Jul-28-2018
Husband: Arzie Thomas Smith Also known as: A. T. Smith 1
Born: Feb-10-1897 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,4,5 Died: Jan- 1-1946 near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 6,3,5 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3,7 Cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot (suicide) 3,8 Resided: near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1940 at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Resided: 1931 in Norwood (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1930 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1930 laborer in pottery 11 Occupation: laborer, farmer 3 Military: World War I 11 Father: James Buckhannon Smith (1856 - 1943) Mother: Joanna Underwood (1865 - 1950)
Wife: Alta Ethel Pettit 12 Married: Nov-15-1919 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 13
Born: Aug- 2-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,15,5,1 Died: Oct-31-1990 in Belmont, Belmont Co, OH 15,14,5 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: 1946 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV 12 Census: 1940 at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1931 in Norwood (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1930 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1919 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Father: William Augusta Pettit (1874 - 1931) Mother: Maggie M. Delancey (1882 - 1963)
F Child 1: Mabel Smith Born: Mar- 5-1917 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Resided: 1946 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV 17 Resided: 1938 in Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1930 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV Husband: Dempsey B. Prunty b. Jul- 4-1919 d. Sep-16-2008 Married: Aug-13-1938 in Tyler Co, WV 18
F Child 2: Dorma Jeane Smith Born: ca 1927 in Hancock Co, WV 19 Resided: 1946 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV 17 Census: 1940 at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Resided: 1944 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV 19,17 Husband: David Alexander Seevers b. ca 1919 Married: Sep-29-1944 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV 19
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795774&Type=Marriage. (2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Obituary - At home. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Obituary. (9) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (10) City Directory. (11) 1930 Census, Hancock County, WV. (12) Obituary of husband. (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as A. T. Smith, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Alta Ethel Pettit, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 15 1919 "at the residence of William Pettit, Center Point, W.Va.," officiated by Henry H. Hoey, a Minister of the Gospel. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795774&Type=Marriage. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (16) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (17) Obituary of father. (18) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Dempsey Prunty, 22, b. Jul 4 1916 in Folsom WVa, res. in Folsom, Wetzel Co WVa, son of Jesse & Sarah Prunty; and Mabel Smith, 21, b. Mar 5 1917 in Center Point, res. in Ashley, Doddridge Co WVa, dau of Arza & Alta Smith. Married Aug 13 1938 "at Nancy Wilcox's residence," officiated by Samuel Dotson, a Minister of the Gospel, Ashley WVa. NOTE: Husband appears to have misstated his age, as the Social Security Death Index shows his birth date exactly three years later, on Jul 4 1919. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12045787&Type=Marriage. (19) Hancock County Marriage Records, New Cumberland, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11959514&Type=Marriage.Name Index