1. 1920 Census, Allegheny Co, PA; Pittsburgh; taken 27 Jan 1920; Page 18A; Image 35 of 36;
Family #241/353.
Listed as David Taxey; age 49; born in Russia; married;Jewish; immigrated to US in 1912;
naturalization papers filed; "huster" of butter and eggs; head of household.
2. 1940 Census, Dade Co, FL; Miami; 543 NW 5th Avenue; E.D. 69-77; taken on 13 Apr 1940; Page
1543B; Image 31 of 41; Household #306.
Listed as David Taxey; age 66; born in Russia; married; 8th grade education; lived in Pittsburgh, PA
on 1 Apr 1935; naturalized citizen; no listed occupation; head of household.
1. 1920 Census, Allegheny Co, PA; Pittsburgh; taken 27 Jan 1920; Page 18A; Image 35 of 36;
Family #241/353.
Listed as Bertha Taxey; age 38; born in Russia; married; Jewish; immigrated to US in 1913; alien; in
household of husband, David Taxey.
2. 1940 Census, Dade Co, FL; Miami; 543 NW 5th Avenue; E.D. 69-77; taken on 13 Apr 1940; Page
1543B; Image 31 of 41; Household #306.
Listed as Bertha Taxey; age 59; born in Russia; married; 8th grade education; lived in Pittsburgh, PA
on 1 Apr 1935; alien; in household of husband, David Taxey.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell Co, WV, 1858-1999", Vol II, submitted by Juanita Elswick Keith; Rt 2,
Box 127, Gate City, VA 24251.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Poppy Swetnam"; Article; Page
247; submitted by Carol Cassidy, 78 Mountain Pass Trail, Lilburn, GA 30247.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Poppy Swetnam"; Article; Page
247; submitted by Carol Cassidy, 78 Mountain Pass Trail, Lilburn, GA 30247.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Poppy Swetnam"; Article; Page
247; submitted by Carol Cassidy, 78 Mountain Pass Trail, Lilburn, GA 30247.
1. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Doug Smith [Douglas McArther Smith]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 May 1942
Birth Place: Belfry Pike, Kentucky
Death Date: 8 Jul 2001
Father:
Virgil Smith
Mother:
Nellie Webb
SSN: 404542393
Notes: Jul 1958: Name listed as DOUG SMITH; :
Name listed as DOUGLAS MCARTHER SMITH "
2. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Doug Smith
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 May 1942
Death Date: 8 Jul 2001
SSN: 404542393
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 6 Feb 1962
Release Date 1: 5 Feb 1964"
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Poppy Swetnam"; Article; Page
247; submitted by Carol Cassidy, 78 Mountain Pass Trail, Lilburn, GA 30247.
2. Cabell Co, WV; death certificate #14926; Ancestry,com Website.
Alice Swetram Johnson; age 22 yrs, 10 mons, 7 days; born 21 Jan 1908 in Holden, WV (sic?);
married; housewife; living at Ellisville, KY; daughter of Milt and Poppy (Flanery) Swetnam; died 28
Nov 1930 in City Hospital, Huntington, WV; due to toxemia following intestial obstruction with
operation for tubo-ovarian abcess; buried 30 Nov 1930 in Kise, KY; informant, Mrs. M. T. Swetnam,
Ellisville, KY.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #12371; WV Archives Web Site.
Ruth Evelyn Horton; age 2 mons, 2 days; born 27 Jul 1944 in Mohegan, WV; daughter of Willam and
Orpha Elizabeth (Mullins) Horton; died 29 Sep 1944 at Mohegan, WV; due to pneumonia; buried 1 Oct
1944 in Iaeger Memorial, Roderfield, WV; informant, William Horton, Mohegan, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Orville Hodges; 13 Mar 2015.
Ruth Evelyn Horton; born 27 Jul 1944; died 29 Sep 1944; buried here; no grave marker photo shown;
death certificate shown.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Poppy Swetnam"; Article; Page
247; submitted by Carol Cassidy, 78 Mountain Pass Trail, Lilburn, GA 30247.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Poppy Swetnam"; Article; Page
247; submitted by Carol Cassidy, 78 Mountain Pass Trail, Lilburn, GA 30247.