His wife Evelyn was an artist, and Smiley was a devoted gardener who volunteered at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, where a Nixon Smiley collection recording his records as Interim Director from 1953 to 1961 (4,000 pages) is kept as well as papers covering his field trips.
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Smiley was born in Orange Park, Florida and was raised by his maternal grandparent after losing both parents by the age of 7.
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