Bassett Family Association Database
William Hogg Smith
1893 - 1978 (84 years)
Generation: 1
1. William Hogg Smith was born on 5 Sep 1893 in Fonah, Angus Forfarshire, Scotland (son of Alexander Smith and Mary Ann Dures Stephen); died on 27 Apr 1978 in Morton, Illinois; was buried in Swan Lake Memory Garden, Peoria, Illinois. Notes:
William Smith arrived in New York, New York on 15 Jun 1914 with a friend, Robert Watt, on the SS California. William's brother, Alex, met them at the boat and took them to the station to get their train for Topeka, Kansas. William's father had made arrangements with a friend of his to hire them on his ranch near Topeka. Alex
and William did not see one another again until 1941.William married Arleen Kathryn Melvin on 2 Feb 1929 in Peoria, Illinois. Arleen (daughter of Joseph Lorenzo Melvin and Rosa Frances Servis) was born on 12 Feb 1908 in Lewistown, Illinois; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- William David Smith was born in Private.
- Robert Melvin Smith was born in Private.
2. Alexander Smith died in Deceased. Alexander married Mary Ann Dures Stephen. Mary died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Ann Dures Stephen died in Deceased. Children:
- 1. William Hogg Smith was born on 5 Sep 1893 in Fonah, Angus Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 27 Apr 1978 in Morton, Illinois; was buried in Swan Lake Memory Garden, Peoria, Illinois.