Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Kenton Sutton    
       Also known as: Kenton Sutton 1
                Born: Dec- 6-1874           2
                Died: Feb-28-1949           1
              Father: Francis Marion Sutton   (1841 - 1898) 
              Mother: Hannah Vannort   (1840 - 1929) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Fredonia Catherine Davis     
       Also known as: Fredora C. Davis 3
             Married: Aug- 7-1901          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,1
                Born: Dec- 2-1881          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: Mar-15-1913           1
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Charles Preston Davis   (1860 - 1941) 
              Mother: Deborah Emeretta Polan   (1858 - 1926) 
           F Child 1: Josie Gladys Sutton      
                Born: Sep-25-1907           4,5
                Died: Mar-29-1995           5
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  4,6
              Census: 1940                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1935                 in Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Husband: Luther Otterbein Smearman  b. Aug-27-1913  d. May- 4-2000  
             Married: Jul-17-1936          in Maryland  4 (see note 3)

Sources:
(1) 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. 225. 
(2) 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. 138. 
(3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(4) 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. 
(5) Social Security Death Index. 
(6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(7) 1940 Census, Lewis County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) She was also listed in household of maternal grandparents in West Union
District, Doddridge County.  Identified as granddaughter Josie Sutton, 22,
single.
Note (2) In household of maternal grandfather.
Note (3) Mountain Lake Park







Name Index