Walter was born in 1889 to Anderson Smith. He married after 1910, and was widowed with one child by 1920 and living in Oklahoma. He married Cora Bell Worden Murray a possible widow... not sure when yet but before 1930. He served his country in WWI, in the Navy. He passed away in 1971 and is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, in Temple, Texas[1]
Cora's parents were Henry Worden and Martha Florence Stokes, who are both buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple Texas. So is her son Milton Lee Murray son of James, her first husband. Walter had a son when he married Cora. I don't believe they had any children together.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas[2]
Anderson Smith head, 40/m, Feb 1860, md 11yrs, TX/MS/MS, farm laborer
China Smith wife, 37/f, Jul 1862, md 11yrs, 5births/3living, KY/TN/TN
Walter Smith son, 9/m, Jan 1891, TX/TX/KY
Frank Smith son, 3/m, Sep 1896, TX/TX/KY
Harry Smith son, 11/12/m, Jun 1899, TX/TX/KY
Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Callahan, Texas[3]
Anderson W Smith head, 50/m, md2 20yrs, TX/MS/MS, farm laborer, working out
China C Smith wife, 48/f, md2 20yrs, 6births/4living, KY/TN/TN
Walter W Smith son, 19/m, TX/TX/KY, farm laborer, working out
Frank T Smith son, 13/m, TX/TX/KY, farm laborer, working out
Harry C Smith son, 11/m, TX/TX/KY, farm laborer, working out, school
Carl C Smith son, 8/m, TX/TX/KY, school
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918[4]
Name: Walter Wilson Smith
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 2 Jan 1891
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Street address: Cleburne
Residence Place: Johnson, Texas, USA
Jun 5 1917
Year: 1920; Census Place: Myrick, Johnston, Oklahoma[5]
Walter W Smith head, 29/m, wd, TX/TX/KY, farmer, gen farm
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GR-9H6 : accessed 9 August 2018), China Smith in household of Anderson Smith, Justice Precinct 1 (northwest part), Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 10B, family 166, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,644.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M298-CQV : accessed 9 August 2018), China C Smith in household of Anderson W Smith, Justice Precinct 3, Callahan, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1534; FHL microfilm 1,375,547.
↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Myrick, Johnston, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1464; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 95; Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA[2]
↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Temple, Bell, Texas; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 2342025;Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. [3]
↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Temple, Bell, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-03984; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 14-28; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. [4]
↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36C-LS9 : 13 March 2018), Walter Wilson Smith, 07 Feb 1971; citing certificate number 06954, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,072.
↑ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Ed Mauldin :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 25 markers, haplogroup M269 +
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Water Smith (Walter W Smith) 9/M, Sept 1891 is my grandfather. His father was the Anderson W. Smith above, my father used to stay at Anderson W. Smith farm in Texas. Please put him back in the above opening statement.