Francis Marion Smith---AKA Frank Smith
Born: November 31, 1878, St. Louis, MO
Died: November 3, 1933, Boston, MA, age 54,---d. angina pectons, buried Aurora, IL---(He died while on a trip to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was manager of wrestler, Jim Browning, who was fighting.)
Chicago sports editor;
Bloomington, Il, 2-year old, (June 1, 1880 census)
Chicago, IL, copy-reader, newspaper, (April 21, 1910 census)
Chicago, IL, copy-reader, Chicago Tribune, (January 16, 1920 census)
Chicago, IL, reporter, newspaper, (April 9, 1930 census)
Father: Frank M., born Missouri, 1854?; Mother: Elizabeth C., born Pennsylvania, 1857?; Martha A., born England, 1886?; Wife: Katherine G., born Pennsylvania, 1875?;
He began as a copy reader in the editorial department in 1912, and stayed until the start of WWI.
WWI veteran.
Received commission as 2nd lieutenant, seved more than year overseas with the 165th infantry.
After WWI, then 1st. lieutenant, returned to Chicago Tribune, made sports editor in 1921, left in 1925.
He then moved east and got into wrestling promotion.
He managed Jim Browning, heavyweight wrestling champ.
Chicago Daily Tribune obituary,
November 3, 1933, pp. 27.-----------------------New York Times' obituary, November 3, 1933, pp. 19.--------Chicago Daily Tribune, November 4, 1933, pp. 23.
------------------------------------------------------Sporting News' obituary, November 9, 1933, pp. 7.
Born: November 31, 1878, St. Louis, MO
Died: November 3, 1933, Boston, MA, age 54,---d. angina pectons, buried Aurora, IL---(He died while on a trip to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was manager of wrestler, Jim Browning, who was fighting.)
Chicago sports editor;
Bloomington, Il, 2-year old, (June 1, 1880 census)
Chicago, IL, copy-reader, newspaper, (April 21, 1910 census)
Chicago, IL, copy-reader, Chicago Tribune, (January 16, 1920 census)
Chicago, IL, reporter, newspaper, (April 9, 1930 census)
Father: Frank M., born Missouri, 1854?; Mother: Elizabeth C., born Pennsylvania, 1857?; Martha A., born England, 1886?; Wife: Katherine G., born Pennsylvania, 1875?;
He began as a copy reader in the editorial department in 1912, and stayed until the start of WWI.
WWI veteran.
Received commission as 2nd lieutenant, seved more than year overseas with the 165th infantry.
After WWI, then 1st. lieutenant, returned to Chicago Tribune, made sports editor in 1921, left in 1925.
He then moved east and got into wrestling promotion.
He managed Jim Browning, heavyweight wrestling champ.
Chicago Daily Tribune obituary,
November 3, 1933, pp. 27.-----------------------New York Times' obituary, November 3, 1933, pp. 19.--------Chicago Daily Tribune, November 4, 1933, pp. 23.
------------------------------------------------------Sporting News' obituary, November 9, 1933, pp. 7.
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