Walter Gibbs Smith

b. 9 December 1871, d. 31 March 1946
  • Walter Gibbs Smith was born on 9 December 1871 in Pennsylvania or perhaps a year earlier or later.
  • He married Lena Kent, daughter of Robert F. Kent and Lavonia F. Adams, circa 1894.
  • Walter Gibbs Smith and Lena Kent appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, at 604 E Street. Other members of the household included Walter J. Smith.
  • Walter Gibbs Smith and Lena Kent appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Other members of the household included Walter J. Smith, Miles K. Smith, Fred Moxon Smith and Ethyle Smith.
  • He was a copper miner, according to the 1910 census.
  • Walter Gibbs Smith registered for the draft in Chaffee County, Colorado, while living with his wife Lena at 425 E Street in Salida, and employed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad as a boiler maker helper.
  • Lena Kent and Walter Gibbs Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, at 12 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included Miles K. Smith, Fred Moxon Smith, Ethyle Smith and Cora Kent.
  • He was employed as a fireman by the Edison Company, according to the 1920 census.
  • Walter Gibbs Smith died on 31 March 1946 at age 74 in Los Angeles County, California.
  • Last Edited: 17 Mar 2014

Family: Lena Kent b. 6 August 1876, d. 10 July 1956