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James Porter SMITH

James Porter SMITH

Male 1872 - 1928  (55 years)

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  • Name James Porter SMITH 
    Born 15 Apr 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Residence 1915  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 1928  [2] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I8430  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2017 

    Father James Wesley SMITH,   b. 12 Jun 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1914, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elmina Ellen HAUGHT,   b. 25 Mar 1842, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1912  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F3003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail L. "Abbie" HAYDEN,   b. 1871, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1941, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [6] 
    Married 16 Aug 1891  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated in June 1900:
      Porter Smith, 26, b. Apr 1874, farmer, married 8 yrs; wife Abbie L, 25, b. Dec 1874, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Porter F, 8, b. May 1892; son Isaac G, 6, b. Mar 1894; son Orla B, 3, b. Mar 1896. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Porter Ford SMITH,   b. 16 May 1892, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1914, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     2. Isaac Gilbert SMITH,   b. 17 Mar 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1907  (Age 13 years)
    +3. Orla Bryan SMITH,   b. 26 Mar 1897, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1962  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F3015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 58.
      Identified as James P. Smith, son of James W. Smith and Elmina Ellen Smith.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    4. [S1637] Obituary of sister's husband.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 245.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    8. [S894] Genealogy of the Haught Family of America, W. B. Haught, (1948).