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James Madison SMITH

James Madison SMITH

Male 1854 - 1938  (84 years)


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  • Name James Madison SMITH
    Birth 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1855, but date on headstone is 1854.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Red Bluff, Tehama Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter, manager/co-owner of lumber planing mill  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Death 7 Dec 1938  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I65033  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2018

    Father Jacob SMITH,   b. 9 Mar 1827   d. 21 Sep 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Mother Eliza SMITH,   b. 15 Jul 1832, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1913, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F11362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Ann SMITH,   b. 10 Jan 1858, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1947, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [8, 9]
    Marriage 30 Jan 1881  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated Jan 19 1920 on East Main Street:
      James M. Smith, 64, manager & part owner of planing mill; wife Lydia, 60; son Charles H, 24, partner planing mill owner, single; son Ancil, 36, carpenter.
    Children 
    +1. Vance SMITH,   b. 20 Nov 1881, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1964, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +2. Ancel SMITH,   b. 21 Nov 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Charles Hall SMITH,   b. 10 Feb 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1973 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F27187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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    65033_SMITH_JamesMadison_SmithLumberAdvertisement_WestUnionHerald_25Feb1915.jpg    		65033_SMITH_JamesMadison_SmithLumberAdvertisement_WestUnionHerald_25Feb1915.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

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

    4. [S1813] 1910 Census.

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

    6. [S14] Obituary.

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

    8. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    9. [S1604] Death record of son.