U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, Elba Marion (1880-1933) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 689-690 ELBA MARION SMITH, until recently manager of the Grafton office of the great Weaver Coal & Coke Company, of Chicago Illinois, but now located in the interest of this company at Weaver, West Virginia, was born in 1880 at Louisa, Kentucky, and is a son of Rev. Harrison and Sarah Frances (Newman) Smith, both of whom were born in Wayne County, West Virginia. Rev. Harrison Smith entered a business house in young manhood as a salesman and continued there 15 years and then entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For the past 15 years his work has been with that religious body and he is now presiding elder of the Clarksburg district. His wife died in August, 1902, aged 53 years. They had a family of three children born to them, namely: Minnie, wife of William L. Steven, an attorney-at-law of Grantsville; Sallie; and Elba Marion of this sketch. After completing the common school course, our subject entered the wholesale house of Horner, Galor & Company, and remained there two years and then went with the Randolph Coal & Coke Company, at Womelsdorff, West Virginia, in the capacity of mine clerk. He remained there one year, and in 1899 became car agent for the Weaver Coal & Coke Company, which controls immense properties, including the Maryland Smokeless Coal Company and the Belington & Beaver Creek Railroad Company. Mr. Smith was made manager of the Grafton office in 1902, and most efficiently filled this position, an unusual one for one of his age. He recently removed to Weaver, West Virginia. His grasp of business, his energy and industry, have attracted the attention of his employers, whose confidence he enjoys to the fullest extent. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Cabell County WV, #5715 FULL-NAME: Elba M. Smith BIRTH-DATE: April 23, 1879 BIRTH-PLACE: West Va. DEATH-DATE: May 20, 1933 AGE-AT-DEATH: 54y-0m-27d DEATH-PLACE: 621 6th Ave., Huntington, Cabell County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 621 6th Ave., Huntington, Cabell County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Ceres Adkins) OCCUPATION: Salesman FATHER: H. M. Smith (born in West Va.) MOTHER: Frances Newman (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Intermittent Glycosuria / Septic Sore Throat INFORMANT: Sallie Scrimgeore (of Pittsburgh, Pa. BURIAL: Spring Hill ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Cabell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/cabell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------