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Franklin SMITH

Franklin SMITH

Male 1847 - 1933  (86 years)

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  • Name Franklin SMITH 
    Born 8 Apr 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co M & O, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 5] 
    Died 14 Jun 1933  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I56430  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2013 

    Father John SMITH,   b. 29 Mar 1817, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Lydia JARVIS,   b. Jan 1825, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1877  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Family ID F19903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Jane ALLEN,   b. 19 Nov 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1936  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
      Frank Smith, 34, miller; wife Martha, 30; son Ira, 8; son Charles, 3.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 11, 1900:
      Frank Smith, 53, b. Apr 1847, married 28 yrs; wife Martha J, 50, b. Nov 1849, married 28 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); son Boy B, 17, b. Aug 1882; son Craig A, 8, b. Feb 1892; orphan Ruth M. Hicks, 12, b. Feb 1888.
    Children 
    +1. Ira Edward SMITH,   b. 2 Apr 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1943, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Charles C. SMITH,   b. 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962  (Age 86 years)
     3. Boyd Brice SMITH,   b. 24 Aug 1882, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1971  (Age 88 years)
    +4. Craig Allen SMITH,   b. Feb 1892,   d. 4 Dec 1922, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
    Family ID F23378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    56430_SMITH_Franklin_1847-1933_ParkersburgMemlGrdns_WoodCoWV.jpg    		56430_SMITH_Franklin_1847-1933_ParkersburgMemlGrdns_WoodCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    McConnells Mill Falls Into Middle Island Creek    		999999_McConnellsMill_FallsIntoMiddleIslandCreek_WURecord_21Oct1915.jpg
    999999_McConnellsMill_IsNoMore_DoddridgeCoRepublican_28Oct1915.jpg    		999999_McConnellsMill_IsNoMore_DoddridgeCoRepublican_28Oct1915.jpg
    999999_McConnellsMill_Falls_WUHerald_28Oct1915.jpg    		999999_McConnellsMill_Falls_WUHerald_28Oct1915.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

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

    4. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

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

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 191 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5049537&Type=Death.
      Identified as Franklin Smith, white male, married, farmer, b. Apr 8 1847 in West Union, son of James Smith & Lydia Jarvis; died Jun 14 1933 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, Wood County, age 86y 2m 6d, cause of death cerebral hemorrhage, burial in Parkersburg.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.