Notes for: Martha Bird Davisson
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
Alack W. Smith, 42, b. May 1858 in WV, farm laborer, married zero years; wife Martha B, 31, b. Aug 1868, married zero years, mother of 4 children (all still living); son Carl Smith, 10, b. Mar 1890 in Ohio; dau Edna Smith, 6, b. Mar 1894 in Ohio; stepson Theodore Holden, 13, b. Feb 1887; stepdau Rosalee Holden, 11, b. Jan 1889; stepson Preston D. Holden, 8, b. Sep 1891; stepdau Mable Holden, 7, b. May 1893.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910:
Alex Smith, 44, stone mason, married 10 yrs (1st marriage); wife Martha B, 41, married 10 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 5 children (all still living); son Theodore, 23, school teacher, single; son Preston, 19, laborer in gas field, single; dau Mable, 16; dau Lizzie, 9.
(Note: Although listed as his sons and daughters with the surname Smith, Theodore, Preston and Mable were actually stepchildren and should have been listed with the surname Holden.)
In the adjacent household were:
James Law, 26, oil field laborer, married 2 yrs; wife Rosa, 21, mother of 1 child (still living); son Dalla P, 2.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in Jan 1920:
Preston D. Holden, 28, farmer; wife Bessie, 27; dau Muriel W, 7; son Preston T, 3; mother Martha B. Holden, 50, farm overseer, divorced.
In the adjacent household were:
Theodore Holden, 31, high school principal; wife Martha L, 20.
In another household in West Union District of Doddridge County were:
Alex Smith, 66, b. W.Va., widowed; son Carl, 35, b. Ohio, single; son Walter, 25, b. Ohio, single; roomer Frank Davis, 78, b. W.Va., widowed.
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
Martha B. Holden, 61, marital status illegible; son Preston, 38, farmer; dau-in-law Bessie, 37; grandson Theodore, 13; granddau Maxine, 4.