Eldon W. Smith ^{1 2}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Elden W. Smith
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 05 Jan 1898
Event Place: Grantsville, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Allen J. Smith
Mother's Name: Mary A. Stallman
Reference ID: Item 2 #3420
GS Film number: 1992370
Digital Folder Number: 004017227
Image Number: 01613

Citing this Record:
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRXJ-MK1 : accessed 5 May 2015), Allen J. Smith in entry for Elden W. Smith, 05 Jan 1898; citing Grantsville, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,370.
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  Death Notes:

SSDI:
Elden W SMITH
Birth Date: 5 Jan 1898
Death Date: 3 Jul 1988
Social Security Number: 169-03-0716
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 25309
Localities: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Spring Hill, Kanawha, West Virginia
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of January 1897 and a birth location of West Virginia.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Grantsville, WV on 1 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 21, Family 7
Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Eldon Smith..Son..Jan 1897..3..WV
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Jan 1898 instead of Jan 1897, then his age should have been 2 instead of 3.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Center District, Calhoun, WV on 25 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 18, Dwelling 109, Family 109, Roll 1677
Center District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
House Rented
Elden Smith..Son..12..WV
(Living with father and step-mother.)
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• He was buried in July 1988 in the Cunningham Memorial Park in Saint Albans, WV.

• His obituary was published in the Charleston Gazette on 5 July 1988 in Charleston, WV.

ELDEN W. SMITH, 90, OF 300 KENNA DRIVE, SOUTH Charleston, died July 3, 1988, at home after a short illness. He was a retired salesman and businessman. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Dunbar and American Legion. He was a Mason and Shriner. He was a 65-year member of United Commercial Travelers. HE WAS AN ARMY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I. Surviving: son, Ted R. Smith of South Charleston. Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston, with the Rev. George Darlington officiating. Entombment will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may...

(Source: Charleston Gazette, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, July 5, 1988)
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