Born in Kentucky the son of William Smiley and Anna Stephens.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HD-G3X : accessed 31 October 2021), Edward Smiley in household of William G Smiley, Magisterial District 3, Waynesburg (east part), Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 4B, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,539.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5Q-Y5D : accessed 31 October 2021), Edward Smiley in household of William Smiley, Bloomington Ward 3, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 13A, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 371; FHL microfilm 1,374,384.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH9H-MF3 : accessed 31 October 2021), Edward Smiley in household of Ethal Wilson, Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 7A, line 6, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 598; FHL microfilm 2,340,333.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11W-FJH : 5 January 2021), Edward E Smiley, Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-83, sheet 3A, line 38, family 51, 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 1121.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11W-FJH : 5 January 2021), Edward E Smiley, Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-83, sheet 3A, line 38, family 51, 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 1121.
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