Family Group Sheet
NameJohn Morris Smedley, Half 2C4R
Birth6 Apr 1898, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Feb 1974, Bloomingdale, Parke Co., Indiana
FatherWilliam Edward Smedley (1865-1942)
MotherElizabeth ("Lizzie") Morris (?1866-1933)
Marriage25 Nov 1915, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseLeora E. Jent
Birth14 Jun 1899, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherEsau Jent (1872-)
MotherEliza Ann Elliott (1868-1961)
Notes for John Morris Smedley
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records John Morris Smedley, age 2- (illegible), residence Morehead, Ky, born 6 Apr 1898, occupation farming, self-employed, nearest relative Leara Smedley, wife.
Notes for John Morris & Leora E. (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 9, p. 159, records a marriage license issued on 22 Nov 1915 of John Smedley, age 18, farmer, son of W. E. & Elizabeth Smedley, to Leora Jent, age 16, daughter of Esau & Eliza Jent, both single, both born in and residents of Rowan Co. (This book does not record the ministers’ returns, but Smedley family members say they were married on 25 Nov 1915.)
