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, Howard Scott (1867-1909) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 434-435 HOWARD SCOTT SMITH, one of the leading business citizens of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, identified with the coal, timber and real estate interests of that section, was born at Burlington, Iowa, May 24, 1867. He is a son of James and Ellen (Kitzmiller) Smith, the former of whom was born in Harrison County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and until his death, in 1889, at the age of 65 years, engaged in farming and stockraising in this State. The mother of our subject was born at Stony River Bridge, Mineral County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and she still survives, having reached the age of 74 years. She has been a consistent member of the Baptist Church for a long period. Six of her nine children are still living. Howard Scott Smith was mainly educated at Lebanon, Ohio. He left school to take charge of the Clarksburg News, which he ably edited for two years. He then traveled in the interests of a wholesale lumber firm of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for some time. He is now extensively interested in Coal, lumber and real estate in West Virginia. In 1902 he organized, in Clarksburg, the Wabash Coal & Coke Company, which is capitalized at $200,000, for the purpose of mining and manufacturing coal, coke and all by-products. In religious faith Mr. Smith is a Baptist, and in politics a Democrat. He is one of the progressive and wide-awake young men of his section, with large business interests and the capacity to manage them. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Harrison County, WV Page 173, Coal District FULL-NAME: Howard S. Smith DEATH-DATE: March 29, 1907 AGE-AT-DEATH: 39 years MARITAL-STATUS: Single CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Gunshot wound From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #2074 FULL-NAME: Mrs. Ellen Smith BIRTH-DATE: 1828 BIRTH-PLACE: Hardy Co. Va. DEATH-DATE: December 10, 1920 AGE-AT-DEATH: 92 years DEATH-PLACE: Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: John Kitzmiller (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old age INFORMANT: Davis Undertaking Co., (of Clarksburg, W.Va.) BURIAL: I.O.O.F. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Harrison County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------