Husband: Thomas Smith
Born: May-21-1783 in Greene Co, PA 1
Died: Feb- 2-1872 in Tyler Co, WV 1
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 2
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1840 in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: John Smith (1755 - 1831)
Mother: Letitia "Lettie" Cline (1762 - 1860)
Wife: Elizabeth Smith Also known as: Elizabeth Hamilton 1 Married: Feb-11-1802 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Nov-13-1790 3,1 (see note 1) Died: Jan-23-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 2 Census: 1870 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Mary "Polly" Smith Also known as: Polly Smith 5,6 Born: Jun-30-1809 in Greene Co, PA 1 Died: Jan-11-1883 in Harrison Co, WV 1 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: seamstress 7 Husband: Barney B. Bond b. Oct-29-1799 d. Aug- 9-1868 Also known as: Benjamin Bond 8
M Child 2: James M. Smith Born: Jun-13-1813 in Virginia 1 Died: Jan- 9-1890 in Tyler Co, WV 1 Wife: Catharine S. Wells
M Child 3: Isaac Oscar Smith Also known as: Oscar Smith 9 Born: Feb-20-1815 in Greene Co, PA 1 (see note 4) Died: May-23-1880 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 1 Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah Ann Carothers b. Sep-22-1826 d. Sep- 5-1888 Married: Feb-11-1842 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 4: John Smith Born: Mar-29-1817 in Greene Co, PA 4,10,1 Died: Mar- 3-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,1 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1840 in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: miller, sawyer, farmer 11,12,13 Wife: Lydia Jarvis b. Jan- -1825 d. Sep-27-1877
F Child 5: Lettice Ann Smith Also known as: Letty Smith 5 Born: Apr- 7-1820 in Ohio 1 Died: Feb-16-1876 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Buried: in Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: William M. Doak b. ca 1819 d. Jun-28-1889 Census name: William Doke Married: May- 1-1843 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1
M Child 6: William M. Smith Born: Oct-20-1823 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 14,4 (see note 5) Died: Dec-19-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 4 Census: 1910 in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 6) Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 15 Wife: Margaret Ann Doak b. Dec- 8-1826 d. Jun- 9-1899 Married: Dec-18-1845 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16
M Child 7: Hiram Smith Born: Aug- 7-1827 3 Died: Nov-16-1885 4 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW - captured at Greenland Gap) 17,18,19 Wife: Sarah Ann Doak b. May- 1-1829 d. May-14-1915 Married: Aug-23-1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 20
M Child 8: Joseph Smith Born: Nov- 6-1829 3,16 Died: Jul- 4-1857 at Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Susannah Kinney b. 1836 d. Sep- 7-1910 Census name: Susanna Kinney Marriage license: Sep- 3-1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21 Married: Sep- 8-1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 22
F Child 9: Eliza Smith Born: Jul-15-1832 in Ohio 14,7 (see note 7) Died: Aug-18-1913 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV 14,23 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 4,2 Census: 1870, 1880, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 8) Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Jacob Smith b. Mar- 9-1827 d. Sep-21-1875 Also known as: Captain Jake Smith 24,25 Marriage license: Feb- -1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 26 Married: Feb-27-1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 27
Sources: (1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (4) Headstone. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (8) Marriage record of son. (9) Obituary of son. (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (11) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (12) Diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn (1832-1912), Page 40, entry for June 18 1858: "P.M. I took a grist of wheat to John Smith's new mill." (13) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (14) Obituary. (15) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (17) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. (18) Cemetery marker. (19) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (20) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 105. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 17 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789747&Type=Marriage. (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122, line 14 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790603&Type=Marriage. (23) Headstone (year only) (24) Obituary of wife. (25) Obituary of daughter. (26) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, In the Marriage License Register, identified as Jacob C. Smith, 21, son of John Smith; and Eliza Smith, 18, dau of Thomas Smith. Marriage license issued in February 1851. The exact date is no longer in the record, as the page was torn and the piece of it containing the date is missing, with only the name of the month remaining. The preceding entry in the ledger-style register is January 15 1851, while the entry immediately following it is February 28 1851. A separate document shows that the marriage occurred on February 27 1851. (NOTE: This is the only reference we have found to this Jacob Smith having a middle initial.), Marriage Licenses : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792051&Type=Marriage. (27) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, The handwritten marriage record, signed by T. T. Henderson (this would be Thomas T. Henderson, a Methodist minister born about 1810 and who later moved to Iowa) on March 23 1851, states in its entirety: "I do hereby certify that Jacob Smith and Eliza Smith were lawfully married by me 27 Feby 1851.", MR p. 16 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791141&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace has been reported variously as Virginia and Pennsylvania. She has also been identified as Elizabeth Hamilton, the surname of her mother. Note (2) In household of son John. Note (3) In household of daughter & son-in-law, Lettie & Morgan Gorby. Note (4) Birthplace given as Ohio in son's 1900 Census record. Note (5) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1833, age 66. But age 26 in 1850 Census, age 35 in 1860 Census, and age 46 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1824. Note (6) In household of son David M. Smith and his family. Note (7) Birt date on headstone is 1833. Note (8) In 1910, in household of daughter & son-in-law Lenora & Jacob C. Smith.