Husband: Silas Preston Smith
Born: Apr-22-1860 at Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Oct-19-1943 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,2
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6,1
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 1)
Occupation: editor of West Union Record newspaper (1886-1911)
Occupation: owner/proprietor of Record Book & Drug Store (1900-1915) 7
Father: William M. Smith (1823 - 1915)
Mother: Margaret Ann Doak (1826 - 1899)
Other spouse 1
Notes 8
Wife: Edith Davisson Martin Married: Dec- 9-1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,10
Born: May- 4-1873 in Wood Co, WV 11,12 (see note 2) Died: Jul-13-1968 in Cabell Co, WV 13,12 Resided: in New York City, NY 12 Resided: 1943 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Father: Festus Hall Martin (1840 - 1916) Mother: Harriet Virginia "Hattie" Dye (1849 - 1897) Notes
F Child 1: Mary E. Smith [adopted] Born: Jun- -1889 14 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 nurse at hospital 15
M Child 2: Kenneth Martin Smith Born: Dec- 8-1898 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,14,12 Died: Jan- -1975 12 Resided: in Greenbelt, Prince Georges Co, MD 17 Resided: 1943 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV 19 Census: 1930 in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in Buffalo, Erie Co, NY (see note 3) Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1943 traveling salesman for a Boston drug company 18 Occupation: 1940 traveling drugs salesman 19 Occupation: 1930 drug store clerk 20 Occupation: 1920 watcher of oils at coke mill 21 Occupation: 1916 Smith & Smith Confectionery 22 Education: Bethany College 23 Wife: Mabel J. Hudkins b. Nov- 3-1898 d. Mar- -1974 Married: ca 1920 20
M Child 3: Festus William Smith Born: Sep- 6-1906 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,12 Died: Jul- -1975 12 Resided: in Baltimore, MD 24,25,18 Resided: 1935 in Ridgeley, Mineral Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1943 representative for publishing company 18 Occupation: 1929 school teacher in Keyser WV 26
M Child 4: Silas Preston Smith, Jr. Census name: S. Preston Smith Born: Dec- 7-1912 12 Died: Mar- -1982 12 Resided: in Ocean City, Cape May Co, NJ 24 Resided: 1943 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY 18 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: chemical engineer 18 Occupation: 1936 Carbib Carbide Co, Charleston WV 27 Education: Salem College, West Virginia University 28
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) Obituary - At home, West Union Herald, 10/28/1943. (5) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (6) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (7) West Union Record, 11/18/1915. (8) Obituary, West Union Herald, 10/28/1943. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Silas P. Smith, widowed, 36, of Doddridge Co; and Edith D. Martin, 23, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Dec 9 1896. (10) Obituary of husband. (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (15) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (16) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Massachusetts before 1951. (18) Obituary of father. (19) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (20) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (21) 1920 Census. (22) West Union Herald, 7/6/1916. (23) Obituary of paternal grandfather. (24) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (25) West Union Herald, 12/7/1944. (26) West Union Herald, 9/12/1929. (27) West Union Herald, 3/12/1936. (28) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1932. Event Notes Note (1) Listed as one of four boarders in the household of Jacob & Sarah (Lewin) Benninger. He and the other boarders, ranging in age from 19 to 25, had occupations entered as "attending school." Silas P. Smith was also indicated as being "Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled." Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1874. Note (3) He appears to have been enumerated twice in the 1920 Census.