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James Squire SMITH

James Squire SMITH

Male 1850 - 1928  (~ 78 years)

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  • Name James Squire SMITH 
    Born Mar 1850  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date Jan 7 1840 in death record is at variance with marriage and census records, which consistently put birth in about 1850. Birth date on headstone is also 1850. But the headstone also inexplicably shows his date of death as 1925, which is incorrect, as his death record clearly shows that he died on Dec 18 1928.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1872  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880  Meade District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1897  Shiloh, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 18 Dec 1928  Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Cause: double pneumonia 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I110571  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 

    Father John SMITH 
    Mother Letty ___ 
    Family ID F46578  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sophronia DAWSON,   b. CA 1855, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1897  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1872  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. James SMITH,   b. 25 Dec 1876,   d. 20 Jun 1951, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F46577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lillie Angeline HARTER,   b. Apr 1872, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1918, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 26 Jun 1897  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. James Darris SMITH,   b. 15 Jul 1899, Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1975, Chardon, Geauga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Kerned SMITH,   b. CA 1902
     3. Clarence SMITH,   b. 17 Jun 1904, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Idona SMITH,   b. 21 Sep 1906, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1975  (Age 68 years)
     5. Harlen C. SMITH,   b. 12 Sep 1913, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1989, Parma, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F46576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    110571_SMITH_JamesSquire_1850-1928_DeathCertificate.jpg    		110571_SMITH_JamesSquire_1850-1928_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Line 74 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540951&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 28, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12039269&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: James S. Smith.

    7. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 28, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12039269&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Squire Smith, 24, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son of John & Letty Smith, farmer; and Sophronia Dawson, 15, b. & res. in Tyler Co, dau of Quintus & Lina Dawson. Married Jan 7 1872 in Tyler County.

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Line 74 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540951&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Squire Smith, widowed, 47, b. Tyler Co, res. Shilo in Tyler Co, farmer; and Lillie A. Stull, widowed, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Mole Hill. Married Jun 26 1897 at Charles Harter's.
      NOTE: Charles Harter was the wife's brother.