Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel Smith    
                Born: ca 1820              in Nelson Co, VA  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Lucy ___   2  
                Born: Aug- 4-1822           1
                Died: Mar- 5-1889           1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: John A. Smith      
       Also known as: Johnson A. Smith 3
                Born: Dec- 2-1842          in Nelson Co, VA  4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-23-1913          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  8 (see note 2)
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1910     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1866                 in Doddridge Co, WV  5
          Occupation: 1870, 1880, 1900     laborer  9,10
            Military:                      Sgt, Co G, 6th W.Va. Cavalry, Civil War  11,12
                Wife: Victoria Dotson  b. Jun-  -1848  d. Sep- 4-1942  
             Married: Jun-14-1866          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: Thomas J. Smith      
                Born: ca 1845              in Nelson Co, VA  
                Died: Jun-23-1865          in St. Louis, MO  
              Buried:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  13
      Cause of death:                      injuries from train collision  13
            Military: May- 4-1864 - Jun-23-1865 Corporal, Co G, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War  13 (see note 3)

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(7) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(9) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp) 
(10) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(11) Headstone. 
(12) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(13) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1842.  But age 70y 4m 21d in death
record calculates to a birth date of Dec 2 1842, and obituary also states Dec 2
1842.
Note (2) Headstone gives name John A. Smith with his military unit, but no
dates.
Note (3) Military records show that Thomas J. Smith enlisted in Co G, 6th W.Va. Cav,
on 20 Apr 1864 in Wheeling for a three-year term.  He mustered in as a Corporal
on 4 May 1864 in Charleston.  His physical description was recorded as 5'8"
tall, light hair, fair complexion, hazel eyes, occupation farmer.

Following the assassination of President Lincoln in April 1865, the 6th W.Va.
Cavalry was ordered to Washington, D.C.  In June 1863, orders were received for
the regiment to go to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, via Cincinnati and St. Louis. 
"An incident of this trip was a collision on the night of June 20th, at
Carlisle, Ill. Three men and seventy-three horses were killed. Daylight showed a
mass of broken cars piled high upon each other." 
http://members.tripod.com/john_whitacre/   One of the casualties was Thomas J.
Smith, who died on 23 Jun 1865 at the Marine General Hospital in St. Louis.  The
cause of death on his death record was entered as "concussion of the brain and
injury of all the internal organs."  An entry on the Certificate for Government
Undertakers stated "Taken home to West Union, Va."  His personal effects were
released to his brother John.







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