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Benjamin Harrison SMITH

Benjamin Harrison SMITH

Male 1889 - 1964  (75 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Harrison SMITH  [1] 
    Born 20 May 1889  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1913  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    plumbing for gas company 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 520 West Main Street
    Occupation oil & gas worker  [2, 3] 
    Residence 119 RAILROAD ST  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 9 Dec 1964  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7] 
    • Name on headstone: Harrison Smith.
    Person ID I18842  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2021 

    Father Oliver Perry SMITH,   b. 20 Aug 1847, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1938, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Harriet B. WADE,   b. 22 Sep 1856, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1941, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F11801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Birdie JENKINS,   b. 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1946, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 1 Apr 1913  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 17 1920 on East Main Street:
      John A. Jenkins, 59, farm laborer, cannot write; wife Rena, 54, washing in private homes, cannot read/write; son-in-law Harrison Smith, 29, plumbing for gas company; dau Birdie Smith, 28; grandson Kenneth Smith, 10; grandson Harold Smith, 8; grandson Gale Smith, 3y 10m; granddau Alma Smith, 2 months. All born in West Virginia. [9]
    Children 
     1. Kenneth K. "Spokane" SMITH,   b. 14 Nov 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1995  (Age 85 years)
     2. Harold SMITH,   b. 5 Jul 1912,   d. 11 Dec 1990, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Maywood SMITH,   b. Abt Dec 1915,   d. 20 Oct 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +4. Gale James SMITH,   b. 30 Mar 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1983  (Age 66 years)
     5. Ella Mae SMITH,   b. 26 Oct 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 2010, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +6. Dessie Lucille SMITH,   b. 6 Nov 1923, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1994, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +7. Helen Margaret SMITH,   b. 3 Sep 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1989, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +8. Ethyl I. SMITH,   b. 18 Jul 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 2011, Minerva, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     9. Evelyn Philis SMITH,   b. 12 Mar 1934, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [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=743545&Type=Death.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 9, p. 146.

    6. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    9. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.