April 9, 1887:
Florence Beatrice Smith (Price) is born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, the third and last child born to James H. Smith, a dentist and Florence Irene Gulliver, an elementary school music teacher.
June 20, 1906:
Florence Smith (19) graduates from New England Conservatory with a diploma in organ performance and piano pedagogy.
September 9, 1912:
Florence Smith (25) marries Thomas Jewell Price, an attorney, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
August 6, 1925:
Leland Clayton Smith is born in Oakland, California, USA, the son of Vigo Niels Smith, owner of a plumbing and hardware store, and Jeannette Atwood.
February 27, 1946:
Leland C. Smith marries Edith Margaret MacNamara in Oakland, California.
December 9, 1955:
Santa Claus, an opera by Leland C. Smith (30) to words of cummings, is performed for the first time, in Chicago.
March 8, 1970:
Machines of Loving Grace for computer and bassoon by Leland C. Smith (44) is performed for the first time, at Mills College, Oakland, California.
December 17, 2013:
Leland Clayton Smith dies at his home in Palo Alto, California, USA aged 88 years, four months, and eleven days.