Florence (Smythe) (Arters) (Peterson) Nolan

Tombstone narrative lists LTC, US Army. No knowledge that Florence was in the military.

SS#: 261-20-5644; the information therein helps confirms that this is the correct Florence. She died in San Bernardino County, CA. Father's name: Smythe; mother's name: Ellidge.

NOTE---Nothing for Florence Peterson at fultonhistory.com (04-October-2019). She and husband Carl disappeared from Falconer, NY, about 1965....

Florence's parents, James and Lottie, are buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, NY.

Chautauqua County address was 12 Hough Hill Road, about 1965, Falconer, NY. Her husband, Carl O.W. Peterson, worked at DM Corp., presumably Dawson Metal Corporation, Jamestown, NY. I should check City Directories again, and also Sunset Hill Cemetery. 1920 Federal Census lists her being born in 1913 in Alabama.

In 1958, she self-published a small book of poetry called "Fireside Chats," with a definite Christian tone. I should have two copies of it. I found one copy of the booklet at the antique store in June 2019 at Frewsburg, NY. She must have been about 10 years older than Warren; she annulled her marriage with Warren quickly after he got in trouble with the law, spending about 12 years in the New York State prison system; later, he was married to Merlene until she died from a brain tumor in Jamestown, NY.

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