Smith, Sam and Thora

Samuel and Thora Mikkelsen Smith

Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of USGenWeb Archives Wis by Larry and Linda Kopet)

Samuel Smith

Born May 26, 1890 in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin (WWI Reg Card and Wisconsin State birth record)

Married Thora Mikkelsen October 27, 1913

Mother is Sarah Drinkwater Smith in the Town of Yorkville, Racine County, Wisconsin

Father is H.S. Smith born in New York

Died June 25, 1963 at The Hague in Holland

Thora Harriette Mikkelsen

Born April 9, 1893 in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Baptized at St. Mary's in Kenosha, Wisconsin on July 9, 1893

Father is Gustav Mikkelsen, born in Denmark

Mother is Katherine Jorgensen born in Denmark

Thora Smith
(Photo Courtesy of Jim Smith)

Thora Smith
Thora, widow of Sam Smith who died unexpectedly while on tour in Amsterdam, Holland, suffered a heart attack on the same day.  She was hospitalized in Amsterdam and returned to Kenosha where she passed away at age 72 October 14, 1965.
(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

(Copy courtesy of Jim Smith. Kenosha News.)

Children of Samuel and Thora

Ione born in 1916

Lorna born in 1917

Merlyn born in 1919

Sheila born in 1923

Lyle born in 1924 (died 7 months old of pneumonia on April 18.  Buried at Oakwood Cemetery (per Obituary).

Lyle Smith
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
(Photo courtesy of USGenWebArchivesWis by Larry and Linda Kopet)

The Smith Farm in Somers, Wisconsin - Onions

1926 photo Sam Smith farm in Somers, Wisconsin
Farm located on 22nd Avenue about 1-1/2 north of Birch Road.  Smith grew onion sets which were sold to the Lenord Seed Co of Chicago.  In this photo from the left is Ione Smith Kreamer, her parents Sam and Thora SMith, Mrs. Strifling who worked for the family, Ione's sister Lorna Smith Miller and brother Merlyn Smith.  They are posing with farm's first power tool, an onion screener that shook the dirt debris from the onions before shipment.
(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

Sam Smith and his son Merlyn digging potatoes.  Farmall Tractor
Town of Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

The Smith Family

Smith Family
Left to Right Back Row: Allie, Art, Barnie, Earl, Kurt, and Sam Smith
Left to Right Front Row:  James Drinkwater, Edna, Florence, Frank, Harmie Smith
(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

Samuel and Thora Smith homestead
Purchased farm in 1898 from Fred Scheckler
22nd Avenue, Town of Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)

Letter by Ione Smith explaining the death of her father, Sam Smith while in Holland.
(Original letter courtesy of Jim Smith)

Samuel Smith Obituary
(original courtesy of Jim Smith)

Merlyn "Smitty" Smith

Merlyn Smith (son of Samuel and Thora Mickelsen Smith and his wife Ursula Luce Smith

Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of USGenWenArchivesWis by Larry and Linda Kopet)

Lorna Smith Miller, daughter of Samuel and Thora Mickelsen Smith

Ione Smith Kreamer

Ione E. Smith Kreamer
(Photo courtesy of Jim Smith)