Owen Ogle Smythe (1883 - 1946)

Born 27 Oct 1883 in Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

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Died 1 Feb 1946 at age 62 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Dresden, Ohio One Place Study.

Owen Smythe Rites Held Monday

Funeral services for Owen Smythe, 63, of Dresden, were held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Dresden Methodist church with Rev.Leonard F. Williams officiating. Burial was in Dresden cemetery.

Mr. Smythe died Friday morning in flood Samaritan hospital. He was born in Dresden on Oct. 27, 1883, the son of John Q. and Margaret Smythe. He was an employe of the Bush Woolen Mill, Dresden. On Aug. 17, 1910, he was married to Meda St. Clair, who survives.

In addition to his widow, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Louise Dawson, Mrs. Doris Jones, Mrs. Essie Brown, and Mrs. Erma Hamby, all of Dresden; a son Gerald Symthe, of Dresden; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Jackson and Mrs. Erma Hunter, both of Zanesville; five brothers, Robert and Elmer Smythe, both of Dresden; Denzel Smythe, of Norwich; William Smythe of Nashport, and Otto Smythe of Dayton; and five grandchildren. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Owen Smythe Rites Held Monday," The Transcript (OH: Dresden, 7 February 1946), p. 1. Shared with permission.

• Middle Name Source: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6N9-GZD : 24 August 2019), Owen Ogle Smythe, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6D-K3V : accessed 29 September 2020), Owen O Smythe in household of John Q Smythe, Madison Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53, sheet 5B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,310.
• Living with aunt & uncle: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFJ-ZRP : accessed 29 September 2020), Owen O Smythe in household of Mary E Shurtz, Madison, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1221; FHL microfilm 1,375,234.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8RY-X92 : 26 August 2019), Owen O. Smythe and Meda B. St. Clair, 17 Aug 1911; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, p149 #298, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4HG-LP5 : accessed 29 September 2020), Owen O Smythe, Cass, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 9B, line 64, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1858; FHL microfilm 2,341,592.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWLQ-6RD : 28 November 2019), Owen O Smythe, Dresden Village, Jefferson Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-17, sheet 13B, line 54, family 322, 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 3122.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q8-R9KQ : 1 July 2016), Owen O. Smythe, died 1946; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.