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Chalmers Neale SMITH

Chalmers Neale SMITH

Male 1897 - 1939  (41 years)

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  • Name Chalmers Neale SMITH 
    Born 23 Oct 1897  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military World War I 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1916  [5] 
    Smith & Smith Confectionery 
    Occupation 1918  [6] 
    operator in chemical plant, Semet-Solvay Chemical Co, Buffalo NY 
    Residence 1921  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1930  Edgewood (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education West Union H.S. (played on school's first basketball team, 1914)  [7] 
    Occupation B & O Railroad  [8] 
    Occupation salesman  [9] 
    Occupation 1930  [10] 
    artificial limb repairman 
    Residence 1514 BROWNSVILLE RD  Carrick (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11] 
    Died 27 Feb 1939  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9] 
    Cause: burns from gas stove explosion 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Dec 14 1916, in its entirety:
      "Chalmer N. and Kenneth M. Smith have opened up a cleaning and pressing shop in connection with their ice cream parlor on Main Street."

      It is likely that Chalmers N. Smith was named for the Scottish poet and minister Walter Chalmers Smith.
      Walter Chalmers Smith (5 December 1824 - 19 September 1908), was a hymnist, poet and minister of the Free Church of Scotland, chiefly remembered for his hymn "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise".
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chalmers_Smith
    Person ID I52068  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 Helen Clair KERR,   b. 16 Nov 1904, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1937, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)  [1] 
    Married 24 Mar 1921  Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Lois Jean SMITH,   b. 18 Nov 1922, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1990  (Age 67 years)
     2. Gerald SMITH,   b. 27 Jan 1927, Duquesne, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1928, Duquesne, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F21484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    999999_FirstWestUnionHSBasketballTeam_1914_WestUnionHerald_7Nov1957.jpg    		999999_FirstWestUnionHSBasketballTeam_1914_WestUnionHerald_7Nov1957.jpg
    52068_SMITH_ChalmersN_1897-1939_DeathCertificate.jpg    		52068_SMITH_ChalmersN_1897-1939_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2331] Brooke County Marriage Records, Wellsburg, WV.

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

    5. [S691] West Union Herald, 7/6/1916.

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

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

    8. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    9. [S2744] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    10. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    11. [S1588] Death record of wife.

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

    13. [S934] Findagrave.com.