Elnathan 'Nate' Gates Smith was the youngest child of James and Vange Smith. He was born in Minnesota on August 3, 1954 and died at the age of 37 in San Diego, California.

Nate married Brooke Kirkham in San Diego on December 2, 1978.  They divorced March 16, 1981.

Nate remarried on March 27, 1989 to Cassandra Leah Mensching in Clark County, Nevada.

When his sister died in 2005, she did not list any children for him as surviving her.