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John A. SMITH

John A. SMITH

Male 1842 - 1919  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name John A. SMITH
    Birth Jan 1842  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, Co E, 52nd Va Inf Reg, Civil War  [1, 2] 
    • Enlisted Sep 22 1862 at Bunker Hill, Virginia. Mustered out on Aug 1 1864 from Cumberland, Maryland Hospital.
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Death 30 Nov 1919  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 15 1900:
      John Smith, 57, b. Jan 1843, farmer, married 1 yr; wife Mary E, 45, b. Sep 1854, married 1 yr, mother of 1 child (still living); son John A N, 18, b. Apr 1882; dau Stella E, 13, b. Oct 1886; stepdau (sic) Ora O. Holdcraft, 15, b. Jan 1885.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910:
      John A. Smith, 67, farmer, married 1 yr (3rd marriage); wife Mary E, 56, married 1 yr (3rd marriage), mother of 4 children (3 still living); boarder William A. Holcraft (sic), 28, farm laborer, single; mother-in-law Mary J. Spinks, 76, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); boarder, William E. Spinks, 15.
    Person ID I79337  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2015

    Father Isaac Oscar SMITH,   b. 20 Feb 1815, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Mother Sarah Ann CAROTHERS,   b. 22 Sep 1826, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1888, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F13704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Ann CHIPPS,   b. 1844, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1898, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Marriage 17 Feb 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Jacob Thomas SMITH,   b. 5 Dec 1864, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1944, Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Nancy Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 9 Dec 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1941 (Age 74 years)
     3. Lucy V. SMITH,   b. 16 Apr 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    >4. Isaac David SMITH,   b. 28 Mar 1873, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1944, Beech Bottom, Brooke Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. Emily J. SMITH,   b. 1880
    +6. John Andrew SMITH,   b. 9 Apr 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1953, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +7. Stella Estaline SMITH,   b. 10 Oct 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1957, Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F33945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Elizabeth SPINKS,   b. CA 1857, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 16 Oct 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Married 8 Jul 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F36162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    79337_JohnASmith_MaryESpinksHoalcraft_MarriageRecord_8July1908.jpg    		79337_JohnASmith_MaryESpinksHoalcraft_MarriageRecord_8July1908.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

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

    3. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 151 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045126&Type=Death.
      Identified as John A. Smith, age 78, farmer, married; died Nov 30 1919 in West Union. Informant: C. S. Pease, undertaker. (Note: This death record is in the form of a handwritten ledger entry on file at the Doddrige County Court House. The corresponding death certificate on file at the WV State Dept of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, contains essentially the same information, but incorrectly states his death date as Nov 30 1920. Burial location given as Coleman Cemetery. It should be noted that his wife Mary's marital status was given as widowed in the 1920 Census, enumerated in February.
      http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=156268&Type=Death )

    6. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793648&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John A. Smith, 55, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Mary E. Hoalcraft, 42, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Oct 16 1898 at the residence of the officiating minister, Thomas J. Smith.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 141 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794692&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John A. Smith, 65, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mary E. Holdcraft (sic), 54, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jul 8 1908 at the residence of the officiating minister, Thomas J. Smith.