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Edward Newton SMITH

Edward Newton SMITH

Male 1851 - 1936  (84 years)

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  • Name Edward Newton SMITH 
    Born 17 Sep 1851  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Died 29 Jul 1936  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Buried Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I1645  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2006 

    Father Watters SMITH, Jr.,   b. 2 Sep 1804, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1880, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Ruanna WEST,   b. 22 Oct 1806, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1890, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Bird GASTON,   b. 12 Jan 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1936, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 13 Nov 1873  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Mary Bird Gaston and husband Edward Newton Smith were first cousins once removed by virtue of her being the granddaughter, and his being the great- grandson, of John Gaston, Jr. (b. 1752). They were also second cousins by her being the great-granddaughter, and his being the great-grandson, of Andrew Davison (b. ca 1730). And they were third cousins by her being the great-great-granddaughter, and his being the great-great-grandson, of John Smith (b. 1699).
    Children 
    +1. Cecil Beaumont SMITH,   b. 27 Aug 1874, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1960  (Age 86 years)
     2. Ivy SMITH,   b. 13 Feb 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1877, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +3. Laura SMITH,   b. 8 Sep 1878, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1960, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +4. Ernest Wellington "Doc" SMITH,   b. 9 Aug 1880, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1931, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     5. Clara SMITH,   b. 5 Sep 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1971  (Age 88 years)
     6. Everett Horner SMITH,   b. 9 Jan 1885, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1885, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Boyd Elston SMITH,   b. 12 Jul 1886,   d. 14 Jan 1887, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Arlie SMITH,   b. 25 May 1891, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1989  (Age 97 years)
    +9. Tensie SMITH,   b. 22 Jun 1894, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1949, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 416.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S2238] Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).