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 N. (1872-1951) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 574 HOWARD N. SMITH, a native of Banks District, Upshur County, was born November 17, 1872, son of Peter J. Smith and Alcinda Brain and the grandson of Noah Smith and Charlotta Smith. Noah Smith was captured at Centerville with the Militia. Peter J. Smith was a volunteer in Company M, 3d, West Virginia Cavalry, and served in that Company from the time he was mustered in until the close of the war. His mother was the daughter of Elijah Brain and the granddaughter of Benjamin Brain, Jr., who was the son of Benjamin Brain, Sr. This last Brain was captured and lived among the Indians for many years. The subject of this sketch married Eva M. Forinash, the daughter of Lorenzo D. Forinash and Eliza Wymer, July 16, 1902, and unto them were given two children: Alcinda May and Marcela Alice. Mr. Smith is a farmer of Banks District and a member of the M. E. Church. Ira O. Smith, a brother of Howard N. Smith, was a soldier in the Spanish-American War. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Crawford County, Ohio #28847 FULL-NAME: Howard Noah Smith BIRTH-DATE: November 17, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: Rock Cave, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 17, 1951 DEATH-PLACE: Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Peter J. Smith MOTHER: ____ Brain CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Congestive heart / pneumonia INFORMANT: Mrs. Ersel Newcome BURIAL: McCutcheon Cemetery, McCutcheon, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------