Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Joseph SMITH / Mary Jane MCKINNEY (F12686)

m. 2 Apr 1881


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  • Joseph SMITHFather | Male
    Joseph SMITH

    Born  15 Nov 1859   
    Died  20 Dec 1937  Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  2 Apr 1881  [1]  Doddridge Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Isaac Oscar SMITH | F13704 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Ann CAROTHERS | F13704 Group Sheet 

    Mary Jane MCKINNEYMother | Female
    Mary Jane MCKINNEY

    Born  1 Apr 1863   
    Died  31 May 1945  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thomas H. MCKINNEY | F12614 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rebecca ROBINSON | F12614 Group Sheet 

    Lily S. SMITHChild 1 | Female
    + Lily S. SMITH

    Born  Feb 1882   
    Died  1956   
    Buried    Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Joseph L. CORATHERS | F16178 
    Married  25 Dec 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Henry Walter SMITHChild 2 | Male
    + Henry Walter SMITH

    Born  9 May 1884  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Dec 1975   
    Buried    Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Eliza FREEMAN | F22931 
    Married  2 Oct 1910  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Hazel Z. SMITH | F30202 
    Married  30 Mar 1946  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • Joseph Smith was the last surviving member of a family of eleven children.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District):
      Joseph Smith, 40, b. Nov 1859, married 18 yrs; wife Mary J, 38, b. Apr 1862, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Lillie S, 18, b. Feb 1882; son Henry W, 16, b. May 1884; nephew Harley L. Smith, 7, b. Jun 1892; father-in-law Thomas McKinney, 78, b. Apr 1822, married 45 yrs.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910 at Nutters Fork:
      Joseph Smith, 50, b. WVa (father b. Ohio, mother b. WVa), farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Mary J, 47, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), mother of 2 children (both still living); son Walter H, 25, farm laborer, single; niece Nancy E. Doak, 43, married 25 yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); greatnephew Dock Doak, 3; nephew Harley L. Smith, 17, farm laborer, single. [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    2. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    3. [S110] Obituary of husband.