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Gale "Junior" SMITH

Gale "Junior" SMITH

Male 1925 - 2012  (86 years)


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  • Name Gale "Junior" SMITH  [1]
    Birth 10 Aug 1925  Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Military ENLISTED 11/27/1943  [2, 5, 6, 7] 
    PFC, Inf, 9th Army, and US Army Air Corps, World War II 
    Census 1930  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation mail carrier, farmer, timber worker, truck driver for WV Dept of Hwys  [2] 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 2010  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 11 Jul 2012  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I62598  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2025

    Father Chauncy Walter SMITH,   b. 14 Jul 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1975, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Mother Clara Etta ADAMS,   b. 10 Dec 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1997, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F9339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marian Elinore "Eleanor" WALDO,   b. 30 Apr 1920, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1992 (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 13 Aug 1946  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Sandra Ann SMITH,   b. 25 Dec 1947, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 2010, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +2. Marlene Gayle SMITH,   b. 20 Mar 1950, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 2025, Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F26059  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    5. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S1754] Pennsboro News.

    7. [S1978] National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, (www.ancestry.com).

    8. [S2642] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    9. [S1693] Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital.