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Note: SSN 505-48-8100 Middle name Lloyd on Wendell's Birth Certificate Middle name was wrong in Laura (Dean) Forster's bible It was a gift partially filled in by others Obituary says Earl F. Forster. This is not correct. 1920 Census Sheridan County Nebraska ED233 pg. 18 living with parents. Occupation Farming Spent many years on farm 8 miles NW of Gordon, NE. I believe purchased Abt. 1940. Legal description 13/33/43 (township43 range33 section13) Known as George W. Fowler place. Died in a hay baler accident while helping Art and Etta (Case) Johnson, neighbors. Picture lex00937 - 939 show type of hay baler Earl was killed operating. When the Burlington railroad was built from Holdrege to Sterling, a new townsite named Smithfield was platted in May 1885. Elwood, to the west, was platted by the railroad at the same time.
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