Husband: James Porter Smith
Also known as: Porter Smith 1,2
Born: Apr-15-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Died: 1928 4
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Resided: 1915 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Father: James Wesley Smith
Mother: Elmina Ellen Haught
Wife: Abigail L. "Abbie" Hayden 7,8
Born: 1871 in Ritchie Co, WV 4,9 Died: Nov-10-1941 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11,4 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1937 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Father: Isaac Hayden Mother: Elizabeth Ann Tharp Notes
M Child 1: Porter F. Smith Born: May-16-1892 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13,2
M Child 2: Isaac Gilbert Smith Also known as: I. Gilbert Smith 14 Born: Mar-17-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 15,14,2 Died: Nov-14-1907 in 14
M Child 3: Orla Bryan Smith Also known as: Bryan Smith 16,17,18 Born: Mar-26-1897 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 19,18,4 Died: Oct- -1962 in 18,4
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife's brother. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James P. Smith, son of James W. Smith and Elmina Ellen Smith. BR Bk 1, p. 58. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Obituary of sister's husband. (7) W. B. Haught, Genealogy of the Haught Family of America (1948), p. 167. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 245. (9) Birth record of daughter. (10) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (11) Obituary. (12) Obituary of sister. (13) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as (first name blank) Smith, male, b. May 16 1892 at Oxford, son of J. P. Smith & A. L. Hayden Smith. (14) Headstone. (15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as (first name blank) Smith, female (sic), b. Mar 17 1894, father James P. Smith (age 21, b. Doddridge Co, farmer), mother Abby Haden (or Hayden) (age 21, b. Ritchie Co), this being the second child born to this mother. There was no entry to indicate whether it was a live birth or stillborn, or whether it was a multiple birth. (Note: The 1900 Census shows the family of Porter & Abbie Smith to have three sons, one of them being Isaac G. Smith, born in March 1894. "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993," p. 493, reports a burial at Auburn Community Cemetery for I. Gilbert Smith, son of Porter & Abbie Smith. BR Bk 2, p. 321. (16) Marriage record of son. (17) Obituary of mother. (18) Social Security Death Index. (19) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Orlie Bryan Smith, b. Mar 26 1897 at Arnolds Creek, son of Porter Smith & Abbie Hayden Smith. BR Bk 3, p. 184. www.doddridgecountyroots.com Name Index