This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/28499 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any family related to Leon Byron Smith born in 1898. Born in Michigan, lived in Oklahoma, then moved to California before 1920, died in Oregon. Any help regarding this family would be much appreciated. I have many descendants and would be willing to share info. ALL KNOWN INFO ON LEON BYRON SMITH b. 1898 He was most likely ADOPTED as a small child probably from within the family. Individual Record FamilySearch™ U.S. Social Security Death Index Select record to download - Maximum: 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leon SMITH Birth Date: 29 Nov 1898 Death Date: Sep 1966 Social Security Number: 551-10-2061 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: California Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 97501 Localities: Central Point West, Jackson, Oregon Mdfd, Jackson, Oregon Medford, Jackson, Oregon Medford Mall, Jackson, Oregon Medford West, Jackson, Oregon Medford-Jackson County Airpo, Jackson, Oregon South Medford, Jackson, Oregon Table Rock, Jackson, Oregon West Main, Jackson, Oregon U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 Record about Leon B Smith Name: Leon B Smith Veteran's Rank: PFC Branch: US Army Last known address: 2763 Riley Road Eagle Point , OR 97524 Birth Date: 29 Nov 1898 Death Date: 29 Sep 1966 Veteran Service Start Date: 10 Oct 1942 Veteran Service End Date: 21 Jan 1944 Interment Date: 4 Oct 1966 Cemetery: Eagle Point National Cemetery Buried At: Section 19 Row A Site 5 Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/eaglepoint.htm U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record about Leon B Smith Name: Leon B Smith Birth Year: 1898 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Michigan State: Oregon County or City: Jackson Enlistment Date: 10 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Oregon Enlistment City: Portland Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Gas And Oil Man Marital Status: Divorced, without dependents Height: 67 Weight: 168 Descendants of H. C. (Possibly AKA William) Smith Generation No. 1 1. H. C.1 SMITH (Possibly AKA William) was born Abt. 1861 in Michigan. He married DELLA LACY (OR HOLCOMB), daughter of UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1875 in Michigan, and died Unknown in California. Child of H. SMITH and DELLA HOLCOMB is: ADOPTED as a small child probably from within the family. 2. i. LEON BYRON2 SMITH, b. 29 Nov 1898, Michigan; d. Sep 1966, Grants Pass, Oregon. Generation No. 2 2. LEON BYRON2 SMITH (H. C.1) was born 29 Nov 1898 in Michigan, and died Sep 1966 in Grants Pass, Oregon. He married (1) ANNA "ANNIE" REBECCA COY, daughter of EDWARD COY and EMMA LANCASTER. She was born 01 Feb 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, and died 23 Jun 1990 in Ventura, California. He married (2) MABEL A. Children of LEON SMITH and ANNA COY are: i. MILDRED ANNETTE3 SMITH, b. 30 Jan 1921, Santa Ana, CA; ii. LEON BYRON SMITH, JR., b. 22 May 1922, California; d. 12 Jul 1993, Las Vegas, NV; Child of LEON SMITH and MABEL A is: iii. VIRGINIA LEE3 SMITH, b. Abt. 1925, California. Would love to connect with the family of Virginia Lee.