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Oliver Perry SMITH

Oliver Perry SMITH

Male 1847 - 1938  (91 years)

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  • Name Oliver Perry SMITH 
    Born 20 Aug 1847  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co H, 1st W.Va. Lt Artillery, Civil War  [5] 
    Census 1850  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2] 
    Residence Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 19 Oct 1938  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Smith Cemetery, Mahone, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Person ID I30627  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2021 

    Father Pritchard Wesley SMITH,   b. CA 1800 
    Mother Ziba MCINTYRE,   b. CA 1806 
    Family ID F29864  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jane ASH,   b. CA 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Married 24 Jan 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. Elmer Lafayette SMITH,   b. 7 Mar 1871,   d. 30 May 1950, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F29862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 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) 
    Married 18 Nov 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Oliver P. Smith, 52, b. Aug 1847, farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Harriett B, 44, b. Sep 1855, married 20 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); son Harrison, 11, b. May 1889, farm laborer; son Clarence P, 6, Apr 1894; dau Essie L, 3, b. Jul 1896. All born in West Virginia.

      In 1923, Oliver P. & Harriet Smith conveyed a piece of property on Doe Run, Doddidge County, to Draper C. & Mary Dotson. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin Harrison SMITH,   b. 20 May 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1964, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Clarence P. SMITH,   b. 8 Apr 1894, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1972, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +3. Essie Leora SMITH,   b. 13 Jul 1896, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1931, Arden, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F11801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • 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=183782&Type=Death.

    2. [S2099] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 48, Line 111 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040067&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 154 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791572&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Oliver Smith, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Pritchard & Ziba Smith; and Jane Ash, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas & Mahala Ash. Married Jan 24 1868 in Doddridge County.