Husband: Edward Newton Smith
Born: Sep-17-1851 in Harrison Co, WV 1,2
Died: Jul-29-1936 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 1,3,2
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4,5
Occupation: farmer 1
Father: Watters Smith, Jr. (1804 - 1880)
Mother: Ruanna West (1806 - 1890)
Wife: Mary Bird Gaston
Also known as: Byrd Gaston 6
Married: Nov-13-1873 in Harrison Co, WV 3
Born: Jan-12-1853 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,3,2
Died: Mar- 9-1936 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 3,2
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4,5
Father: William G. Gaston (1806 - 1894)
Mother: Mary Post (1809 - 1887)
Notes
M Child 1: Cecil Beaumont Smith Born: Aug-27-1874 in Harrison Co, WV 3,8 Died: Oct- 8-1960 3 Resided: 1936 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 9 Wife: Inis M. Watson b. Sep-12-1877
M Child 2: Ivy Smith
Born: Feb-13-1876 in Harrison Co, WV 3,8
Died: Mar-18-1877 in Harrison Co, WV 3,4
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5
Notes
F Child 3: Laura Smith Born: Sep- 8-1878 at Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 1,8,3 Died: May- 3-1960 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 4,1 Husband: William Henry McWhorter b. 1873 d. 1945
M Child 4: Ernest Wellington "Doc" Smith Born: Aug- 9-1880 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 8,2 Died: Feb- 1-1931 in Washington, DC 8,2 Buried: in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince Georges Co, MD 11 Occupation: physician Wife: Janie Iantha King b. Mar- 1-1877 d. Feb- 1-1931 Married: Sep- 6-1905 8
F Child 5: Clara Smith Born: Sep- 5-1882 in Harrison Co, WV 8,3 Died: May-17-1971 8,3 Husband: Lawrence Golding Kincheloe b. ca 1880 Married: Sep-16-1908 in Harrison Co, WV 12
M Child 6: Everett Horner Smith Born: Jan- 9-1885 in Harrison Co, WV 4,3 Died: Feb- 7-1885 in Harrison Co, WV 4,3 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4,5
M Child 7: Boyd Elston Smith Born: Jul-12-1886 13 (see note 1) Died: Jan-14-1887 in Harrison Co, WV 4,3 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4,5
F Child 8: Arlie Smith Born: May-25-1891 in Harrison Co, WV 4 Died: Feb-22-1989 4 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 14 Resided: 1977 in Salem, WV 3 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV 3 Occupation: Practical Nurse (19 yrs) 3
F Child 9: Tensie Smith Born: Jun-22-1894 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 8,3 Died: Nov-27-1949 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8,3 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Marshal Jackson Morrison b. May- -1893 d. 1981 Married: Nov- 7-1920 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 15
Sources: (1) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 416. (4) Headstone. (5) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 7. (8) G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher. (9) Death record of father. (10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Laura S. McWhorter, widowed, b. Sep 8 1878 at Duck Creek, dau of Edward N. Smith & Byrd Gaston; died May 3 1960 at Clarksburg, age 81y7m25d, of myocardial infarction; buried at McWhorter Cemetery. Informant: Mrs. Dewey Randolph, Lost Creek, WV. NOTE: Death date has also been erroneously reported as 1916 and, by G. Jeff Whittaker and by Donnely in "Wests of Duck Creek," as Mar 20 1960. DR p. 182A(2) (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001), Identified as Lawrence Golding Kincheloe, 28, of Wood Co, son of J. T. & Florence; and Clara Smith, 26, of Harrison Co, dau of E. N. & Byrd. Married Sep 16 1908. (13) Headstone, But birth given as 7/18/1886 by G. Jeff Whittaker, Upper Marlboro, MD. (14) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Donnelly (p. 416) reports birthdate as Jul 18 1886.