Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: John Corbett SMITH / Frankie Berdine SILL (F33564)  [1

m. 22 Apr 1920


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  • John Corbett SMITHFather | Male
    John Corbett SMITH

    Born  1 Dec 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Oct 1975   
    Buried    Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  22 Apr 1920  [2]  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  [2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Clark SMITH | F30198 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lenora SMITH | F30198 Group Sheet 

    Frankie Berdine SILLMother | Female
    Frankie Berdine SILL

    Born  4 Feb 1892  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Apr 1962  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Andrew J. ROGERS | F33565 
    Married  18 Nov 1911  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  James Loren CAMPBELL | F33574 
    Married     
    Father  William F. SILL | F33573 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Harriett A. FOSTER | F33573 Group Sheet 

    Betty Lee SMITHChild 1 | Female
    + Betty Lee SMITH

    Born  1924   
    Died  Sep 1965  Saint Lucie Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Clifford Wilson CASTO | F36934 
    Married  13 Nov 1944  San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location


  • Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District, City of Pennsboro), enumerated on Feb 20 1920:
      Frank D. (sic) Rogers, male (sic), 27, telephone operator, widowed; dau Harriet L Rogers, 7; son Louis Ford Rogers, 5.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District, City of Pennsboro), enumerated on Apr 11 1930:
      Corbett Smith, 36, undertaker at funeral home; wife Frankie, 38; dau Betty, 6; stepdau Louise Rogers, 17; stepson Louis Rogers, 15.

      In the 1940 Census, J. Corbett Smith, 45, divorced, mortician, was listed as a boarder in the household of Paul & Violet Thompson and their family in Rowlesburg, Preston County, WV.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.