Husband: Luther Otterbein Smearman
Born: Aug-27-1913 in Swanton, Garrett Co, MD 1,2,3
Died: May- 4-2000 2
Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 2,1
Census: 1940 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: Apr- 1-1944 - Dec-11-1945 U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Tills (DE-748) destroyer, World War II 5
Father: James Jones Smearman (1883 - 1950)
Mother: Sarah Belle Sweitzer (1889 - )
Other spouse 2
Wife: Josie Gladys Sutton Married: Jul-17-1936 in Maryland 6 (see note 1)
Born: Sep-25-1907 6,2 Died: Mar-29-1995 2 Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1940 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Father: John Kenton Sutton (1874 - 1949) Mother: Fredonia Catherine Davis (1881 - 1913)
M Child 1: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Hancock County Marriage Records, New Cumberland, WV. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (4) 1940 Census, Lewis County, WV. (5) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 284. (7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) Mountain Lake Park Note (2) She was also listed in household of maternal grandparents in West Union District, Doddridge County. Identified as granddaughter Josie Sutton, 22, single. Note (3) In household of maternal grandfather.