Doddridge County Roots

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Ruanna WEST

Ruanna WEST

Female 1806 - 1890  (84 years)

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  • Name Ruanna WEST 
    Born 22 Oct 1806  Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birthdate for Ruanna West of Oct 22 1806 based headstone inscription giving death date of Dec 4 1890 and age at death as 84y 1m 12d. But William F. Donnelly (Wests of Duck Creek, p. 412) states her birthdate as Oct 18 1806, citing family Bible entry reported in a May 22 1932 Clarksburg Exponent newspaper article entitled "Bibles Reveal Pioneers."
    Gender Female 
    Baptism Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 4 Dec 1890  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Buried Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Ruanna West and Watters Smith Jr. were double cousins, in that they were both first cousins once removed (he was the grandson and she was the great-granddaughter of Andrew Davison (b. ca 1730 in NJ)) and also second cousins once removed (he was the great-grandson & she the great-great-granddaughter of John Smith (b. 1699)).
    Person ID I1301  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2004 

    Father Job WEST,   b. CA 1774, Harford Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1823, Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Mary E. "Polly" GASTON,   b. 4 May 1785, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1865, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Watters SMITH, Jr.,   b. 2 Sep 1804, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1880, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1827  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Family Bible reportedly gives marriage date for Ruanna West and Watters Smith Jr. as Nov 6 1829, but William F. Donnelly, citing May 22 1932 Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram newspaper article, states it as Nov 6 1827. Differing still, Omar Davison, Stockton, CA, cites Nov 1 1828.
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann SMITH,   b. 19 May 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1889, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Thomas SMITH,   b. 20 Apr 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Gilbert SMITH,   b. 12 Sep 1831, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1831, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. John Davidson SMITH,   b. 10 Mar 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. James SMITH,   b. 1 Sep 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. William (twin) SMITH,   b. 9 Aug 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1916, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     7. Wellington (twin) SMITH,   b. 9 Aug 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
     8. Mary Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 3 Feb 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1868, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     9. Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 2 Mar 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1905  (Age 65 years)
     10. Andrew Jackson SMITH,   b. 5 Apr 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1927, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     11. Eliza SMITH,   b. 30 Mar 1844, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1926  (Age 81 years)
     12. Watters SMITH, III,   b. 7 Jul 1846, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1846, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     13. Virginia SMITH,   b. 4 Nov 1849, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     14. Edward Newton SMITH,   b. 17 Sep 1851, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1936, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Oct 1806 - Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    1301_RuannaWest_BroadRunBaptChCem_LewisCoWV.JPG
    1301_RuannaWest_BroadRunBaptChCem_LewisCoWV.JPG

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.
      Inscription does not give a birthdate, but reads that she died on Dec 4 1800 "Aged 84 Yrs 1 Mo 12 Ds." This would put her birth at Oct 22 1806. This is at variance with birthdate of Oct 18 1806 reported by Jeff Whittaker.

    2. [S237] G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher.

    3. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 412.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S267] .