Jul-28-2018Husband: John A. Smith Born: Jan- -1842 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Nov-30-1919 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 4 Census: 1910 in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1863 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 6 Military: Pvt, Co E, 52nd Va Inf Reg, Civil War 1,2 (see note 1) Father: Isaac Oscar Smith (1815 - 1880) Mother: Sarah Ann Carothers (1826 - 1888) Other spouse 1 Notes
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Spinks Married: Oct-16-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Married: Jul- 8-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Born: ca 1857 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,2 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: William F. Spinks (1814 - 1910) Mother: Mary Jane Lovelace (1834 - ) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John A. Smith, age 78, farmer, married; died Nov 30 1919 in West Union. Informant: C. S. Pease, undertaker. (Note: This death record is in the form of a handwritten ledger entry on file at the Doddrige County Court House. The corresponding death certificate on file at the WV State Dept of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, contains essentially the same information, but incorrectly states his death date as Nov 30 1920. Burial location given as Coleman Cemetery. It should be noted that his wife Mary's marital status was given as widowed in the 1920 Census, enumerated in February. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=156268&Type=Death ), DR p. 151 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045126&Type=Death. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John A. Smith, 55, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Mary E. Hoalcraft, 42, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Oct 16 1898 at the residence of the officiating minister, Thomas J. Smith. MR p. 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793648&Type=Marriage. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John A. Smith, 65, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mary E. Holdcraft (sic), 54, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jul 8 1908 at the residence of the officiating minister, Thomas J. Smith. MR p. 141 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794692&Type=Marriage. (9) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) Event Notes Note (1) Enlisted Sep 22 1862 at Bunker Hill, Virginia. Mustered out on Aug 1 1864 from Cumberland, Maryland Hospital.Name Index