Paul Stoner Smith was born in 1888. He attended Millikin University. He was 6'1" and weighed 190 pounds when he debuted as a left fielder for the Boston Red Socks on September 19, 1916, batting left, throwing right. His final game was October 1, 1916.
He also tried out for the Chicago Bears but decided it was too much for him and returned to Mt. Zion. Paul Stoner Smith ran for Macon County Sheriff but was not elected.
He was in a machine gun battalion in France during WW I. He worked as a wildlife agent: Anna, IL 1941-45; Ames, NE 1945-51; Federal Wildlife agent. He also lived in Fremont Nebraska and did Whooping Crane research. He retired in 1951 and returned to the family home in Mt. Zion.
Paul Stoner Smith, 67, of Mount Zion, a former major league baseball player, was pronounced dead on arrival at Decatur and Macon County Hospital at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Smith was taken to the hospital by Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home ambulance after he colapsed on the street at N. Water St. and E. North St.
Coroner Phares G. Thompson said the probable cause of death was a heart attack but an inquiry will be made.
Mr. Smith was born in Mount Zion May 7, 1891, the son of Getrude Roberta Ulery and Washington Stoner Smith.
He was married to Sarah Geneva Kreig Dec. 23, 1933 in Danvers, Ill.
A member of Charles F Hight Post American Legion Dalton City, Mr. Smith attended the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church.
He was an Army veteran of World War 1 and had played professional baseball with the Boston American League team prior to the war.
Mr. Smith was with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service in Anna, ILL. from 1941 to 1945, and in Ames, Neb. from 1945 until 1951.
He retired in Mount Zion in 1951.
Surviving are his wife, one sister, Mrs. Gladys S. McGaughey, Mount Zion, and a brother, Guy Ulery Smith, San Jose, Calif. One brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. today. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
Decatur, IL Review July 4, 1958 p2
He also tried out for the Chicago Bears but decided it was too much for him and returned to Mt. Zion. Paul Stoner Smith ran for Macon County Sheriff but was not elected.
He was in a machine gun battalion in France during WW I. He worked as a wildlife agent: Anna, IL 1941-45; Ames, NE 1945-51; Federal Wildlife agent. He also lived in Fremont Nebraska and did Whooping Crane research. He retired in 1951 and returned to the family home in Mt. Zion.
Paul Stoner Smith, 67, of Mount Zion, a former major league baseball player, was pronounced dead on arrival at Decatur and Macon County Hospital at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Smith was taken to the hospital by Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home ambulance after he colapsed on the street at N. Water St. and E. North St.
Coroner Phares G. Thompson said the probable cause of death was a heart attack but an inquiry will be made.
Mr. Smith was born in Mount Zion May 7, 1891, the son of Getrude Roberta Ulery and Washington Stoner Smith.
He was married to Sarah Geneva Kreig Dec. 23, 1933 in Danvers, Ill.
A member of Charles F Hight Post American Legion Dalton City, Mr. Smith attended the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church.
He was an Army veteran of World War 1 and had played professional baseball with the Boston American League team prior to the war.
Mr. Smith was with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service in Anna, ILL. from 1941 to 1945, and in Ames, Neb. from 1945 until 1951.
He retired in Mount Zion in 1951.
Surviving are his wife, one sister, Mrs. Gladys S. McGaughey, Mount Zion, and a brother, Guy Ulery Smith, San Jose, Calif. One brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. today. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
Decatur, IL Review July 4, 1958 p2
Paul Stoner Smith was born in 1888. He attended Millikin University. He was 6'1" and weighed 190 pounds when he debuted as a left fielder for the Boston Red Socks on September 19, 1916, batting left, throwing right. His final game was October 1, 1916.
He also tried out for the Chicago Bears but decided it was too much for him and returned to Mt. Zion. Paul Stoner Smith ran for Macon County Sheriff but was not elected.
He was in a machine gun battalion in France during WW I. He worked as a wildlife agent: Anna, IL 1941-45; Ames, NE 1945-51; Federal Wildlife agent. He also lived in Fremont Nebraska and did Whooping Crane research. He retired in 1951 and returned to the family home in Mt. Zion.
Paul Stoner Smith, 67, of Mount Zion, a former major league baseball player, was pronounced dead on arrival at Decatur and Macon County Hospital at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Smith was taken to the hospital by Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home ambulance after he colapsed on the street at N. Water St. and E. North St.
Coroner Phares G. Thompson said the probable cause of death was a heart attack but an inquiry will be made.
Mr. Smith was born in Mount Zion May 7, 1891, the son of Getrude Roberta Ulery and Washington Stoner Smith.
He was married to Sarah Geneva Kreig Dec. 23, 1933 in Danvers, Ill.
A member of Charles F Hight Post American Legion Dalton City, Mr. Smith attended the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church.
He was an Army veteran of World War 1 and had played professional baseball with the Boston American League team prior to the war.
Mr. Smith was with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service in Anna, ILL. from 1941 to 1945, and in Ames, Neb. from 1945 until 1951.
He retired in Mount Zion in 1951.
Surviving are his wife, one sister, Mrs. Gladys S. McGaughey, Mount Zion, and a brother, Guy Ulery Smith, San Jose, Calif. One brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. today. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
Decatur, IL Review July 4, 1958 p2
He also tried out for the Chicago Bears but decided it was too much for him and returned to Mt. Zion. Paul Stoner Smith ran for Macon County Sheriff but was not elected.
He was in a machine gun battalion in France during WW I. He worked as a wildlife agent: Anna, IL 1941-45; Ames, NE 1945-51; Federal Wildlife agent. He also lived in Fremont Nebraska and did Whooping Crane research. He retired in 1951 and returned to the family home in Mt. Zion.
Paul Stoner Smith, 67, of Mount Zion, a former major league baseball player, was pronounced dead on arrival at Decatur and Macon County Hospital at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Smith was taken to the hospital by Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home ambulance after he colapsed on the street at N. Water St. and E. North St.
Coroner Phares G. Thompson said the probable cause of death was a heart attack but an inquiry will be made.
Mr. Smith was born in Mount Zion May 7, 1891, the son of Getrude Roberta Ulery and Washington Stoner Smith.
He was married to Sarah Geneva Kreig Dec. 23, 1933 in Danvers, Ill.
A member of Charles F Hight Post American Legion Dalton City, Mr. Smith attended the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church.
He was an Army veteran of World War 1 and had played professional baseball with the Boston American League team prior to the war.
Mr. Smith was with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service in Anna, ILL. from 1941 to 1945, and in Ames, Neb. from 1945 until 1951.
He retired in Mount Zion in 1951.
Surviving are his wife, one sister, Mrs. Gladys S. McGaughey, Mount Zion, and a brother, Guy Ulery Smith, San Jose, Calif. One brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. today. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
Decatur, IL Review July 4, 1958 p2
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