Alta Elmira Hoobler
was born January 29,
1881 in St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, KS and died February 20, 1920 in
Canadian, Hemphill County, TX. She was buried February 26, 1920 in Moulton
Cemetery, Loup County, NE. She married Fred Leon Smith September 3, 1900 in St.
Marys, Pottawatomie County, KS. He was born April 2, 1872 in Whitneyville, PA
and died June 14, 1944 in Mansfield, PA. He was buried in Whitneyville, PA.
In a note in the St.
Marys Star on September 5, 1900, this account was given of her wedding to
Fred Leon Smith, a brother of Stephen Oscar Smith, who married her sister,
Minnie Estella Hoobler.
"Alta Hoobler and
Fred Smith were married at the home of the bride’s parents last Monday at 10.
The ceremony was performed in an impressive manner by Rev. Cook of Maplehill.
The groom was attended by his brother, Howard Smith. Mrs. Polly Rutschman
was bridesmaid. The happy couple left on the afternoon train for Pennsylvania
and the east for a wedding trip. Both are exemplary young people and the
"Star" wishes them a long and prosperous and happy wedded life."
According to the l905
"Star", Fred and Alta joined the Hoobler family migration to Anselmo,
Nebraska, and later moved to Canadian, Texas.
After Alta’s death
in 1920, Fred took his children, and returned to Pennsylvania. Alta’s
death was caused by pneumonia during a "flu" epidemic, which hit the
entire family. John and Clarence came from Nebraska to accompany the body back
to Moulton Cemetery, Loup County, for burial
They had the
following children:
Floyd Leon Smith.
He married Gertrude Morris.
Ralph Earl Smith.
He married Mary Reed.
They had the
following children:
Gretchen Smith.
Roberta Smith. She
married Jim Mulholland.
They had the
following children:
Pam Mulholland.
Sherry Mulholland.
Ray Clarence Smith was born in
1907 in Loup County, NE and died in April 1992. He was buried May 2, 1992. He
married Ruth Baxley.
They had the following children:
Bob Smith. He married Delores
Henderson.
They had the following children:
Holly Smith.
Alta Smith. She married John
Cunningham.
They had the following children:
Amy Cunningham.
Julie Cunningham.
Fred Smith. He married Judy Henderson.
They had the following children:
Mike Smith.
Dale Smith. Dale married Erlene
Elkins in 1939.
They had the following children:
Barbara Erline Smith was born in 1943.
She married David Kennedy Thompson in 1965.
They had the following children:
Dale Matthew Thompson was born in
1969.
Vincent Lee Thompson was born in
1972.
Bertha Margaret Smith; Bertha
married Donald Townsend.
They had the following children:
Sonny Townsend.
Donnie Townsend.
Dale Townsend. Mother died at his
birth and was adopted out.