Abbie Ardell Smith was the daughter of Devier James Lamphear Smith and Abigail A. Vaux.  She was known as Della throughout her life.  The family resided in Burnett, Wisconsin until about 1868, then Bedford, Iowa until about 1875, Concordia, Kansas until about 1885, McCook, Nebraska and Wano, Kansas.  Della met Austin Carringer in 1884, and they married on 11 September 1887 in Wano, Kansas.  A month later, Austin and Della (Smith) Carringer took the train to San Diego, California, where they resided until their deaths in the 1940s. Show more...