Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel Smith    
                Born: ca 1853              in Virginia  1,2
                Died: May-11-1900           3
              Buried:                      in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farm laborer  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Cornelia Rhodenbeck   4,5  
       Also known as: Cornelia Roddenbeck 5
                Born: Feb- 8-1858          in Monroe Co, OH  6,7,1,8
                Died: Feb- 4-1916          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1912                 in Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Irene Smith      
         Census name: India Smith 
                Born: Jun-27-1875          in Tyler Co, WV  10,11 (see note 2)
                Died: Jun-16-1943          in Los Angeles Co, CA  10
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Los Angeles, CA  
              Census: 1920                 in Highland Park, Wayne Co, MI  
             Resided: 1916                 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI  12
              Census: 1910                 in Robinson, Crawford Co, IL  
             Resided: 1903                 in Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Ralph Kitson  b. Feb-  -1876  d. Jun- 7-1922  
             Married: Nov-29-1903          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  11
           F Child 2: Orpha Virginia Smith      
         Census name: Virginia 
                Born: Jun-27-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,1,8 (see note 3)
                Died: Dec-20-1950          in Los Angeles Co, CA  10
             Resided: 1916                 in Robinson, Crawford Co, IL  12
              Census: 1910                 in Marshall, Clark Co, IL  
              Census: 1900                 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV  
             Resided: 1894                 in Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Edwin Clark Rose  b. Feb-  -1870  d. Dec- 2-1948  
       Also known as: E. C. Rose 8
             Married: Jun-19-1894          in Doddridge Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Obituary of wife. 
(5) Death record of daughter. 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(9) Obituary - At home. 
(10) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health 
Statistics. 
(11) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(12) Obituary of mother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) 1880 Census states father born in Iowa, mother born in Louisiana.  But 1900
Census states both parents born in Switzerland.
Note (2) Age in marriage record and in 1920 and 1940 Census would put birth in about
1877, while age in 1930 Census puts it in about 1882.  But death record states
Jun 27 1875.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jun 1876.  But age 2 in 1880 Census puts
it in about 1878, and death record states Jun 27 1878.







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