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Emma Smith Biars Runyon
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Birth: Jul. 20, 1878
Death: Aug. 26, 1967

Emma Catherine Biars was born 20 July 1878 in Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, to immigrants Gustava "Gus" Biars (1850/1916) and his wife Catharine "Kate" Krause (1848/1932).

Emma married George Washington Smith Jr. of Abraham, Raleigh County, W.Va., on 05 Aug 1908. George was a son of George Washington Smith Sr. and wife Catherine Bennett.

George had 16 children. George and Emma had seven children: Kay Golda Smith Fox, Pearl Lora Smith Gwinn, Eda Flora "Edie" Smith Ellison, Earl George Smith, Everett Abraham Smith, Carl Eugene Smith and Ernest Sidney Smith. George and first wife Emily Alice Vandall had nine children: Bertha Jane Smith Surbaugh, Bessie Smith Arthur, Glenville E. Smith, Wayne Smith, Arthur Jackson Smith, Ada Smith Martin, Ola Ernest "Oley" Smith, Charles Ota (C.O., "Smitty") Smith Sr., and Emily Mae Smith Hutchinson.

Mrs. Fox, George's last surviving child, died at age 99 in 2009.

Photos and more information on the Smith and Biars families are online at http://wva.homestead.com

 
 
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 Parents:
  Gustava Biars (1850 - 1916)
  Catharine Kraus Biars (1848 - 1932)
 
 Children:
  Pearl Lora Smith Gwinn (1910 - 1962)*
  Eda Flora Smith Ellison (1912 - 2003)*
  Earl George Smith (1914 - 1986)*
  Carl Eugene Smith (1916 - 1995)*
  Everett Abraham Smith (1918 - 2003)*
 
 Spouses:
  Andrew W Runyon (1872 - 1960)
  George W Smith (1860 - 1940)*
 
*Point here for explanation
 
Burial:
New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
Abraham
Raleigh County
West Virginia, USA
 
Maintained by: E.M. Smith
Originally Created by: Barb
Record added: Sep 06, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 21382815
Emma Smith <i>Biars</i> Runyon
Added by: E.M. Smith
 
Emma Smith <i>Biars</i> Runyon
Added by: Barb
 
 
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- E.M. Smith
 Added: Aug. 12, 2009
 

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