Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Franklin Smith 1 Census name: Franklin Smith
Born: May- -1862 2,3,4 Died: Sep-22-1938 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,4 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: 1915 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 2,8 Occupation: farmer Father: James Wesley Smith (1833 - 1914) Mother: Elmina Ellen Haught (1842 - 1912)
Wife: Susan Jane "Susie" Dotson 9,10 Married: ca 1883 2
Born: Jul- 3-1863 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,12 (see note 1) Died: May-12-1945 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13,12 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12,6,11 Resided: at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11,14 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Hiram Sears Dotson (1823 - 1899) Mother: Susan J. Markwell (1827 - 1863) Notes
M Child 1: Amos G. Smith Born: Jan- -1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,15 Resided: 1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Nettie Jane Davis b. Dec-22-1886 d. Jul-20-1966 Married: Sep-11-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
M Child 2: James Wesley Smith Also known as: Wesley Smith 15,16,17 Born: Dec- -1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,15 Died: Apr-14-1964 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Resided: 1945 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Beulah Georgia Towner b. ca 1898 Also known as: Georgia Beulah Towner 19 Married: Jun-15-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 20
M Child 3: Ira P. Smith Born: Oct- 8-1886 21,2 Died: Feb-26-1908 21 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 4: Hiram Porter Smith Also known as: Porter Smith 22,17,23 Born: Mar-30-1889 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 24,25,22 Died: Jun- -1974 25 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 26 Resided: 1945 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1911 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Occupation: farmer 27 Wife: Ima Collins b. Mar-22-1893 d. Feb- -1977 Married: Apr- 9-1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 28
M Child 5: Cortis E. Smith Born: Mar-13-1899 21,2 Died: Mar-28-1985 21 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: 1945 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 6: Nellie Smith Born: ca 1902 8 Resided: 1945 in Hammond, Marion Co, WV 17 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: ___ Satterfield
F Child 7: Della Mae Smith Census name: Ella M. Smith Born: Jan-10-1907 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 24,21,8 Died: Apr-26-1998 21 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: 1937, 1945 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 29,17 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Harvey Holt Shepler b. Feb-23-1901 d. Mar- 8-1992 Married: May-30-1937 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 29
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as William Franklin Smith, died Sep 22 1938, age 76y4m, son of Wesley Smith & (blank) Haught. Age 76y4m would put birthdate at May 22 1862. But absence of entry for number of days of age leaves some doubt as to the accuracy. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as William Franklin Smith, d. Sep 22 1938, age 76y4m. Parents: Wesley & ___ (Haught) Smith. (6) Findagrave.com. (7) Obituary of sister's husband. (8) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) W. B. Haught, Genealogy of the Haught Family of America (1948), p. 167. (10) Obituary of wife's sister. (11) Obituary. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) Obituary - At home. (14) Obituary of sister. (15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (16) Newspaper wedding announcement. (17) Obituary of mother. (18) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (19) Marriage record of daughter. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Wesley Smith, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Georgia B. Towner, 17 (19?), b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jun 15 1915 "at Mr. Prim's residence in Dodd. Co. W. Va," ceremony performed by A. J. Robinson, a minister of the Baptist Church. Informants for the marriage license: Wesley Smith & G. R. Towner. MR p. 401. (21) Headstone. (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage. (23) 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) (24) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (25) Social Security Death Index. (26) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (27) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (28) 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. (29) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1864. Note (2) In 1930, at Laurel Fork of Spruce CreekName Index