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     Ruth Smith, daughter of Oscar Tilden Smith and Hazel H. Parker, was born on 29 March 1920 at Maine.¹

     Ruth, daughter of Oscar Tilden Smith and Hazel H. Parker, married Lt. Paul D. Box Jr. circa June 1945,

Lt Ruth Smith Weds Lt Paul D Box Jr In New Mexico PATTEN June 12— Mrs. Adrianna Parker of Patten has announced the marriage of her granddaughter, Lieut. Ruth Smith of the Army Air Corps to Lieut. Paul D. Box Jr., of Omaha, Neb. The ceremony was performed at the chapel of the Alamogorda Army Air Base, Alamorgorda, New Mexico, by Chaplain George W. Goldthwaite, base chaplain. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Box of Omaha, Neb., and is a graduate bt the University of Omaha He is a first lieutenant in the ordnance department and is located at present at the William Beaumont General hospital, El Paso, Texas. The bride who is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Smith Is a graduate of Patten academy and the Eastern Maine General hospital school of nursing. She enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps In August 1942, shortly after completing her training and received her basic training at Bradley Field, Conn., going on to Bowman Field Louisville, Ky for her training as a flying nurse. At the completion of her training she was sent to the Chlna-Burma-India theatre where she was one of the first six American nurses to join the 14th Army Air Force, the Flying Tigers. Here she served as an air evacuatlon nurse with one of the most advanced bases and worked at a small dispensary when not flying with her patients, being 14 months in this theatre. She wears the Air Medal for 150 flying combat hours the Presidentlal citation and the CBI campaign ribbon with two battle stars. She returned to the United States in November 1944 and after a leave was assigned to duty here in this country. She Is now located at the Station hospital Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. The young couple have been using their leaves for a wedding trip and visited relatives in Omaha, Chicago, Detroit, and Boston en route to Patten, where they spent a part of the past week with Mrs. Parker .They left Saturday for El Paso where they will be stationed pending orders for both.²

     Ruth Smith, daughter of Morton Albert Smith and Maude G. Hoar, was born circa 1908 at California.¹

     Salome Smith, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Blackwood, was born circa 1843 at Maine.^1,2

     Salome Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith Jr. and Hannah Cook, was born on 25 September 1824.¹

     Salome Arlett Smith, daughter of James A. Smith and Mary E. Sprague, was born on 10 August 1864 at Maine.^1,3

     Salome, at age 19, daughter of James A. Smith and Mary E. Sprague, married William Francis Durant at age 27 in September 1883 at Lubec, Washington, Maine.⁴

     Salome died on 4 November 1949 at Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 85. Salmone's cause of death was listed as cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension⁵ and was buried at Saint George's Anglican Cemetery, Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁶

     Salome Arlett Smith was buried at Court Street Cemetery, Machias, Washington, Maine. Her name is inscribed on her parents headstone.⁷