Husband: Hiram Smith
Born: Aug- 7-1827 1
Died: Nov-16-1885 2
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW - captured at Greenland Gap) 3,4,5
Father: Thomas Smith (1783 - 1872)
Mother: Elizabeth Smith (1790 - 1872)
Wife: Sarah Ann Doak Married: Aug-23-1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6
Born: May- 1-1829 2 (see note 1) Died: May-14-1915 2 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 7 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: James Doak (1802 - ) Mother: Hannah Davis (1802 - )
F Child 1: Mary Jane Smith Born: ca 1852 8 (see note 2) Died: 1914 9,10 Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Freeman Underwood b. Apr-15-1851 d. Jun-16-1929 Married: Apr-20-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Margaret Emeretta "Maggie" Smith Census name: Margarite E. 12 Born: Oct- 1-1853 6,10 Died: Jan- 1-1932 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,13 Census: 1920, 1930 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Joseph Thomas Moffatt b. Mar- -1838 d. Jan-19-1927 Census name: Joseph T. Moffett 12 Married: Aug-21-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
F Child 3: Hannah Smith Born: ca 1856 15 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: James Alexander Smith Census name: Alexander Smith Born: Jan- -1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16,15,17 Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Susan Margaret Harris b. May- -1863 d. 1910 Also known as: Margaret Harris 18 Married: Sep- 9-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Wife: Viona "Ona" Osborne b. Sep- 2-1884 d. Mar-29-1915 Also known as: Onie Osburn 17,20 Married: May-28-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Wife: Margaret E. Spencer b. ca 1848 Married: Aug- 3-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
M Child 5: Thomas A. Smith Born: Jun-15-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 22,23 Died: Nov- 6-1938 in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV 22 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Resided: in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV 22 Census: 1910 in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: gardening & trucking 22 Wife: Angeline Gatrell b. Jan-23-1866 d. May- 7-1958 Married: Dec-30-1886 in Tyler Co, WV 24
M Child 6: Hiram Smith Born: Mar-10-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,23,15 Died: Aug-16-1934 in Jackson Co, WV 7 Buried: in Ravenswood Cemetery, Jackson Co, WV 7 Census: 1910, 1920 in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Tyler Co, WV 23 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 25 Wife: Hannah Doak b. Jan- -1860 Married: Apr-18-1889 in Tyler Co, WV 23
M Child 7: William Smith Born: ca 1868 15 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 8: Davis Smith Born: Sep- 5-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 26,27,17 Census: 1910, 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1900 teamster 27 Wife: Mary Myrtle Shinn b. Mar- -1871 Also known as: Myrtle Shinn Married: Aug- -1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 28
M Child 9: John A. Smith Born: Apr- 5-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 26 Census: 1880, 1900, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Wife: Emzie B. Dotson b. Dec- -1876 d. 1964
Sources: (1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (2) Headstone. (3) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. (4) Cemetery marker. (5) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (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. 105. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Death record of husband. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (12) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (13) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (15) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (18) Birth record of daughter. (19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James Alexander Smith, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Susan Margaret Harris, 23, b. Bedford Co Virginia, res. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 9 1886 at the residence of the officiating minister, William Strickling. Informants for marriage license: James A. Smith & W. M. Harris. MR p. 119 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789906&Type=Marriage. (20) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James A. Smith, 58, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Margaret E. Spencer, 45, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 18 1874 at residence of officiating minister, Thomas J. Smith. MR p. 50 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795521&Type=Marriage. (22) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (23) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (24) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Thomas A. Smith, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Angeline Gatrell, 20, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Dec 30 1886 "at Residence of Stephen Gatrell.", MR p. 176 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040554&Type=Marriage. (25) 1910 Census, Jackson County, WV. (26) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (27) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (28) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Davis Smith, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mary Myrtle Shinn, 20, b. in Missouri, res. Doddridge Co. Date of marriage ceremony indicated as Aug 23 1891, but issue date of marriage license is entered as Aug 27 1891. Informants for marriage license: Davis Smith and Stephen L. Gatrell. MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792862&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1828. Note (2) Birth date on headstone is 1850, but she was age 18 in 1870 Census. Note (3) In 1930, listed as uncle John Smith, 54, widowed, in household of Hiram & Orpha Underwood.