Husband: Lennie Edison Smith
Also known as: Edison Smith 1
Born: Jul- 3-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Died: Oct-10-1948 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1940 in Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV
Resided: 1936 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV 5
Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: steel worker 4
Occupation: 1940 inspector in steel mill 6
Occupation: 1930 laborer at odd jobs 7
Father: Minor Smith (1863 - 1942)
Mother: Octava Jane Davis (1867 - 1936)
Wife: Mary Alma Baker 8 Also known as: Alma M. Baker 8,9 Married: May- 6-1922 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Born: Aug-12-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12,13 Resided: 1954 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13 Resided: 1948 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Hanson R. Baker (1860 - 1951) Mother: Laura Agnes Beverlin (1867 - 1958) Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Gamaliel Harding Smith Also known as: G. Harding Smith 13 Born: May- 5-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV 15,13 Died: Dec- -1986 15 Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13,16 Census: 1940 in Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Veva Elizabeth Copley b. ca 1925 Married: Dec-16-1951 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13
F Child 2: Ila Amanda Maydeen Smith Born: Aug-31-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Died: May-28-1928 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Cause of death: influenza 17
M Child 3: Walton Harrison Hanson Smith Census name: Hanson Smith Born: Nov-30-1928 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 11,15 Died: Mar-18-1997 15 Resided: in Florissant, St. Louis Co, MO 16 Census: 1940 in Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Lennie Smith, Jr. Census name: Lenny Smith, Jr. Born: ca 1933 6 Census: 1940 in Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV
M Child 5: Alph Lawson Smith Census name: Alf Lawson Smith Born: May-29-1938 18 Died: Apr-29-1951 18 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1940 in Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (2) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jul 1897, but birth record and death record show it to be Jul 3 1898. BR p. 190. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lennie Edison Smith, white male, married, steel worker, born Jul 3 1898, son of Minor Smith & Oclasha (?) Davis; died Nov 10 1948 in Grant District, burial at Keys Cemetery. Informant: Mrs. Lennie Smith, Morgansville WVa. (Note: Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969," p. 133, incorrectly reports death date as Oct 10 1948.), DR p. 156-D. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (5) Death record of mother. (6) 1940 Census, Hancock County, WV. (7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (8) Death record of daughter. (9) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 71. (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Lennie Edison Smith, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Mary Alma Baker, 19, of Doddridge Co. Married May 6 1922. (11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (13) Hancock County Marriage Records, New Cumberland, WV. (14) Death record of husband. (15) Social Security Death Index. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) Headstone. (19) Findagrave.com.