas. The Smith's also had a close church family and belonged to The Church of Christ where her brother Ezra was often the preacher and also kept the church records.
In about 1913 Dora decided that she needed a new house for her growing family, so she raised and sold piglets and made $600.00. This was enough to buy a 'Put it together' house from Sears and Roebuck. She ordered it from a catalog and it came on the railroad in numbered pieces. It had a summer and a winter kitchen, 5 outside doors, and a huge veranda that went the full length of the house. It's been remodeled some now, and the big veranda taken off, but it is still in Lost Springs and I have visited many times over the years.
Wilbur, Dora's husband, only had one leg that had been removed after a train accident when he was working for the rail road, he then sold insurance. After her Wilbur died, in 1918, and left her with 3 teenage sons to raise, she moved to Puyallup WA, in 1923, to be near her oldest son Vern E. Smith, (my grandfather)
She was sick a lot in her older years, and Jessie, her daughter-in-law, had her in her home in Puyallup and took care of her a lot. Jessie was very fond of her mother-in-law, and would refer to her as 'Mother Smith,' so as I grew up I felt that I had known her even though She had died 2 years before I was born.
I have a wonderful letter that her father wrote while he was in the Civil War to his (then) children Ezra and Theodore in 1864. It is so full of love, warmth, caring, and concern for his family. I knew when I read it where Dora got her sweet disposition.
This is a story that Mother (Jessie) told to me:
"When 'Mother Smith' (Dora) was living with me, one Saturday I said, you clean the living room and I'll clean the kitchen and we can get our work done fast so we can go up town. I finished the Kitchen, went into the living room and there sat Mother Smith in the middle of the living room mending Jo's little doll. I said your not done with your work.' She said, "This was more important."
To me that shouts volumes about the kind of person "Mother Smith" was. I wish I had been able to know her. We, as a family, put flowers on her grave every Memorial Day.
by JUDY CALHOUN BRESCH - 2015
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
-Edward Perry Mowrer (1832 - 1887)
-Lydia Ann Mendenhall Mowrer (1839 - 1887)
SPOUSE:
-Wilbur Jacob Smith (1868 - 1918)
CHILDREN:
-Verne Eldridge Smith (1893 - 1961)*
-Marie Hazel Smith Belton (1896 - 1987)*
-Cecil Elmo Smith (1899 - 1993)*
-Zuletta Bernice Smith (1902 - 1978)*
-Burwell Perry William Smith (1910 - 1991)*
-Kirvin Rupert Smith (1906 - 1966)* )
-Esmond Verle Smith (1912 - 1937)*
SIBLINGS:
-Ezra P Mowrer (1859-1936)*
-James Theadore Mowrer (1861-1943)*
-George H Mowrer (1863-1879)* - age 16 Illinois
-Mary Emma Mowrer Fengel (1868-1965)*
-Ovid Lee Mowrer (1869-1935)*
-Dora (Orpha Idora) Mowrer Smith (1871-1937)
-Charles Frank Mowrer (1874 - 1967)
-Samuel A Mowrer (1876-1886)* - age 10 Illinois
-Minnie Ettie Mowrer (1880-1883)* - age 3 Illinois
Marker Transcription:
MOTHER - DORA SMITH - 1871 - 1937
BURIAL:
Woodbine Cemetery
Puyallup
Pierce County
Washington, USA
Plot: Sec A Blk 37 Lot 5 Gr 7 [Edit Plot]
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
Cemetery Photo
Photos may be scaled.
Click on image for full size.
BIOGRAPHY:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dora was a sweet, kind, gentle, soft spoken person who treasured her family and loved children. She had 7 children of her own and as each one came she always said, "This one is even sweeter than the last one." Verne - Marie - Ceicil - Zuletta - Kervin - Burwell (Bub) - & Esmond. Dora was small and frail, and, Jessie, her daughter-in-law said, "She should have never had that many children." "She was so frail and not well but she spoiled everyone of them ie. If they didn't like the kind of potatoes they were having for dinner, she would cook 7 kinds so that each could have the kind they liked."
Her brothers and sister are: Ezra, - Thede, - Ove, - Em,- Frank, and other relations all lived near by and they were a very close supportive family all living in or near Lost Springs, Kansas. The Smith's also had a close church family and belonged to The Church of Christ where her brother Ezra was often the preacher and also kept the church records.
In about 1913 Dora decided that she needed a new house for her growing family, so she raised and sold piglets and made $600.00. This was enough to buy a 'Put it together' house from Sears and Roebuck. She ordered it from a catalog and it came on the railroad in numbered pieces. It had a summer and a winter kitchen, 5 outside doors, and a huge veranda that went the full length of the house. It's been remodeled some now, and the big veranda taken off, but it is still in Lost Springs and I have visited many times over the years.
