Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login  
Share Print Bookmark
Barbara Ellen COONTZ

Barbara Ellen COONTZ

Female 1846 - 1916  (69 years)

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Barbara Ellen COONTZ 
    Born 28 Dec 1846  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given as Dec 1846 in 1900 Census, and 1846 on headstone. But age 2 in 1850 Census and 12 in 1860 Census would put it in about 1848. Age 69y 5m 24d in obituary calculates to a birth date of Dec-28-1846.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 21 Jun 1916  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Buried Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I25272  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2016 

    Father William W. COONTZ,   b. 1823,   d. 1863  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Lucinda RAMSEY,   b. 1825 
    Family ID F33162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Moses William SMITH,   b. 2 Jul 1844, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1929, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [6, 7] 
    Married 20 Mar 1864  Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Lucy SMITH,   b. 24 May 1866, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. John SMITH,   b. 13 Feb 1868,   d. 3 Jan 1885  (Age 16 years)
    +3. Riley SMITH,   b. 3 Feb 1870, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1962  (Age 92 years)
    +4. Lucinda SMITH,   b. 1 Apr 1872,   d. 12 Apr 1953, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +5. Creed SMITH,   b. 8 Jan 1874, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1960, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Louisa Jane SMITH,   b. Aug 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1952, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
    +7. Frank Worth SMITH,   b. 15 Sep 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Wesley H. SMITH,   b. 18 Aug 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1957, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +9. Moses William SMITH, Jr.,   b. 16 Apr 1886, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1988, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years)
    Family ID F9480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    5. [S2555] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S2277] Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, MR p. 18 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11624574&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Moses W. Smith, 20, born in Barbour Co, residence with United States Army, occupation soldier, parents (blank); and Barbara Elin Koonts, 18, b. & res. in Barbour Co, parents William & Lucinda. Married March 20 1864 in Barbour County.