Donald Wayne Smith

Donald married Diane Belcher [Group Sheet]

Donald married Kay Sadler [Group Sheet]

Donald married Barbara Jones. [Group Sheet]

Donald married Merilyn [Group Sheet]

Donald married Lorine Mae Strickland. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
Early census records show him as Benjamin E. and Edward, but his marriage records and death certificate show him as Dennie Smith and Dennie Edward Smith. Apparently, he finally settled on using Dennie (rather than "Bennnie").

Benjamin married Velva Pauley on 3 Jul 1926 in Kanawha Co, WV. Velva (daughter of Gilbie Burnette Pauley and Nannie Meikle) was born on 10 Nov 1902 in WV; died on 28 Dec 1976 in Alum Creek, Lincoln Co, WV; was buried in Forks of Coal Community Cemetery, Alum Creek, Lincoln Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

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John married Nada Adkins on 19 Sep 1929 in Little Sandy Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. Nada (daughter of Andrew Jackson Atkins and Mary Frances Horton) was born on 23 Apr 1908 in Clymer Creek, Putnam Co, WV; died on 09 Oct 1998 in Alum Creek, Lincoln Co, WV; was buried in Proctor Family Cemetery, Little Sandy Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

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November 3, 2008, received email re 1910 census data, ancestry.com and One World Tree data as follows:

1910 census from Curry, Putnam, West Virginia showing Mary and Andrew Jackson Atkins (both age 27) married with children of Nada age 2 and Lilly age 1 month.

ancestry.com for Mary Frances Horton with a date of death of 1928. The census
record was located in Mullins family tree.

One World Tree shows a Mary Horton (b 1900 d 1928) married to Andrew Adkins. Her father is shown as William Horton and mother as Octavia Egnor b abt 1866, d 1888.
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Birth:
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Married:
(marriage records shows as Charleston, WV)

Demarcus married Lauretta Elizabeth Pauley. Lauretta was born in May 1861 in Garretts Bend, Lincoln Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
 Rev. Gilbert B. Pauley  was born Gilbie Burnett Pauley. Gilbey was not a nickname and he used it throughout his life.

Gilbie married Nannie Meikle. Nannie (daughter of W. M. Meikle and Josephine Eggleston) was born on 25 Nov 1885 in Lincoln Co, WV; died on 9 Feb 1948 in Alum Creek, Lincoln Co, WV; was buried on 11 Feb 1948 in Forks of Coal Community Cemetery, Alum Creek, Lincoln Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

possibly buried in Givens Cemetery, Little Sandy Creek near Rush Branch, Kanawha Co, WV

Birth:
Birth place of Jesse in Blue Creek is from the birth certificate of his son, Lorenzo. Jesse's own death certificate gives this as Elkview. Blue Creek is an unincorporated area near Elkview in Elk district.

Jesse married Elizabeth Lucinda GIVEN. Elizabeth (daughter of James Calvin GIVEN and Henrietta Newhouse) was born on 23 Apr 1878 in Elkview, Kanawha Co, WV; died on 02 Jun 1958 in Elizabeth Strickland Residence, Rush Branch, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried on 04 Jun 1958 in Given Cemetery, Little Sandy Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
Elizabeth Given Strickland died in her own home on the hill south of Rush Branch (gone, previously adjacent to Pub Rd 45/5). Personal knowledge of Doug Couch, who was at her wake there. 38.44632911777565, -81.50179624557495

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Some children of AJA used ADKINS, while some used ATKINS. All children were born of the same parents.

Son, Virgil, said Andrew's brothers were Emery and Bellam.

Birth:
(Family recollection was that Andrew was born in Cabell County; however, his death record shows Putnam County and is undoubtedly from the memory of the informant, his son, Ray.)

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Name:
• Andrew's draft registration, dated September 12, 1918 and signed by him, shows him with a birth date of August 10, 1883. This document is personally signed by Grampa Andrew, spelling his last name ATKINS.
• The Family Bible of his brother, Oliver Balaam ATKINS, gives his birth date as 8 Aug 1883.
• Census records do not agree on his age (which is not unusual for census records).
• Family recollection of his children while living agreed he was born on August 10, 1884.
• Further notes on spelling the family name:

• Further notes on spelling the family name:

• Grampa Andrew's children spelled it both Atkins and Adkins, with some children spelling it one way part of their life, and the other way another part of their life.
         • An example is one son's entire family spells it Atkins, and yet when he gave the information for Grampa Andrew's death certificate, he gave it as Adkins.
• Grampa Andrew himself, spelled it Atkins like his father, William C. Millard "Bud" Atkins, had spelled it.
• Beyond Andrew's father, Millard Atkins (sometimes called "Bud"), Andrew was preceded by
   1. His grandfather was Jesse ADKINS
   2. His great grandfather was Allen ADKINS
   3. His great great grandfather was Thomas (Thomas Tindel "Tinsley") ADKINS
• In addition to this,
   1. His grandmother, Jesse's wife, Letha, had a maiden name of ADKINS
   2. His great grandmother, Allen's wife, Mahala, had a maiden name of ADKINS
   3. His great great grandmother, Thomas's wife, Susannah, had a maiden name of ADKINS
• Although there are other explanations, the family name Adkins derives from a naming custom where families would indicate the earliest male ancestor by using the first two letters of the ancestor's given name, and add "kin" to it, indicating they were his kin, generations later. Using this convention, Adkins (plural) are the kin of Adam.

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Andrew married Mary Frances Horton. Mary (daughter of William H. Horton and Octavia Egnor) was born in Dec 1882 in Cabell Co, WV; died on 24 Dec 1928 in Little Sandy Creek, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried on 26 Dec 1928 in Rush Branch, Little Sandy Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

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1910 census from Curry, Putnam, West Virginia showing Mary and Andrew Jackson Atkins (both age 27) married with children of Nada age 2 and Silly [Sally] age 1 month.

ancestry.com for Mary Frances Horton with a date of death of 1928. The census record was located in Mullins family tree.

One World Tree shows a Mary Horton (b 1900 d 1928) married to Andrew Adkins. Her father is shown as William Horton and mother as Octavia Egnor b abt 1866, d 1888.

Nada (Adkins) Strickland (deceased oldest child of Mary Horton Adkins) gave her recollection of her mother's birth as being in Griffithsville, West Virginia; however also said she was born in Putnam County. Currently, Griffithsville is in Lincoln County, but many years ago might have been in Putnam or Cabell counties, as boundaries changed many times.
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Burial place variation:
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MFH (Adkins) death cert. gives burial place as Burial Pauley Grave Yard, Big Chimney, WVA

Family-KNOWN burial site near entrance Rush Branch (dirt road) off Little Sandy Ck Rd WVA

Birth:
Although Mary Frances Horton Adkins death certificate gives 1883 as her birth year, the family records of Celia Setliff, spouse of great grandson to Octavia Egnor, and per 1900 census, Mary was born December 1882.

Died:
Home is located south of Rush Branch along the south side of Little Sandy Creek.

Buried:
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See also (nearby) Proctor Cemetery, Kanawha County, WV

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