Jul-28-2018
Husband: Hiram Porter Smith Also known as: Porter Smith 1,2,3
Born: Mar-30-1889 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,1 Died: Jun- -1974 5 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: 1945 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1911 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Occupation: farmer 7 Father: William Franklin Smith (1862 - 1938) Mother: Susan Jane "Susie" Dotson (1863 - 1945)
Wife: Ima Collins Married: Apr- 9-1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Born: Mar-22-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,1 Died: Feb- -1977 5 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Elliott Collins (1866 - 1948) Mother: Martha Jane Smith (1868 - 1937)
F Child 1: Mildred Margie Smith Also known as: Margie Mildred Smith 10 Born: Mar-18-1912 5 Died: Aug- 7-2001 5 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Lawrence Jackson McCloy b. May-17-1913 d. Oct-28-1988 Married: Jun-13-1936 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,3,13
F Child 2: Geneva Goldie Smith Birth name: Goldie Geneva Smith 4 Born: Mar-28-1913 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 4,14,15 Died: Jun-29-2002 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Resided: 1964 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: garment factory worker 15 Husband: Boyd Fleming Husband: Warren Lyle Zinn b. May-24-1921 d. Sep-24-2009 Married: Nov-21-1964 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Elizabeth Louise Smith Also known as: Louise Smith 3,17 Born: Feb- 3-1924 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 15,3 Died: Aug- 4-2009 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 15 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 15,19,20 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: seamstress at Economy Industries in Harrisville (35 yrs) 15 Husband: Dale Britton b. Apr-28-1916 d. Dec- 1-1995 Married: Jan-12-1945 3
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage. (2) Obituary of mother. (3) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Social Security Death Index. (6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (7) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Porter Smith, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Oxford WV; and Ima Collins, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Berea. Married April 9 1911 "at Elliot Collins' residence," officiated by J. E. Burns, a minister of the M. E. Church. (NOTE: Amos Beaty Sharps incorrectly reports marriage date as May 9 1911.), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage. (9) Alfred Ray Sharps (1927-2007), Virginia Beach, VA. (10) Marriage record of daughter. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1955. Name listed in SSDI as "Mildred M. McCloy." (12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Lawrence McCloy, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mildred Smith, 24, of Ritchie Co. Married Jun 13 1936. (13) Newspaper anniversary announcement. (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (15) Obituary. (16) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (17) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (18) Obituary - At home. (19) Birth record of son. (20) Obituary of sister. Event Notes Note (1) In 1930, at Laurel Fork of Spruce CreekName Index