Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George S. Martin    
                Born: Mar- 2-1847           1,2
                Died: Oct- 3-1879          in Kingwood, Preston Co, WV  3,4,5
              Buried:                      in Maplewood (aka Kingwood) Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston Co, WV  6
      Cause of death:                      gun wound  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Preston Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1878                 in Doddridge Co, WV  7
          Occupation:                      druggist  7,3,4
              Father: Joseph Martin   (1815 - 1871) 
              Mother: Anne ___   (1816 - 1863) 
Notes 
                Wife: Virginia "Jennie" Smith     
       Also known as: Jennie Smith 7
             Married: Dec-24-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: ca 1859              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  9,7 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1878                 in Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Elijah G. Smith   (1825 - 1890) 
              Mother: Edith Pepper   (1832 - 1887) 

Sources:
(1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, Age 32y 7m 1d. 
(2) 1850 Census, Preston County, (W)VA. 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Geo. S. Martin, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of 
Joseph & Anne Martin, occupation druggist; and Jennie Smith, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Elijah & Edith Smith. 
Married Dec 24 1878 in Doddridge County, officiated by J. Engle. 
(NOTE:  Husband's stated birthplace is considered suspect.  It is more likely that he was born in Preston County.), MR 
p. 230, line 5 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792311&Type=Marriage. 
(9) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 9 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1861.  But she was was in the
1860 Census, age 1, and age 20 in her Dec 1878 marriage record.







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