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Catherine Luella SMITH

Catherine Luella SMITH

Female 1799 - 1875  (75 years)

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  • Name Catherine Luella SMITH 
    Born 21 Feb 1799  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age 48 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1802.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 21 Jan 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I56528  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2015 

    Family Thomas Anderson JONES,   b. 26 Jul 1797, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 28 Oct 1818  Baltimore County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • According to the obituary of his son Silas, Thomas Anderson Jones was Doddridge County's first superintendent of schools. At that time, however, there was not a county-wide school district. Until the early 1930s, each magisterial district had its own Board of Education.

      1840 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), in a district determined to be present-day Doddridge County:
      Name Thomas A Jones
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 3
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1
      Persons Employed in Agriculture 5
      No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write 3
      Free White Persons - Under 20 9
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 3
      Total Free White Persons 12
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 12

      1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 23 1850:
      Thomas A. Jones Sen., 55, b. Md, farmer, value of real estate $5000; Elizabeth, 19, b. Va; Lewis E, 16, b. Va; John H, 13, b. Va; Silas O, 8, b. Va; Rachel Clark, 19, b. Va; Catharine Jones, 48, b. Md.
      In the next household:
      Thomas A. Jones Jr., 24, b. Md, farmer; Malissa, 24, b. Va; Mary I, 1, b. Va.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 29 1860:
      Thos. A. Jones, 64, b. Md, farmer, value of real estate $5000; Catherine Jones, 58, b. Md, value of real estate $1000; S. O. Jones (male), 18, b. Va, farm laborer; John Henderson, 24, b. Va, farm laborer; Racheal Clark, 20, b. Va, domestic; John H. Jones, 24, b. Va, farmer; A. M. Jones (female), 22, b. Va; A. H. Jones (female), 4, b. Va; M. A. Jones (female), 2, b. Va.
      (Note: A. M. Jones is Ann M. (Henderson) Jones, wife of John H. Jones. The two youngest girls are their daughters. It is likely that John Henderson is Ann's brother or other close relative.)
      The next household was that of their son Benjamin Franklin Jones:
      H. F. (should be B. F.) Jones, 39, b. Md, farmer, value of real estate $1800, value of personal estate $500; L. A (female), 36, b. Va; G. L. (female), 15; C. A. (male), 13; E. B. (male), 11; W. C. (male), 5 (this is almost certainly intended to be W. H. Jones, age 9); C. J. (female), 7; L. H. (male), 5; B. F. (male), 1; Mary Bland, 18, domestic.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 17 1870:
      Thos. A. Jones Sr, 73, b. Md, retired merchant, value of real estate $8000, value of personal estate $900; Catharine, 70, b. Md; son Silas O, 29, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $2200; Hattie S, 22, b. Md; Nancy Sheets, 20, domestic servant.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      Silas O. Jones, 39, b. Va. (both parents b. Md), farmer; wife H. S. Jones, 32, b. Md. (both parents b. Md); son Charles H. Jones, 9, b. WVa; dau Mary F. Jones, 6, b. WVa; dau Ada M. Jones, 2, b. WVa; father Thomas A. Jones Sr, 83, b. Maryland, both parents b. Md. [3, 5]
    Children 
     1. George Smith JONES,   b. 10 Oct 1819, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1900  (Age 81 years)
    +2. Benjamin Franklin JONES,   b. 11 Sep 1821, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. William Playford JONES,   b. 12 Dec 1822, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1892, Meigs Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +4. Thomas Anderson JONES, Jr.,   b. 6 Jun 1825, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1894  (Age 68 years)
     5. Mary Salome JONES,   b. 1826, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +6. Providence Odell JONES,   b. Oct 1829, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1909, Gallia Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     7. Elizabeth JONES,   b. CA 1831, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Lewis Edwin "Ned" JONES,   b. 2 Feb 1834, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1913, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +9. John Henry JONES,   b. CA 1836,   d. 9 May 1915, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
    +10. Silas Ogden JONES,   b. 11 Jun 1841, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1929, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F23416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1604] Death record of son.

    4. [S2725] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.