Cleo Smelser

1912 - 1987  (75 years)    Has 55 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

 Set As Default Person    

• Name	Cleo Smelser
  Gender	Male
  Birth	22 Jan 1912	Nebraska, USA
  Death	6 Jun 1987	Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  Half-siblings	5 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Ira Newton Smelser and Nettie J. Leggett)
  1. Charles Rueben Smelser           b. 3 Feb 1911, Red Cloud, Webster Co., NE           d. 7 Dec 1942, Fresno, Fresno Co., CA  (Age 31 years)   2. Cleo George Smelser           b. 22 Feb 1912, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA           d. Jul 1987, Hemet, Riverside, California, USA  (Age 75 years)   3. Dallas Virgil Smelser           b. 10 Sep 1913, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA           d. 29 Dec 1986, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA  (Age 73 years)   4. Milton James Smelser           b. 10 Apr 1915, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA           d. 29 Jul 1955, Fort McClellan, Benton, Alabama, USA  (Age 40 years)   5. Edith Marie Smelser           b. 1917, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA           d. 1 Aug 1925, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA  (Age 8 years)   6. Raymond B. Smelser           b. 11 Jun 1918, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA           d. 13 May 1967, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Person ID	I4632	Coon White Family Tree

  
  

  Father	Ira Newton Smelser           b. 17 Jun 1891, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, United States           d. 21 Sep 1976, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, United States (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Minnie Arvilla Galbraith           b. 20 Mar 1894, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA           d. 13 Jun 1965, Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1922	Webster, Nebraska, United States
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years and 6 months - She : ~ 27 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Jan 1912 - Nebraska, USA Death - 6 Jun 1987 - Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

  
  

• Reference

  "Cleo Smelser". Coon White Family History. https://cw.ourfamilyroots.org/getperson.php?personID=I4632&tree=cw (accessed September 13, 2026).