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Margaret E. (Prosser) Smith (1885)

Margaret E. "Maggie" Smith formerly Prosser aka Goff
Born in Newburg, Preston, West Virginia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 8 Feb 1904 in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Margaret was the daughter of Margaret (unknown) Grace. Her parents were born in Wales.

In 1900 she is listed as the stepdaughter of David Grace, the head of household, and his wife Margaret. David Grace was a coal miner.[1]

Maggie married George C. Snodgrass 8 Feb 1904 in Marion County, West Virginia.[2]

George Snodgrass was killed in the Monongah no. 8 Mine Disaster on 6 December 1907.

She married Waitman "Wate" Goff 8 Nov 1910 at Monongah, Marion, West Virginia. There is a "W" beside each of their names, indicating widow or widower.[3]

She married Dr. Lyndon Sewell Smith, a native of Sullivan County, New Hampshire. At the time of the marriage she was divorced. The marriage record says she was born in Preston County, West Virginia. The marriage took place in Monongah, Marion, West Virginia on 28 June 1917. [4]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CT-Y2D : accessed 29 August 2020), Maggie Prosser in household of David Grace, Grant district (north side) Monongah town (part), Marion, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 26B, family 493, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,764.
  2. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY4N-WQ1 : 11 February 2018), George C Snodgrass and Maggie E Prosser, 1904; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,629. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=835629&ImageNumber=544
  3. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY4V-44L : 11 February 2018), Wate Goff and Margaret H Snodgrass, 1910; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,632. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=835632&ImageNumber=285
  4. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY85-4P6 : 11 February 2018), Lyndon S Smith and Margaret Goff, 1917; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,634. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=835634&ImageNumber=563
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMHC-TMC : accessed 29 August 2020), Margaret Smith in household of Lyndon Smith, Monongah, Marion, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 7B, line 97, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2542; FHL microfilm 2,342,276.




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