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Orla Bryan SMITH

Orla Bryan SMITH

Male 1897 - 1962  (65 years)

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  • Name Orla Bryan SMITH 
    Born 26 Mar 1897  Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4
    tool dresser in oil fields 
    Occupation 1930  [5
    oil well driller 
    Census 1930, 1940  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1940  [6
    proprietor of rooming house 
    Residence 1941  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Died Oct 1962  [2, 3
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I16235  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2022 

    Father James Porter SMITH,   b. 15 Apr 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Abigail L. "Abbie" HAYDEN,   b. 1871, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1941, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F3015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Faye Kathryn BARNES,   b. Sep 1892,   d. 1967  (Age ~ 74 years)  [9, 10
    Married 1914  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Children 
     1. Paul Woodrow SMITH,   b. 20 Jul 1915,   d. 10 Nov 1988  (Age 73 years)
     2. Pauline SMITH,   b. 26 Jun 1916, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919  (Age 2 years)
     3. Lorraine Jane SMITH,   b. 9 Oct 1918, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1983, Bolingbrook, Will Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +4. Rex Everly SMITH,   b. 7 May 1922, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 2016, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +5. Bernadine "Bugs" SMITH,   b. 5 May 1925, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 2001, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Lloyd Max SMITH,   b. 26 Sep 1931, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 2022, Bolingbrook, Will Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F5928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 184.
      Identified as Orlie Bryan Smith, b. Mar 26 1897 at Arnolds Creek, son of Porter Smith & Abbie Hayden Smith.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2052] 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    5. [S2088] 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    6. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    7. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    8. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    11. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).