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Lennie Edison SMITH

Lennie Edison SMITH

Male 1898 - 1948  (50 years)


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  • Name Lennie Edison SMITH
    Census 1900, 10, 20, 30  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 3 Jul 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1930  [3] 
    laborer at odd jobs 
    Residence 1936  Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  Weirton Heights, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation steel worker  [5] 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    inspector in steel mill 
    Death 10 Oct 1948  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Burial Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Person ID I51941  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2018

    Father Minor SMITH,   b. 22 Feb 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1942, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Octava Jane DAVIS,   b. 28 Feb 1867, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1936, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F20439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Alma BAKER,   b. 12 Aug 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1996 (Age 93 years)  [9]
    Marriage 6 May 1922  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    >1. Gamaliel Harding SMITH,   b. 5 May 1923, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1986 (Age 63 years)
     2. Ila Amanda Maydeen SMITH,   b. 31 Aug 1924, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1928, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     3. Walton Harrison Hanson SMITH,   b. 30 Nov 1928, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1997 (Age 68 years)
     4. Lennie SMITH, Jr.,   b. CA 1933
     5. Alph Lawson SMITH,   b. 29 May 1938   d. 29 Apr 1951 (Age 12 years)
    Family ID F21435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 190.
      Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jul 1897, but birth record and death record show it to be Jul 3 1898.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S1671] Death record of mother.

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

    6. [S2661] 1940 Census, Hancock County, WV.

    7. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 156-D.
      Identified as Lennie Edison Smith, white male, married, steel worker, born Jul 3 1898, son of Minor Smith & Oclasha (?) Davis; died Nov 10 1948 in Grant District, burial at Keys Cemetery. Informant: Mrs. Lennie Smith, Morgansville WVa. (Note: Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969," p. 133, incorrectly reports death date as Oct 10 1948.)

    8. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    9. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    10. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Lennie Edison Smith, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Mary Alma Baker, 19, of Doddridge Co. Married May 6 1922.