Mons L. Smith outgoing letters to parents, 1917-1919

Series — Box: 1, Folder: 5-12

Identifier: MSS 7579 Series 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains forty-eight letters written to S. D. Smith and Ellen Smith by Mons while he served in the military during World War I.

Dates

Creation: 1917-1919

Creator

Smith, Mons L. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Mons L. Smith papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Mons L. Smith (1895-1989) was a farmer, rancher, and mill worker in Utah and Arizona. He served in the United States Army during World War I.

Mons Larson Smith was born November 28, 1895 in Snowflake, Arizona to Silas D. and Ellen J. L. Smith. He served in World War I, participating in the Battle of the Marne and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He homesteaded in Dodge Point, near Monticello, Utah, and later served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Southern States during the 1940s. He married Cora Hawkins on May 10, 1949, in Mesa, Arizona; they had five children. He later worked in Monticello in a vanadium processing mill. He died October 15, 1989 in Monticello.