Rachel Amelia SMITH

1916 - 2016  (100 years)

• Name	Rachel Amelia SMITH
  Birth	8 Mar 1916	Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920, 1930, 1940	Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	school cook, Jefferson Elementary, Wood Co WV (retired in 1979)  [2]
  Residence	SINCE 1952	Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Death	9 Sep 2016	Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   [7]
  Burial	Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   [7]
  Notes	Rachel Smith Perine was the last surviving daughter of a Civil War veteran in West Virginia. http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2016/09/rachel-perine-daughter-of-civil-war-soldier-dies-at-100/ http://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/Daughter-of-Civil-War-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthday-371423901.html http://wvpress.org/news/wvs-last-civil-war-daughter-honored-age-100/
  Person ID	I14342	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Harvey SMITH,   b. 26 May 1845, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 5 May 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Virginia ELLIOTT,   b. 5 Dec 1889, Ritchie Co, WV d. 12 Dec 1972, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Harrison PERINE,   b. 10 Dec 1910, Doddridge Co, WV d. 24 Sep 1980, Hillsborough Co, FL (Age 69 years)  [2, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin Duane PERINE,   b. 14 Jul 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV d. 9 Jul 2006 (Age 70 years) > 2. Carroll Edwin PERINE,   b. 14 May 1942, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV d. 15 Dec 2018, Valrico, Hillsborough Co, FL (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F5158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Rachel Smith Perine w/ photo of father Harvey Smith
  		14342_RachelAmeliaSmithPerine_2015.jpg

  
  

  Documents		14342_SMITH_RachelAmelia_BirthAnnouncement_DoddridgeCoRepublican_9Mar1916.jpg
  		14342_Rachel-Smith-Perine_Takes-special-interest-in-Andersonville .pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 164. Identified as Rachel Amelia Smith, dau of Harvey & Virginia Smith. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, 3/14/2006. [S960] Obituary of mother. [S1594] Obituary of brother. [S1570] Obituary of son. [S1816] The Parkersburg News. http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/575331/State-s-150th-birthday--special-to-daughter-of-Civil-War-veteran.html?nav=5061 [S14] Obituary. [S1567] Marriage record of son. [S1125] John Mark Perine, Parkersburg WV 26102, Perine Family of North Central WV, (self-published).