Wilbur, Dora's husband, only had one leg that had been removed after a train accident when he was working for the rail road, he then sold insurance. After her Wilbur died, in 1918, and left her with 3 teenage sons to raise, she moved to Puyallup WA, in 1923, to be near her oldest son Vern E. Smith, (my grandfather)
She was sick a lot in her older years, and Jessie, her daughter-in-law, had her in her home in Puyallup and took care of her a lot. Jessie was very fond of her mother-in-law, and would refer to her as 'Mother Smith,' so as I grew up I felt that I had known her even though She had died 2 years before I was born.
I have a wonderful letter that her father wrote while he was in the Civil War to his (then) children Ezra and Theodore in 1864. It is so full of love, warmth, caring, and concern for his family. I knew when I read it where Dora got her sweet disposition.
This is a story that Mother (Jessie) told to me:
"When 'Mother Smith' (Dora) was living with me, one Saturday I said, you clean the living room and I'll clean the kitchen and we can get our work done fast so we can go up town. I finished the Kitchen, went into the living room and there sat Mother Smith in the middle of the living room mending Jo's little doll. I said your not done with your work.' She said, "This was more important."
To me that shouts volumes about the kind of person "Mother Smith" was. I wish I had been able to know her. We, as a family, put flowers on her grave every Memorial Day.
by JUDY CALHOUN BRESCH - 2015
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
PARENTS:
-Edward Perry Mowrer (1832 - 1887)
-Lydia Ann Mendenhall Mowrer (1839 - 1887)
SPOUSE:
-Wilbur Jacob Smith (1868 - 1918)
CHILDREN:
-Verne Eldridge Smith (1893 - 1961)*
-Marie Hazel Smith Belton (1896 - 1987)*
-Cecil Elmo Smith (1899 - 1993)*
-Zuletta Bernice Smith (1902 - 1978)*
-Burwell Perry William Smith (1910 - 1991)*
-Kirvin Rupert Smith (1906 - 1966)* )
-Esmond Verle Smith (1912 - 1937)*
SIBLINGS:
-Ezra P Mowrer (1859-1936)*
-James Theadore Mowrer (1861-1943)*
-George H Mowrer (1863-1879)* - age 16 Illinois
-Mary Emma Mowrer Fengel (1868-1965)*
-Ovid Lee Mowrer (1869-1935)*
-Dora (Orpha Idora) Mowrer Smith (1871-1937)
-Charles Frank Mowrer (1874 - 1967)
-Samuel A Mowrer (1876-1886)* - age 10 Illinois
-Minnie Ettie Mowrer (1880-1883)* - age 3 Illinois
Marker Transcription:
MOTHER - DORA SMITH - 1871 - 1937
BURIAL:
Woodbine Cemetery
Puyallup
Pierce County
Washington, USA
Plot: Sec A Blk 37 Lot 5 Gr 7 [Edit Plot]
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
Cemetery Photo
Photos may be scaled.
Click on image for full size.
BIOGRAPHY:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dora was a sweet, kind, gentle, soft spoken person who treasured her family and loved children. She had 7 children of her own and as each one came she always said, "This one is even sweeter than the last one." Verne - Marie - Ceicil - Zuletta - Kervin - Burwell (Bub) - & Esmond. Dora was small and frail, and, Jessie, her daughter-in-law said, "She should have never had that many children." "She was so frail and not well but she spoiled everyone of them ie. If they didn't like the kind of potatoes they were having for dinner, she would cook 7 kinds so that each could have the kind they liked."
Her brothers and sister are: Ezra, - Thede, - Ove, - Em,- Frank, and other relations all lived near by and they were a very close supportive family all living in or near Lost Springs, Kansas. The Smith's also had a close church family and belonged to The Church of Christ where her brother Ezra was often the preacher and also kept the church records.
In about 1913 Dora decided that she needed a new house for her growing family, so she raised and sold piglets and made $600.00. This was enough to buy a 'Put it together' house from Sears and Roebuck. She ordered it from a catalog and it came on the railroad in numbered pieces. It had a summer and a winter kitchen, 5 outside doors, and a huge veranda that went the full length of the house. It's been remodeled some now, and the big veranda taken off, but it is still in Lost Springs and I have visited many times over the years.
Wilbur, Dora's husband, only had one leg that had been removed after a train accident when he was working for the rail road, he then sold insurance. After her Wilbur died, in 1918, and left her with 3 teenage sons to raise, she moved to Puyallup WA, in 1923, to be near her oldest son Vern E. Smith, (my grandfather)
She was sick a lot in her older years, and Jessie, her daughter-in-law, had her in her home in Puyallup and took care of her a lot. Jessie was very fond of her mother-in-law, and would refer to her as 'Mother Smith,' so as I grew up I felt that I had known her even though She had died 2 years before I was born.
I have a wonderful letter that her father wrote while he was in the Civil War to his (then) children Ezra and Theodore in 1864. It is so full of love, warmth, caring, and concern for his family. I knew when I read it where Dora got her sweet disposition.
