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Vance H. SMITH

Vance H. SMITH

Male 1894 - 1959  (65 years)

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  • Name Vance H. SMITH 
    Born 10 Jun 1894  Cloverdale (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1910, 1917  [1, 4] 
    farmer 
    Military From 6 Sep 1918 to 2 Apr 1919  [5, 6, 7] 
    Pfc, Salvage Div, Quartermaster Corps, Camp Humphreys VA, WW I 
    • Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 16 1919, in its entirety:
      "We have a nice letter from Pvt. Vance H. Smith of Salvage Division, Q.M.C. Camp A.A. Humphreys, Va. Vance says 'only two of us Doddridge boys here now; myself and Pvt. Okey Clevenger.'"
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Occupation 1930, 1940  [8] 
    barber 
    Census 1950  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [9, 10] 
    Died 13 Jun 1959  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11, 12] 
    Person ID I49573  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2022 

    Father Minor SMITH,   b. 22 Feb 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1942, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Octava Jane DAVIS,   b. 28 Feb 1867, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1936, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F20439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edna Violet PERNELL,   b. 1893,   d. 1977  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 15 Jun 1924  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Notes 
    • Vance and Edna were both in the 1930 Census of Doddridge County's Grant District, but not in the same household. They were instead listed in the households of their respective parents, marital status indicated as married.
    Family ID F23382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.
      1900 Census gives birth date as Jun 1893, but headstone and death record show it as Jun 10 1894, and age given at time of Jun 15 1924 marriage was 30.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    7. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    8. [S2639] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    9. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    10. [S298] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    11. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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