| 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
Family links: 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
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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
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