Betty Jane (Morrison) Smalley (1923 - 2015)

Born 9 Jun 1923 in Franklin Township, Licking, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Arza George Smalley — married 2 Mar 1946 in Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States

Died 21 Nov 2015 at age 92 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Betty Jane Morrison was born on June 9, 1923 in Franklin Township, Ohio to Forest and Dorothy Richter Morrison. She was the oldest of three known children born to the couple.

Betty was raised in Franklin Township, Ohio. During WWII, she was a member of the Army Nurses Corps. She earned the rank of 2nd Lt. She was working at the Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge, Ohio, where she met her husband, Arza Smalley. They married March 2, 1946 in Cambridge, Ohio.

They lived in Toledo, Ohio, until her husband was transferred to the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters in Washington, DC. They lived in Alexandria, Virginia after his transfer. They had three children, including a son who died when he was an infant.

Betty and Azra were members of the American Horticultural Society. They also attended reunions for the twenty-one 96th Infantry Division Deadeyes.

Betty passed away on November 21, 2015 in Alexandria, Virginia. She was 92 years old. She is buried under a military headstone in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4W1-QCW : accessed 21 July 2019), Betty J Morrison in household of Forrest R Morrison, Franklin, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 5B, line 56, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1828; FHL microfilm 2,341,562.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWFN-35X : 14 March 2018), Betty J Morrison in household of Forest R Morrison, Franklin Township, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-7, sheet 7A, line 14, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3098.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ34-52V : 10 December 2017), Arza George Smalley and Betty Jane Morrison, 06 Mar 1946; citing Marriage, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, item 2 p 251, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159989100/betty-jane-smalley