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Kenneth Martin SMITH

Kenneth Martin SMITH

Male 1898 - 1975  (76 years)

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  • Name Kenneth Martin SMITH 
    Born 8 Dec 1898  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1916  [4] 
    Smith & Smith Confectionery 
    Census 1920  Buffalo, Erie Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He appears to have been enumerated twice in the 1920 Census.
    Census 1910, 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    watcher of oils at coke mill 
    Census 1930  Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    drug store clerk 
    Residence 1935  Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Bethany College  [8] 
    Occupation 1940  [7] 
    traveling drugs salesman 
    Occupation 1943  [9] 
    traveling salesman for a Boston drug company 
    Residence Greenbelt, Prince Georges Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1943  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Died Jan 1975  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, September 30 1915, in its entirety:
      "Kenneth Smith and his father S. P. Smith went to Bethany last week, where Kenneth has enrolled as a student."

      Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Dec 14 1916, in its entirety:
      "Chalmer M. and Kenneth M. Smith have opened up a cleaning and pressing shop in connection with their ice cream parlor on Main Street."
    Person ID I53340  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2016 

    Father Silas Preston SMITH,   b. 22 Apr 1860, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1943, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Edith Davisson MARTIN,   b. 4 May 1873, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1968, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Family ID F22016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mabel Jennet HUDKINS,   b. 3 Nov 1898, Mineral Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1974  (Age 75 years)  [11, 12] 
    Married CA 1920  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Doris Lee SMITH,   b. 11 Mar 1923, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 2004  (Age 81 years)
     2. Kenneth M. SMITH, Jr.,   b. 21 May 1925, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F35222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

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

    5. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    6. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).

    8. [S1614] Obituary of paternal grandfather.

    9. [S643] Obituary of father.

    10. [S1956] Social Security Death Index.

    11. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    12. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.