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Samuel Johnson SMITH

Samuel Johnson SMITH

Male 1872 - 1909  (37 years)


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  • Name Samuel Johnson SMITH
    Birth 19 Mar 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation merchant  [5] 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    dry goods salesman 
    Death 8 Jul 1909  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Cause: typhoid fever 
    Burial Machpelah Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I102971  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2016

    Father Harvey SMITH,   b. 26 May 1845, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Mother Ivah Jane GASTON,   b. 3 Aug 1851   d. 29 May 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F2923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Huldah I. NICHOLSON,   b. 17 Apr 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1958 (Age 85 years)
    Marriage 1 Nov 1894  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, Town of West Union), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Johnson Smith, 28, b. Mar 1872, dry goods salesman, married 5 yrs; wife Huldah I, 27, b. Apr 1873, married 5 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Romeo D. Smith, 3, b. Jun 1896; sister-in-law Edith E. Nicholson, 23, b. Apr 1877, single.
    Children 
    >1. Romeo Dewitt SMITH,   b. 10 Jun 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1978 (Age 82 years)
     2. Glenn Donald SMITH,   b. 24 Sep 1901, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F42901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1200] Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV.

    5. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV.

    6. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR p. 208 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4932093&Type=Death.
      Identified as Johnson Smith, white male, married, occupation merchant; died in Weston on Jul 8 1909, age 37y 3m 19d, cause of death typhoid fever.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1200] Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV, MR p. 271 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11553298&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Samuel J. Smith, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Hulda I. Nicholson, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Roane Co. Married Nov 1 1894 "at the Residence of Pastor M. P. Church in Spencer," officiated by M. L. Smith. Informants for marriage license: Thos. V. Smith & Samuel J. Smith of West Union, Doddridge County.
      (NOTE: Thomas Virgil Smith and Samuel Johnson Smith were first cousins.)