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Paul Amos SMITH

Paul Amos SMITH

Male 1895 - 1984  (88 years)

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  • Name Paul Amos SMITH 
    Born 26 Nov 1895  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1895.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    clerk in Cox Brothers Hardware Store, West Union 
    Military From 21 Oct 1918 to 15 Oct 1919  [6] 
    Pharmacists Mate, U.S. Navy, World War I (USS Madawaska) 
    Census 1930  Ottawa, La Salle Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [7] 
    civil engineer for bridge company 
    Census 1940  Thornburg, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education West Union H.S. (1914, played on school's first basketball team)  [8, 9] 
    Occupation engineer, founder of major hardware company in Mars, Pa. 
    Occupation 1940  [10] 
    civil engineer (structural steel) 
    Occupation 1942  [2] 
    Dravo Corporation at Neville Island Pa. 
    Residence Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11] 
    Residence 1942  Thornburg, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died Aug 1984  [4, 5] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I52067  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2017 

    Father Johnson Benjamin SMITH,   b. 12 Apr 1856, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1924, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Genevra BEE,   b. 6 Apr 1857,   d. 3 Jul 1923  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F21477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret D. MCEACHRAN,   b. 30 May 1905, Coraopolis, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1992  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1927  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Paul Amos SMITH, Jr.,   b. 7 Apr 1929, Ottawa, La Salle Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Kay SMITH,   b. 11 Aug 1930, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1972, Jenkintown, Montgomery Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F21483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    999999_FirstWestUnionHSBasketballTeam_1914_WestUnionHerald_7Nov1957.jpg    		999999_FirstWestUnionHSBasketballTeam_1914_WestUnionHerald_7Nov1957.jpg
    999999_WestUnionHS_ClassReunion_DCRepublican_29Jul1915.jpg    		999999_WestUnionHS_ClassReunion_DCRepublican_29Jul1915.jpg

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

    2. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 170.

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    8. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 7/29/1915.

    9. [S691] West Union Herald, 11/7/1957.

    10. [S127] 1940 Census.

    11. [S1932] Social Security Death Index.

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.