Laura Belle Honaker

Female23 July 1876–19 September 1911

Brief Life History of Laura Belle

When Laura Belle Honaker was born on 23 July 1876, in Rocky Gap, Bland, Virginia, United States, her father, James D. Honaker, was 29 and her mother, Susan H. Linkous, was 21. She married Thomas Pritchard Smith about 1902, in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Union District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Carroll District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 19 September 1911, in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Sias, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Pritchard Smith
1866–1959
Laura Belle Honaker
1876–1911
Marriage: about 1902

Sources (7)

  • Laurabell Honaker in household of James D Honaker, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Laura B Smith in household of Thomas P Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Virginia Birth Record

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  • Marriage
    about 1902Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States
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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 5

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 6

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1886

    Age 10

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of Swiss German Honegger .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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