Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Blaine Smith    
       Also known as: Blaine Smith 1,2
                Born: Sep- 9-1884          in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  3,4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-27-1952          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6,5
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  7,6,5
             Resided: Front Street         in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5,6,8
              Census: 1940                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1936                 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Equitable Gas Co.  6,5,9
              Father: William Riley Smith   (1857 - 1915) 
              Mother: Mary Frances Myers   (1860 - 1936) 
                Wife: Nellie Gladys Smith     
             Married: May-22-1915          at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  11
                Born: Apr-14-1898          in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  12,13,3,4,14
                Died: Mar-  -1986           13,14
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  7,12
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  15,16
              Census: 1940                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1900, 1920           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: David G. Smith   (1863 - 1911) 
              Mother: Lavina E. Pigott   (1865 - 1900) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: James Russell Smith      
                Born: Mar-20-1916          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Died: Jul-11-2009          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  17
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  5
             Resided:                      in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1952                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  18
              Census: 1940                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Goldie Matilda Pierce  b. Sep-28-1915  d. Jul- 9-2000  
       Also known as: Goldie Matilda Robinson 19
             Married: Dec-29-1940          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  20
           F Child 2: Virginia Gladys Smith      
       Also known as: Gladys Virginia Smith 
                Born: Aug- 8-1917          in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  5,13,21
                Died: Jun-14-2005          in Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, TX  17,13
              Buried: (mausoleum)          in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, Jefferson Co, TX  5,12
             Resided:                      in Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, TX  15,5,18
             Resided: 1940                 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  22
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           Education:                      West Virginia Business College (1935)  5
             Husband: David Lewis Tennant  b. Oct-25-1917  d. May- 9-1991  
           F Child 3: Sarah Lillian Smith      
       Also known as: Lillian Smith 2,16
                Born: Nov-18-1919          at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  13,4,14
                Died: Mar-  -1987           13,14
              Buried:                      in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Orange Co, TX  12
             Resided:                      in Orange, Orange Co, TX  15,18
             Resided: 1941                 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Lester Valentine Osbourn  b. Jun-30-1916  d. Aug-18-1980  
             Married: Nov-16-1941          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(8) Obituary of sister. 
(9) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(10) Obituary of mother. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James B. Smith, 30, of Doddridge Co; and Nellie G. 
Smith, 17, of Doddridge Co.  Married May 22 1915. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 
(13) Social Security Death Index. 
(14) Headstone (year only) 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(16) Obituary of brother. 
(17) Obituary - At home. 
(18) Obituary of father. 
(19) Obituary of husband. 
(20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James Russell Smith, 25, b. & res. at Central Station 
WV, son of J. Blaine & Nellie Smith; and Goldie M. Pierce, 25, b. at Summers WV, res. Doddridge Co, dau of A. W. & 
Bessie Pierce.  Married Dec 29 1940 in Parkersburg WV.  (Note:  Although the marriage ceremony was held in Wood County, 
the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Doddridge County, residence of the bride.), MR p. 
37. 
(21) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(22) Newspaper birth announcement of daughter, West Union Herald, 12/5/1940. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death record states birth date as Sep 9 1888, and headstone also shows birth
date as 1888.  But 1900 Census shows age as 15, born Sep 1884, in sequence with
his siblings, and his age was given as 30 at time of his May 1915 marriage.







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