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Elizabeth Mariah SMITH

Elizabeth Mariah SMITH

Female 1861 - 1938  (77 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Mariah SMITH 
    Born 20 Mar 1861  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1881  Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Apr 1938  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • A double headstone for Sylvester Kinney and "Elizabeth his wife" is found in the IOOF section of Blockhouse Hill Cemetery in West Union. The upright monument is inscribed with her 1861 birth date, but no death date. Findagrave reports the following explanation:

      "Mariah Elizabeth Smith Kinney was the mother of my great-grandmother, Anna Loretta Metcalf. Sometime after Mariah Elizabeth's (sometimes spelled Maria E. Kinney) husband Sylvester died, she moved to Los Angeles, California to live with her daughter, Nancy Olive Kinney Finley. She died there in April of 1938 and was buried there because of the cost of transporting her remains back to West Virginia. Several years ago, her descendants from her daughter, Anna Loretta Metcalf, looked into the possibility of relocating her remains back to West Virginia. The family decided to let her continue to rest where she is in California. (submitted 19 Jan 2016) by FAG Contributor #48480372)"
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77058550/mariah-elizabeth-kinney
    Person ID I42846  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2020 

    Father William Burkett SMITH,   b. 22 Jan 1830,   d. 1 Nov 1881, Lafayette District, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Nancy Lunnen WELLS,   b. 18 Apr 1835, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1920  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F41501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sylvester A. KINNEY,   b. Nov 1859,   d. 25 Apr 1913, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)  [7] 
    Married 25 Dec 1881  Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Anna Loretta "Retta" KINNEY,   b. 2 Jan 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1973, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Leola A. KINNEY,   b. Jan 1885,   d. 1973  (Age ~ 87 years)
     3. Audrey KINNEY,   b. 1892, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1916  (Age 24 years)
     4. Nancy L. "Nannie" KINNEY,   b. 6 Aug 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1985, San Diego Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Photos
    41915_SylvesterAKinney_1859-1913_ElizabethSmith_1861_IOOFBlockhouseHillCem_WestUnionWV.jpg    		41915_SylvesterAKinney_1859-1913_ElizabethSmith_1861_IOOFBlockhouseHillCem_WestUnionWV.jpg
    Documents
    41915_KINNEY_Sylvester_MariahElizabethSmith_MarriageRecord_25Dec1881.jpg    		41915_KINNEY_Sylvester_MariahElizabethSmith_MarriageRecord_25Dec1881.jpg
    Family ID F17291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Los Angeles, CA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Apr 1938 - Los Angeles, CA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Los Angeles, CA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV.

    4. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11459291&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Sylvester Kinney, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mariah Elizabeth Smith, 20, b. Tyler Co, res. Pleasants Co. Married Dec 25 1881 "at Mrs. Wm. Smith." Informants for marriage license: Sylvester Kinney of Doddridge County, and George S. Smith of Pleasants County.