Rose Stribling Allison1
b. 28 January 1870, d. 21 February 1941
Birth | 28 Jan 1870 | Rose Stribling Allison was born on 28 Jan 1870 in Washington County, Virginia.1,2 |
Marriage | 13 Apr 1896 | She married Dr. Henderson Stuart Smyth, son of John Chesterfield Smyth and Adaline Missouri Logan, on 13 Apr 1896 in Washington County.3,4 |
Cens-1910 | 28 Apr 1910 | In 1910 Rose and Henderson resided in the Lipps District of Wise County, Virginia, where Henderson (enumerated as "H. Stewart") was a physician in the coal fields. The couple had two children, 13 year old Allison and 9 year old Mary.5 |
Cens-1920 | 8 Jan 1920 | By 1920 the family had returned to Washington County.6 |
Cens-1930 | 11 Apr 1930 | However they moved once again, this time settling in Low More, a small community in rural Allegheny County, Virginia. From this home base Henderson again practiced medicine among the miners in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.7 |
Death | 21 Feb 1941 | Rose died on 21 Feb 1941 at age 71.8 |
Burial | | She was buried at Smyth's Chapel Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.8,9 |
Citations
- [S2203] Leonard Allison Morrison, The History of the Alison or Allison Family, p. 162.
- [S165] Robert C. Allison household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring, ED 94, page 28 (66D stamped), dwelling 242, family 244, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, The census lists: Robert C. Allison 52, surveyor; Rebecca J., 35, wife; Mary C. 11, dau; Rosa S. 10, dau; Robert H. 8, son; Jennie K. 7, dau; William A. 4, son; Mary B. Clark 21, sister-in-law; all born in Virginia; all parents born in Virginia.
- [S8] Hockett and Hunt, 1891-1902 Marriages of Washington Co. VA, p. 104. Smyth, H. Stuart, 30, s/o J. C. & A. M. Smyth, physician AND Rose Allison, 26, d/o R. C. & Jane Allison; 13 Apr 1896.
- [S623] David B Trimble, Kincannon and McDonald, p. 286. This source reports the year as 1895.
- [S1608] H. Stewart Smyth household, 1910 U.S. cens., Wise Co., VA, pop. sched., Lipps District, ED 150, sheet 16 A (p. 162 stamped), dwelling 370, family 377, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2006, image 31 of 57. Enumeration includes: H. Stewart Smyth, 44, marr #1, marr 14 yrs, physician at coal field, renting home; Rose, wife, 40, marr #1, marr 14 yrs, mother 2 children, both living; Allison, son, 13; Mary S., dau, 9; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S238] H. Stuart Smyth household, 1920 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 165, sheet 8A (p. 301 stamped), dwelling 125, family 136, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 14 of 35. Household includes: H. Stuart Smyth, 53, physician; Rose, wife, 49; John A., son, 22; Mary S., dau, 19; all b. VA.
- [S2282] Henderson S. Smyth household, 1930 U.S. cens., Alleghany Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Low More, ED 2-4, sheet 9A (p. 129 stamped), dwelling 158, family 161, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 17 of 52. Household includes: Henderson S. Smyth, 64, marr at 30, owns home worth $4,000, is not a farm, owns radio, physician, b. VA; Rose S., wife, 60, marr at 26, b. VA.
- [S13] Aleta Spicer, Smyth, p. 61. List of Persons buried in Tobias Smyth Memorial Cemetery. Rose Allison Smyth 1870 - 21 Feb. 1941. Married Dr. H. Stuart Smyth.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 193. Stone reads: Rose Allison Smith, 1870-1941.
- [S30] Audrey Honegger, "H. Stuart Smyth and Rose Allison," e-mail to Diana Powell, 13 Jul 2001. Source not stated.