Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jeptha Henry Smith 1   
       Also known as: Henry Smith 2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Matilda Knight   3  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Mary Frances Smith      
                Born: Sep-27-1896          in Calhoun Co, WV  4
                Died: Apr-15-1985          in Akron, Summit Co, OH  4
              Buried:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Akron, Summit Co, OH  4
             Resided: 1962                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1940                 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Portland District, Preston Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Deem McNicol Pottery and Clarksburg Casket Company  4
             Husband: Thomas Forrest "Foxy" Critchfield  b. Feb-23-1897  d. 1962  
       Also known as: Forrest Critchfield 6,7,8
             Married: ca 1920               9
           M Child 2: Jennings Bryan Smith      
                Born: Sep-27-1896          in Freed, Calhoun Co, WV  10,11,12 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep-18-1970           7,13
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  12,13
                Wife: Dorothy Virginia Critchfield  b. Aug- 5-1900  d. Apr- 1-1978  
         Census name: Dortha Critchfield 8
             Married: Sep-27-1919          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Birth record of son. 
(3) Walter Ray "Shiner" Husk (1900-1993) 
(4) Obituary. 
(5) Obituary of husband. 
(6) Obituary of brother. 
(7) Obituary of wife. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(9) 1930 Census, Preston County, WV. 
(10) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(11) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 308. 
(13) Social Security Death Index. 
(14) 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. 

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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