Jul-28-2018Husband: Ernest Elden Smith Also known as: Elden Smith 1,2,3 Born: Sep-11-1911 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Died: Apr-20-1995 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,6 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 7 Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 8,4 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: Oct-27-1942 - Dec-14-1945 Sgt, 8th Air Force Div, US Army, World War II, Europe 4,9,10,11 Father: Henry Walter Smith (1884 - ) Mother: Mary Eliza Freeman (1887 - 1930)
Wife: Lenna Belle Shields Married: Jul- 4-1942 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 12,2
Born: Mar-10-1923 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Died: Apr-13-2009 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 7 Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 4,12 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: William Anderson Shields (1881 - 1948) Mother: Lenna Grace Rawson (1879 - 1973) Notes 4
F Child 1: Living Husband: Living
M Child 2: Living Wife: Living
M Child 3: Living Wife: Living
F Child 4: Living Husband: Living Husband: Living
F Child 5: Living Husband: Living
M Child 6: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (2) Obituary of wife. (3) Obituary of brother. (4) Obituary. (5) Social Security Death Index. (6) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (9) Military Grave Marker. (10) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (11) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.Name Index