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Bopeep Katherine SMITH

Bopeep Katherine SMITH

Female 1879 - 1957  (77 years)

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  • Name Bopeep Katherine SMITH 
    Born 4 Oct 1879  Peeltree, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • Her birthplace given as Barbour County in her 1899 marriage record, but as Harrison County in her 1925 marriage record. Her DAR lineage entry specifies her birthplace as Peeltree, which is in Barbour County. She was in the 1880 Census of Barbour County, age 8 months, birth month October, name listed as Bow P. Smith.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Union District, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1899  Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1910  Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1925  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence GORE HOTEL  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Died 19 Jun 1957  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I130739  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2021 

    Father Isaac SMITH,   b. 15 Jan 1853, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1920, Peeltree, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Lucy May KAYSER,   b. 21 Oct 1855, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1922, Volga, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F57236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lee MAXWELL,   b. 15 Nov 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1920, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)  [6
    Married 9 Feb 1899  Peeltree, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Lee Maxwell, 36, farmer (own farm), married 11 yrs; wife Bopeep, 30, married 11 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); daughter Columbia, 9; son Porter, 3; servant Audry Ross, 16; servant Oliver Stout, 45, single, servant in private home; laborer Orlette Lynch, 18, single, farm laborer; roomer Edward S. Smith, 61, married 17 yrs, traveling salesman of shoes. All born in West Virginia except Edward Smith, born in Virginia.
    Children 
     1. Columbia May "Billie" MAXWELL,   b. 8 Mar 1901, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1986, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Porter Smith MAXWELL,   b. 9 Sep 1906, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1971, Grundy, Buchanan Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Patty Lee MAXWELL,   b. 24 May 1912, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1923, Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     4. Carolyn MAXWELL,   b. 13 Oct 1917, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1992, Saint Lucie Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Documents
    42821_LeeMaxwell_BopeepKatherineSmith_MarriageRecord_9Feb1899.jpg
    42821_LeeMaxwell_BopeepKatherineSmith_MarriageRecord_9Feb1899.jpg
    Family ID F57217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Abraham Lincoln ROBERTS,   b. 17 Mar 1865, Wyandotte, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [7
    Married 7 May 1925  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Documents
    130740_AbrahamLincolnRoberts_BopeepSmith-Maxwell_MarriageRecord_7May1925.jpg
    130740_AbrahamLincolnRoberts_BopeepSmith-Maxwell_MarriageRecord_7May1925.jpg
    Family ID F57218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    130739_ROBERTS_BopeepKatherineSmith-Maxwell_1879-1957_DeathCertificate.jpg
    130739_ROBERTS_BopeepKatherineSmith-Maxwell_1879-1957_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2133057&Type=Death.

    2. [S2277] Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11634090&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=32225&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1761] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book.

    5. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S2157] Marriage record of wife's daughter.