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Husband: Jennings Bryan Smith Born: Sep-27-1896 in Freed, Calhoun Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Sep-18-1970 4,5 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3,5 Father: Jeptha Henry Smith Mother: Matilda Knight
Wife: Dorothy Virginia Critchfield 6 Census name: Dortha Critchfield 7 Married: Sep-27-1919 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Born: Aug- 5-1900 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9,5 Died: Apr- 1-1978 in Fairfax, VA 9,5 Resided: in Arlington, Arlington Co, VA 9 Resided: formerly in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: potter for McNichol Pottery Company 9 Father: Thomas Irvin Critchfield (1861 - 1946) Mother: Cornelia Leeson (1871 - 1951) Notes 9
F Child 1: Billy June Smith Husband: Living
Sources: (1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (2) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 308. (4) Obituary of wife. (5) Social Security Death Index. (6) Walter Ray "Shiner" Husk (1900-1993) (7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jennings Bryan Smith, 23, b. Calhoun Co, son of Jeptha H. Smith & Matilda; and Dorothy Virginia Crichfield, 19, b. Doddridge Co, dau of Albert Crichfield & Cornelia. Married Sep 27 1919. "Crichfield" is a spelling frequently found for the more common "Critchfield," but the basis for the bride's father being identified as Albert is not known. Provider of the information in the marriage record was only the groom. MR p. 308. (9) Obituary. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in SSDI as Sep 26 1896, but all other records show it as Sep 27 1896.




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