This is a story that Mother (Jessie) told to me:
"When 'Mother Smith' (Dora) was living with me, one Saturday I said, you clean the living room and I'll clean the kitchen and we can get our work done fast so we can go up town. I finished the Kitchen, went into the living room and there sat Mother Smith in the middle of the living room mending Jo's little doll. I said your not done with your work.' She said, "This was more important."
To me that shouts volumes about the kind of person "Mother Smith" was. I wish I had been able to know her. We, as a family, put flowers on her grave every Memorial Day.
by JUDY CALHOUN BRESCH - 2015
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
-Edward Perry Mowrer (1832 - 1887)
-Lydia Ann Mendenhall Mowrer (1839 - 1887)
SPOUSE:
-Wilbur Jacob Smith (1868 - 1918)
CHILDREN:
-Verne Eldridge Smith (1893 - 1961)*
-Marie Hazel Smith Belton (1896 - 1987)*
-Cecil Elmo Smith (1899 - 1993)*
-Zuletta Bernice Smith (1902 - 1978)*
-Burwell Perry William Smith (1910 - 1991)*
-Kirvin Rupert Smith (1906 - 1966)* )
-Esmond Verle Smith (1912 - 1937)*
SIBLINGS:
-Ezra P Mowrer (1859-1936)*
-James Theadore Mowrer (1861-1943)*
-George H Mowrer (1863-1879)* - age 16 Illinois
-Mary Emma Mowrer Fengel (1868-1965)*
-Ovid Lee Mowrer (1869-1935)*
-Dora (Orpha Idora) Mowrer Smith (1871-1937)
-Charles Frank Mowrer (1874 - 1967)
-Samuel A Mowrer (1876-1886)* - age 10 Illinois
-Minnie Ettie Mowrer (1880-1883)* - age 3 Illinois
Marker Transcription:
MOTHER - DORA SMITH - 1871 - 1937
BURIAL:
Woodbine Cemetery
Puyallup
Pierce County
Washington, USA
Plot: Sec A Blk 37 Lot 5 Gr 7 [Edit Plot]
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
Cemetery Photo
Photos may be scaled.
Click on image for full size.
BIOGRAPHY:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dora was a sweet, kind, gentle, soft spoken person who treasured her family and loved children. She had 7 children of her own and as each one came she always said, "This one is even sweeter than the last one." Verne - Marie - Ceicil - Zuletta - Kervin - Burwell (Bub) - & Esmond. Dora was small and frail, and, Jessie, her daughter-in-law said, "She should have never had that many children." "She was so frail and not well but she spoiled everyone of them ie. If they didn't like the kind of potatoes they were having for dinner, she would cook 7 kinds so that each could have the kind they liked."
Her brothers and sister are: Ezra, - Thede, - Ove, - Em,- Frank, and other relations all lived near by and they were a very close supportive family all living in or near Lost Springs, Kansas. The Smith's also had a close church family and belonged to The Church of Christ where her brother Ezra was often the preacher and also kept the church records.
In about 1913 Dora decided that she needed a new house for her growing family, so she raised and sold piglets and made $600.00. This was enough to buy a 'Put it together' house from Sears and Roebuck. She ordered it from a catalog and it came on the railroad in numbered pieces. It had a summer and a winter kitchen, 5 outside doors, and a huge veranda that went the full length of the house. It's been remodeled some now, and the big veranda taken off, but it is still in Lost Springs and I have visited many times over the years.
Wilbur, Dora's husband, only had one leg that had been removed after a train accident when he was working for the rail road, he then sold insurance. After her Wilbur died, in 1918, and left her with 3 teenage sons to raise, she moved to Puyallup WA, in 1923, to be near her oldest son Vern E. Smith, (my grandfather)
She was sick a lot in her older years, and Jessie, her daughter-in-law, had her in her home in Puyallup and took care of her a lot. Jessie was very fond of her mother-in-law, and would refer to her as 'Mother Smith,' so as I grew up I felt that I had known her even though She had died 2 years before I was born.
I have a wonderful letter that her father wrote while he was in the Civil War to his (then) children Ezra and Theodore in 1864. It is so full of love, warmth, caring, and concern for his family. I knew when I read it where Dora got her sweet disposition.
This is a story that Mother (Jessie) told to me:
"When 'Mother Smith' (Dora) was living with me, one Saturday I said, you clean the living room and I'll clean the kitchen and we can get our work done fast so we can go up town. I finished the Kitchen, went into the living room and there sat Mother Smith in the middle of the living room mending Jo's little doll. I said your not done with your work.' She said, "This was more important."
To me that shouts volumes about the kind of person "Mother Smith" was. I wish I had been able to know her. We, as a family, put flowers on her grave every Memorial Day.
by JUDY CALHOUN BRESCH - 2015
Maintained by: ~Judy Calhoun Bresch~
Originally Created by: D Baker
Record added: Feb 03, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65148717
Dora Mowrer Smith
Added by: Mitchell
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