Joseph SMITH

1859 - 1937  (78 years)

• Name	Joseph SMITH
  Born	15 Nov 1859  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	farmer  [1]
  Residence	Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Died	20 Dec 1937	Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV   [4, 5]
  Buried	Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV   [3, 6]
  Person ID	I32629	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Isaac Oscar SMITH,   b. 20 Feb 1815, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 23 May 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann CAROTHERS,   b. 22 Sep 1826, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 5 Sep 1888, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F13704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane MCKINNEY,   b. 1 Apr 1863,   d. 31 May 1945, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 82 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1881	Doddridge Co, WV   [7]
  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. [8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Lily S. SMITH,   b. Feb 1882,   d. 1956  (Age ~ 73 years) + 2. Henry Walter SMITH,   b. 9 May 1884, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 24 Dec 1975  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F12686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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  Documents		32629_SMITH_Joseph_1859-1937_Obit.jpg
  		32629_SMITH_Joseph_1859-1937_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S14] Obituary. [S1752] Obituary - At home. Parents identified as Oscar & Sarah Corathers Smith. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101). Identified as Joseph Smith, son of Isaac Smith & Jane Corathers; died Dec 20 1937. (His mother's identity is an apparent clerical error, since she was actually Sarah Ann Carothers; it was his wife, Mary Jane McKinney, who was known principally as Jane.) [S934] Findagrave.com. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)). [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother. [S110] Obituary of husband.