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Ira Walter SMITH

Ira Walter SMITH

Male 1878 - 1956  (77 years)

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  • Name Ira Walter SMITH 
    Born 12 Jun 1878  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 21 Apr 1956  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I52271  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2018 

    Father John H. SMITH,   b. 3 Dec 1836, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1889, Alpha (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Martha Louise BEE,   b. 24 Feb 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1908  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F15688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ina Althea BURWELL,   b. 11 May 1888, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1969, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1907  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District):
      Walter Smith, 43; wife Ina, 32; son Bernard, 12; dau Louise, 11; dau Vera, 5; son Keith, 3 yr 6 mo; son Weldon, 1 yr 4 mo.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
      Walter Smith, 52, farmer, age 29 at first marriage; wife Ina Smith, 41, age 17 at first marriage; son Bernard, 23, single; dau Louise Stutler, 21, age 20 at first marriage; son Keith Smith, 13; son Weldon Smith, 11; son-in-law Wilbur Stutler, 23, age 22 at first marriage.
    Children 
    +1. Bernard Bee SMITH,   b. 7 Apr 1907, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1981  (Age 74 years)
    +2. Laura Louise SMITH,   b. 2 Jan 1909, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Vera SMITH,   b. 15 Jul 1914,   d. 10 Aug 2002, Blacksburg, Montgomery Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Keith Marshall SMITH,   b. 20 Jun 1916, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1980  (Age 63 years)
    +5. Weldon Earl SMITH,   b. 21 Sep 1918, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 2010  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F21565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. 107.

    2. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Ira W. Smith, 29, of Doddridge Co; and Ina A. Burwell, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jan 19 1907. ("Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 107, incorrectly reports marriage date 1905.)