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Grace Lea UNDERWOOD

Grace Lea UNDERWOOD

Female 1882 - 1963  (81 years)

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  • Name Grace Lea UNDERWOOD 
    Born 15 Jul 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1922  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1925  [4
    nurse 
    Residence 1925  Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1930, 1940  Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 23 Oct 1963  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40476  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2017 

    Father Martin VanBuren UNDERWOOD,   b. 22 Jun 1859, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1937, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Amanda E. GORBY,   b. 28 Sep 1861, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1938, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F14830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 David McClure SMITH,   b. 15 Jan 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1907  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910 at Nutters Fork:
      David M. Smith, 45, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Grace L, 27, married 3 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Camella M, 3; dau Dessie L, 2; dau Mary W, 8 months; father William M. Smith, 86, widowed. All born in West Virginia except for William, born in Ohio.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Feb 11 1920 on Middle Island Road (Nutters Fork):
      David M. Smith, 54, farmer (own farm); wife Grace, 38; dau Camella, 12; dau Dessie, 11; son (sic) Winifred, 10; son Jennings, 8; son Martin, 6. [7, 8, 9]
    Children 
    +1. Camella M. SMITH,   b. CA 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Dessie L. SMITH,   b. CA 1908
     3. Mary Winifred SMITH,   b. 1909
     4. William Jennings Bryan SMITH,   b. 9 May 1911, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1996, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Martin VanBuren SMITH,   b. 15 Mar 1913, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1987, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F16173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Calvin Oliver SLONAKER,   b. 13 Jun 1881, Greenville, Darke Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1940, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 9 May 1925  Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F45291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

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

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

    4. [S2566] Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [online database], (Ancestry.com & Summit County Probate Court).

    5. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 12 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794559&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as D. M. Smith, 39, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Grace Underwood, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 3 1907 "at Mr. William Smith's," officiated by N. E. Duckworth, "a Local Preacher."

    7. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    8. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    9. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.