Samuel Edgar Smiddy was born on 4 July 1874, in Texas, United States.

His father was Green S. Smiddy.

His mother, was Elizabeth Jane Moreland,

He married Henry Elizabeth Bell on 19 September 1897, in Hopkins, Texas, United States. They were the parents of 7 sons and 5 daughters.

He lived in Justice Precinct 8, Hopkins, Texas, United States in 1900 and Price Township, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years.

He died on 16 January 1937, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.

Fredrick Alvin Smiddy Sr. was my (Robert Sean Smiddy) Great Grandfather.