Lisle Rexford Smith
(1884-1961)
Carrie Jones
(1884-1961)
Paul Thomas Smith
(1913-1963)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Muriel Ruth Beecher

Paul Thomas Smith 2 3 4

  • Born: 8 Jun 1913, Lawrenceville: Lawrenceville City Cemetery, Lawrence, IL 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Muriel Ruth Beecher on 31 Dec 1938 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN 1
  • Died: 29 Jun 1963, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN at age 50 2 3 6
  • Buried: Lawrenceville: Lawrenceville City Cemetery, Lawrence, IL 3

   FamilySearch ID: L6Y8-RR1.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Clinton Township, Vermilion, LA. 5 The 1940 census recorded Thomas P. Smith, advertising manager for newspaper, 26, born in Illinois, living with wife Muriel, investigator for G. C. U. R., 25, born in California. In 1935 he lived in Terre Haute and she in Indianapolis.

2. Newspaper: Indianapolis Star: Divorce Suits: Superior Court 70593: Muriel Smith vs. Paul Thomas Smith., 5 Jun 1949, Indianapolis, Marion, IN. 7

3. Census in 1950 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN. 8 The 1950 census recorded at 1327 South Center Street in Terre Haute: Thomas P. Smith, divorced, self-employed private investigator, 36, living in the household of his brother Clark R. Smith, assistant to the vice president of a brewing company, 40, and Clark's family: Marion D. 38; son Kirby D., 13; and daughter Pamela, 8. Thomas and Clark were born in Illinois, Marion in Missouri, and the children in Indiana.

4. Residence: in 1959 in Michigan City, LaPorte, IN. 2

5. Residence: on 29 Dec 1961 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN. 4

6. Obituary: Indianapolis Star: obituary of Paul T. (Tom) Smith on 30 Jun 1963 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. 6

7. Obituary: Tribune Star: obituary of Paul T. "Tom" Smith on 30 Jun 1963 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN. 9

8. Occupation: reporter and copy editor for The Indianapolis News in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. 6


Paul married Muriel Ruth Beecher, daughter of Thomas Howard Beecher and Hazel Isabel Hansen, on 31 Dec 1938 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN.1 The marriage ended in divorce in Jun 1949. (Muriel Ruth Beecher was born on 16 Apr 1915 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA 2 10 11 and died on 22 Apr 2001 in Bellaire, Antrim, MI 2.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012 (Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana), Paul Smith and Muriel Beecher, 31 Dec 1938.

2 Traverse City Record Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan), Obituary of Muriel Ruth Beecher Smith Ellis, 15 May 2001.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15155124.

4 The Terre Haute Tribune (Terre Haute, Indiana) (Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana), 31 Dec 1961, page 2. Obituary of Lisle R. Smith.

5 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1BC-T7V Thomas P Smith, Ward 3, Clinton, Clinton Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83-4, sheet 8B, family 183.

6 The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN), 30 Jun 1963, page 62. Obituary of Paul T. (Tom) Smith.

7 The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN), 5 Jun 1949, page 81. News Of The Courts.

8 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XLF-WQWH Thomas P. Smith Terre Haute IN.

9 Tribune Star (Terre Haute, Indiana) (Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana), 30 Jun 1963, page 9. Obituary of Paul T. Tom Smith.

10 FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGHC-9BV Muriel R Beecher, 16 Apr 1915, mother's name Hansen.

11 FamilySearch.org, United States Public Records Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJHY-CM6D Muriel B Ellis, Residence, Kewadin, Michigan.


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