Notes for Claude Smith French: Claude was a jack-of-all-trades. More than a farmer, he was a blacksmith, carpenter, butcher, cobbler, mechanic, and could do almost anything one might want to do around a farm, e.g., shoe horses.
According to his obituary, he was a resident of the Douglas, NE area for 40 years, and was a member of the Christian Church.
More About Claude Smith French: Burial: Unknown, Rosehill Cemetery, Douglas, NE. Occupation: Farmer.
More About Claude Smith French and Mary Ethel Dailey: Marriage: 2 Oct 1898, M. E. Church, Parker, SD.
Children of Claude Smith French and Mary Ethel Dailey are:
Verda Loleta French, b. 18 Dec 1899, Watson, MO, d. 11 Feb 1977, Muskegon, MI.
+Marvin Maxwell French, b. 6 Sep 1901, Douglas, NE, d. 6 Jan 2002, San Diego Co., CA.
+Glenn Archie French, b. 8 Sep 1906, Thurman, IA, d. 4 Jul 1977, Clear Lake, CA.
Elberta Rose French, b. 24 Oct 1908, Bennett, Lancastershire County, NE, d. 22 Oct 2007, Providence Marianwood, Issaquah, WA.
+Forrest Wayne French, b. 24 Jan 1914, Douglas, NE, d. 19 Dec 1973, San Pablo, CA.
+Warren Merle French, b. 11 Jul 1918, Douglas, NE, d. 15 Jan 2005, Nevada City, CA.
Claude Smith French (b. 3 Aug 1879, d. 21 Dec 1951)
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