Elizabeth Gertrude Smith ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Following the death of Lemuel Darner in 1917, Lizzie was remarried on 26 Jun 1923 to James M. Law in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa.
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  Burial Notes:

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 117254093
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117254093/elizabeth_gertrude-law: accessed 2 Sep 2026), memorial page for Elizabeth Gertrude Smith Law (17 Aug 1871\'9623 Nov 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117254093, citing Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Jane Cockayne Weaver (contributor 48493052).
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1895 Iowa State Census, January 1895, Richland Township, Adair, Iowa, United States. ² 1895 Iowa State Census
Page 547, Line 22, Family 47
Richland Township, Adair, Iowa
Lizzie G. Darner..25..Johnson County, IA..House Keeping

(Living with husband, 4 stepchildren, and 2 children from current marriage.)

2. 1910 US Census, 28 April 1910, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 140, Family 4, Roll 426
Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States
North Wapello; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 22 years
Elizabeth Durner..Wife..41..Iowa..3/3

(Living with 2nd husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 Aug 1871, then her age should have been 38 instead of 41.

Elizabeth married Lemuel Marshall Darner, son of Joseph Henry Darner and Hetty Ann Outcalt, on 21 February 1890 in Richland Township, Adair, Iowa, United States.^{1 2 3} (Lemuel Marshall Darner was born on 13 February 1853 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States,^{2 4 5 6 7 8} died on 17 January 1917 in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States ^{7 8} and was buried on 21 January 1917 in Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States ^{7 8}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 21 February 1890, Richland Township, Adair, Iowa, United States. ¹

2. 1895 Iowa State Census, January 1895, Richland Township, Adair, Iowa, United States. ² 1895 Iowa State Census
Page 547, Line 22, Family 47
Richland Township, Adair County, Iowa
L. M. Darner..41..OH..Farmer
Lizzie G. Darner..25..Johnson County, IA..House Keeping
Ira G. Darner..17..Greene County, IA..Farmer
Irvil L. Darner..15..Greene County, IA
Hettie M. Darner..13..Kansas
Florenc A. Darner..7..Adair County, IA
Carrie E. Darner..3..Adair County, IA
Roy B. Darner..1..Adair County, IA

3. 1910 US Census, 28 April 1910, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 140, Family 4, Roll 426
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, United States
North Wapello; Home owned, with mortgage
Married 22 years
L. M. Durner..Head..55..Ohio..Owner, Feed Barn
Elizabeth Durner..Wife..41..Iowa..3/3
Carrie Durner..Daughter..18..Iowa..Stenographer, Coal Co.
Roy B. Durner..Son..17..Iowa
Glenn B. Durner..Son..13..Iowa
E. M. Moore..Roomer..28..Iowa..Laborer, House ???
A. P. Moore..Roomer..23..Missouri
C. W. Mahon..Roomer..23..Iowa

  Marriage Notes:

Name: L. M. Darner
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Feb 1890
Event Place: Richland Twp., Adair, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Father's Name: Joseph Darner
Mother's Name: Hetty Ann Outkelt
Spouse's Name: Lizzie G. Smith
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1869
Spouse's Father's Name: J. M. Smith
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah F. Schual

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ4G-Z5Y : 4 November 2017), Sarah F. Schual in entry for L. M. Darner and Lizzie G. Smith, 21 Feb 1890, Richland Twp., Adair, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,787,527.
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