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James Weldon SMITH

James Weldon SMITH

Male 1926 - 2015  (89 years)


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  • Name James Weldon SMITH
    Birth 24 Feb 1926  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military ARM3, US Navy, World War II (Purple Heart)  [3] 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Doddridge County High School (1942) 
    Occupation proprietor of Gulf/Chevron service station in St. Marys WV  [4] 
    Occupation 1950  [5] 
    attendant at gasoline service station 
    Residence Newport, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7] 
    Death 3 Jul 2015  [2] 
    Burial Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I88002  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2024

    Father Everett Leo SMITH,   b. 9 Jun 1901, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1976 (Age 74 years)
    Mother Gladys Fay COLEMAN,   b. 12 Sep 1903, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1984, Santa Barbara Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F37801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Virginia "Jennie" HASKINS,   b. 16 Mar 1931, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1995 (Age 64 years)
    Marriage CA 1950  [8] 
    Divorce 9 Mar 1981  Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on April 6, 1940 at 150-1/2 E. Pike Street:
      James W. Smith, 24, attendant at gasoline service station; wife Virginia A, 19; dau Gloria J, born in September.
    Family ID F61548  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    7. [S1618] Obituary of stepfather.

    8. [S2476] Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 (online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health, Office of Vital Statistics).