Doddridge County Roots


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Hiram Porter SMITH

Hiram Porter SMITH

Male 1889 - 1974  (85 years)


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  • Name Hiram Porter SMITH
    Birth 30 Mar 1889  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1911  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1930, at Laurel Fork of Spruce Creek
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Residence Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1945  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death Jun 1974  [2] 
    Person ID I8191  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2017

    Father William Franklin SMITH,   b. May 1862   d. 22 Sep 1938, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
    Mother Susan Jane "Susie" DOTSON,   b. 3 Jul 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1945, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F3009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ima COLLINS,   b. 22 Mar 1893, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1977 (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 9 Apr 1911  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Mildred Margie SMITH,   b. 18 Mar 1912   d. 7 Aug 2001 (Age 89 years)
    +2. Geneva Goldie SMITH,   b. 28 Mar 1913, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 2002, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Louise SMITH,   b. 3 Feb 1924, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 2009, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F2928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2052] 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541704&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Porter Smith, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Oxford WV; and Ima Collins, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Berea. Married April 9 1911 "at Elliot Collins' residence," officiated by J. E. Burns, a minister of the M. E. Church.
      (NOTE: Amos Beaty Sharps incorrectly reports marriage date as May 9 1911.)