Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Porter Ford Smith    
       Also known as: Ford Smith 1,2
                Born: May-16-1892          at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  3,1,2,4
                Died: May- 8-1914          in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  1,5
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  1
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      mill man  1
              Father: James Porter Smith   (1872 - 1928) 
              Mother: Abigail L. "Abbie" Hayden   (1871 - 1941) 
                Wife: Dicie Marion Bell     
       Also known as: M. Dicie Bell 6
                Born: Jun-20-1894          in Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV  6,2,7
                Died: Oct- 7-1974           8,2,7
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Resided:                      in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1940                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Kincheloe Creek, Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1917                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 proprietress of beauty parlor  10
              Father: Almanzor Bell   (1853 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Jane Bailey   (1860 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Fordie Woodruff Smith      
       Also known as: Ford Smith 
                Born: Dec- 8-1914          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  6,11,2,7
                Died: Nov-13-1986           2,7
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12
             Resided:                      in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  13,14
             Resided: Oct 1940             in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Census: Apr 1940             in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Kincheloe Creek, Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 helper in beauty parlor  
            Military: Apr-10-1942 - Jan-15-1946 Sgt, US Army, World War II  15,16
                Wife: Ellaweine ___  b. Feb-20-1918  d. Jun-19-1992  

Sources:
(1) Ohio County Death Records, Wheeling, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5652041&Type=Death. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 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. 
(4) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(5) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  Ford Smith. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  Dicie, wife of Ford Smith. 
(10) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(11) World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone & military marker:  Fordie W. Smith. 
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(14) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(15) Military Grave Marker. 
(16) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 







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