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Smith, Lloyd Leo, 1902-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1902 - 1988

Biographical History

Lloyd Leo Smith (1902-1988) worked on the railroads in the Utah County area for many years.

Lloyd Leo Smith was born November 18, 1902 in Springville, Utah to Lloyd Bassett Smith and Laura Marcella Mason. He was a worker of the Orem Railroad Company for 10 years, and the Union Pacific Railroad for 18 years. His positions varied from inspector to depot worker. He was married to Ida Wilma Cloward on March 9, 1926 in Provo, Utah. Lloyd Leo Smith died September 9, 1988 in Payson, Utah.

Citation:
Find A Grave, via WWW, April 13, 2018 (b. November 18, 1902 to Lloyd Bassett Smith and Laura Marcella Mason; d. September 9, 1988)

Family Search, via WWW, April 13, 2018 (married March 9 1926 to Ida Wima Cloward; lived in Payson UT)

Ancestry, via WWW, May 6, 2019 (worked on the Orem Railroad Company for 10 years, and Union Pacific Railroad for 18 years)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral histories on Utah railroads

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239248369]
Identifier: MSS 9014
Scope and Contents Cassette tape contains three interviews related to railroads in Utah. Tape 1, side 1 has an interview with Leo Smith (Payson, Utah) by James D'Arc and H. Wallace Goddard, July 17, 1979. Side 2 of this tape has an interview with Madoline Dixon (Payson, Utah) by James D'Arc and H. Wallace Goddard, July 17, 1979. Tape 2, side 1 is an interview with George Cheever (Payson, Utah) by James D'Arc and H. Wallace Goddard. July 17, 1979. Also contains an unrelated dictation with someone talking about...
Dates: 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oral histories on Utah railroads

Lloyd Leo Smith audiocassette

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239251504]
Identifier: MSS 9298
Scope and Contents

Contents include a two-sided audiocassette labeled "Leo Smith, July 1979, Part II; Unknown Interviewee re Orem Line." One side is an interview of Leo Smith talking about his years as a worker with the Orem Railroad Company. The other side is an unknown interviewee, born in Provo, talking about his work as a station manager of the Orem Line. Dated July 19, 1979.

Dates: 1979 July 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lloyd Leo Smith audiocassette

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Subject
Oral histories 1
Railroads 1
Railroads -- Utah 1
Railroads -- Utah -- Orem -- History 1
Transportation 1
 

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