Elbert's parentage is very convoluted. He was born Elbert Tyson Smith (father Arthur Edward Smith, mother Emma Louise Tyson). His mother died when he was 7, in 1916. Elbert then started living with his aunt, Ethel Tyson Bedell, who was married to Warren Lot Bedell. In 1923, Warren Lot Bedell died, and Ethel Tyson Bedell remarried William Taggart Carpenter.
Elbert's parentage is very convoluted. He was born Elbert Tyson Smith (father Arthur Edward Smith, mother Emma Louise Tyson). His mother died when he was 7, in 1916. Elbert then started living with his aunt, Ethel Tyson Bedell, who was married to Warren Lot Bedell. In 1923, Warren Lot Bedell died, and Ethel Tyson Bedell remarried William Taggart Carpenter.
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