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Isaac Spencer SMITH

Isaac Spencer SMITH

Male 1838 - 1890  (52 years)


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  • Name Isaac Spencer SMITH
    Birth 1838  Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1866  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  Pettis Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1890  [1] 
    Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Finch, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I91816  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2018

    Father Greenberry SMITH,   b. CA 1813, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Margaret HENDRICKSON,   b. 1807, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887 (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F39542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane TERRY,   b. 20 Apr 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1919, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Marriage 16 Jan 1866  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Pettis County, Missouri (Washington Twp, Jonia City), enumerated on Jun 28 1870:
      Benjamin Jaco, 27, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $8000, value of personal estate $2000; Sarah Jaco, 34, b. Va; Robert Jaco, 3, b. Mo; Luke Jaco, 1, b. Mo; Isaac S. Smith, 32, b. Va, farmer; Jane Smith, 25, b. Va; James Smith, 4, b. Va; Sarah Smith, 2, b. Va; Presily Housely, black male, 19, b. Kentucky, farm laborer; Matilda McGee, black female, 6, b. Va.
      (Note: Sarah (Terry) Jaco and Jane (Terry) Smith were sisters.)

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
      Isaac S. Smith, 42, farmer, medical condition dropsy; wife Jane, 35; dau Sarah E, 11; son Leonard H, 9; son William S, 5; dau Emma C, 2; mother Margaret Smith, 72, b. WVa (both parents b. Pa.), widow.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
      Jane Smith, 55, b. Apr 1845, widow, mother if 8 children (6 still living); son Okey J. Smith, 18, b. May 1882, single, farmer; dau Cora P. Smith, 12, b. Mar 1888.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated in May 1910:
      William S. Smith, 36, widowed, farmer; dau Ona Smith, 9; mother Jane Smith, 65, widow, mother if 8 children (6 still living).
    Children 
     1. James SMITH,   b. CA 1866, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 18 Jul 1868, Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Leonard H. SMITH,   b. 28 Sep 1871, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1925 (Age 53 years)
     4. William S. SMITH,   b. 1873   d. 1951 (Age 78 years)
     5. Edward F. SMITH,   b. 20 Mar 1876   d. 6 Mar 1878 (Age 1 year)
    >6. Emma Catherine SMITH,   b. 29 Jul 1878   d. 22 Apr 1953 (Age 74 years)
     7. Okey J. SMITH,   b. May 1882, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    >8. Cora Pearl SMITH,   b. Mar 1888   d. 6 Sep 1976, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years)
    Family ID F39541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S2182] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 14 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537551&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Isaac S. Smith, 28, b. Hardy Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Greenberry & Margaret; and Jane Terry, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of James H & Elizabeth. Married Jan 16 1866 in Ritchie County.