From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
August 25, 1944
Notes
Emma Smith was living in Lincoln County, KY when she enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, OH, according to her record in Ancestry and the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. After her military service, Smith settled in Dayton, OH, where she died in 2020. She is buried in the Dayton National Cemetery.
Emma was the wife of Willie C. Stanley; they were married in Dayton in 1980. She was the daughter of Virgil and Jesse Dunn Smith. The family is enumerated in the 1930 U.S. Census, they lived in Stanford, KY. In the 1940 U.S. Census, Emma Smith was employed as a housemaid.
Sources: Emma Smith-Stanley at Find A Grave; Ohio Marriage Abstracts in Ancestry; and Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry.
Emma was the wife of Willie C. Stanley; they were married in Dayton in 1980. She was the daughter of Virgil and Jesse Dunn Smith. The family is enumerated in the 1930 U.S. Census, they lived in Stanford, KY. In the 1940 U.S. Census, Emma Smith was employed as a housemaid.
Sources: Emma Smith-Stanley at Find A Grave; Ohio Marriage Abstracts in Ancestry; and Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry.
Kentucky County & Region
Read about Lincoln County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Kentucky Place (Town or City)
Read about Stanford, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Item Relations
Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Stanley, Emma Margaret Smith,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 26, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/300004387.
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