Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ernest Wellington "Doc" Smith    
                Born: Aug- 9-1880          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Feb- 1-1931          in Washington, DC  1,2
              Buried:                      in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince Georges Co, MD  3
          Occupation:                      physician  
              Father: Edward Newton Smith   (1851 - 1936) 
              Mother: Mary Bird Gaston   (1853 - 1936) 
Notes 1 
                Wife: Janie Iantha King     
             Married: Sep- 6-1905           1
                Born: Mar- 1-1877          in Goochland Co, VA  1,2
                Died: Feb- 1-1931          in Washington, DC  1,2
              Buried:                      in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince Georges Co, MD  3
              Father: William King 
              Mother: Iantha Duley Knibb 
           F Child 1: Ernestine Iantha Smith      
       Also known as: Iantha Smith 4,5
                Born: Oct-13-1910          in Washington, DC  6,5
                Died: May-27-2011          in Gainesville, Alachua Co, FL  4,5
             Resided:                      in Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL  4,7
          Occupation:                      teacher of piano and French  4
           Education:                      Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of Miami  4
             Husband: Gerald Comstock Whittaker  b. Jul-14-1900  d. May-  -1973  
             Married: 1930                 in Washington, DC  6
           M Child 2: Christian Joy Smith      
                Born: Feb- 1-1914           1
                Died: Feb- 1-1931          in Washington, DC  1 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Washington, DC  6
           M Child 3: Paul Hugh Smith      
                Born: Dec-23-1918          in Washington, DC  6,5
                Died: Mar- 5-2005          in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ  4,5
             Resided: since 1956           in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ  4,5
             Resided: before 1956          in Ohio  4
             Resided: formerly             in Washington, DC  7
           Education:                      Antioch College at Yellow Springs OH  4
                Wife: Virginia Craig  b.        1923  
       Also known as: Virginia Craig Supniewski 6
             Married: Dec-24-1941          in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN  6

Sources:
(1) G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Obituary. 
(5) Social Security Death Index. 
(6) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore 
MD, 1997, p. 421. 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Washington, DC, before 1951. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Died in an auto accident along with his parents.







Name Index