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Phoebe Ann Smith Pennington Kerns

Birth
Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
Death
17 Feb 1887 (aged 41–42)
Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Smith Family Homestead Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Phoebe was a daughter of Andrew Charles Smith and Elizabeth White.

Phoebe had a son Robert Lee Smith.

On 28 Dec 1865 Phoebe married William Hammond Pennington. He was a son of Solomon A. Pennington and Virginia Jane Wyatt. They had two sons, Andrew Jackson, Eli P. She had a son John Wesley Smith.

On 27 Jul 1870 Phoebe was found living in the home of Abel and Eliza Long, keeping house, age 25, with a daughter, Eliza J age 4 months. In the 1880 Census, Eliza was living in the same house, with Abel and Eliza and listed as their granddaughter.

Her husband William H Pennington was seen in his parents home as married in the 1880 Census. Phoebe was not in the home at that time. Later she was seen as a widow on her marriage license to John S Kerns.

Andrew J and Eli P were seen with her parents in the 1880 Census at Pendleton, WV with Robert Lee Smith in the home of her parents in the 1880 Union, Pendleton, WV Census.

Phoebe married widow John S Kerns on 25 Jul 1886. They had a son French Scott Kerns. Phoebe died in Childbirth in 1887.

John S Kerns remarried after Phoebes' Death on November 20, 1890 to Margaret Montoney.

Phoebes' parents adopted her son French Scott Kerns. This was noted on a 1900 Census Dry Fork district, Randolph County, West Virginia.

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It is believed that she was buried on the Smith Family Homestead in an unmarked grave. Today this property is privately owned. The area of the grave has rocks as headstones; the inscriptions are no longer visible. The area is overgrown.

This information was originally given by Robert Lee Smith to his wife Lucretie and daughter Sarah. Sarah had given much of information to her youngest sibling Calora. Included were copies of the family Bible with names written inside however it was very challenging to find proof of this and to create the story she explained to me before her death in 2007. Over time, it all came together just as it was written.
Phoebe was a daughter of Andrew Charles Smith and Elizabeth White.

Phoebe had a son Robert Lee Smith.

On 28 Dec 1865 Phoebe married William Hammond Pennington. He was a son of Solomon A. Pennington and Virginia Jane Wyatt. They had two sons, Andrew Jackson, Eli P. She had a son John Wesley Smith.

On 27 Jul 1870 Phoebe was found living in the home of Abel and Eliza Long, keeping house, age 25, with a daughter, Eliza J age 4 months. In the 1880 Census, Eliza was living in the same house, with Abel and Eliza and listed as their granddaughter.

Her husband William H Pennington was seen in his parents home as married in the 1880 Census. Phoebe was not in the home at that time. Later she was seen as a widow on her marriage license to John S Kerns.

Andrew J and Eli P were seen with her parents in the 1880 Census at Pendleton, WV with Robert Lee Smith in the home of her parents in the 1880 Union, Pendleton, WV Census.

Phoebe married widow John S Kerns on 25 Jul 1886. They had a son French Scott Kerns. Phoebe died in Childbirth in 1887.

John S Kerns remarried after Phoebes' Death on November 20, 1890 to Margaret Montoney.

Phoebes' parents adopted her son French Scott Kerns. This was noted on a 1900 Census Dry Fork district, Randolph County, West Virginia.

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It is believed that she was buried on the Smith Family Homestead in an unmarked grave. Today this property is privately owned. The area of the grave has rocks as headstones; the inscriptions are no longer visible. The area is overgrown.

This information was originally given by Robert Lee Smith to his wife Lucretie and daughter Sarah. Sarah had given much of information to her youngest sibling Calora. Included were copies of the family Bible with names written inside however it was very challenging to find proof of this and to create the story she explained to me before her death in 2007. Over time, it all came together just as it was written.


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