Source OFT DB 2093954 lists Joseph R Smithson as having been born about 1826 by father George Albert Smithson, born about 1797 and dying in Monroe Co, VA (sic). However, report of GAS in census of 1880 in Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV. Believe Joseph R and Joseph Keyser are the same, with K miscribed as R. Construct ancestry of Joseph Keyser Smithson same as ancestry of Joseph R Smithson in source OFT DB 2093954, contact Rick W. Mandigo

From http://www.fridley.net/alderson/i0003217.htm#3217:
Occupation: carpenter.
He was listed as a resident in the census report in Monroe Co, VA, 1850.
He was listed as a resident in the census report in Monroe Co, VA, 1860.
He was listed as a resident in the census report in Wolf Creek Twp, Monroe Co, WV, 1870.

1860 US census, Post Office Peterstown (?), Monroe Co., Virginia (ancestry.com image 48/168):
Joseph R. Smitson, 35?, farmlaborer, $0, $186
Mary E., 34
Thomas H., 8
Lucy A., 7
Calvin G., 4
(Next-door neighbors:
Thomas Smitson, 36, carpenter
Margaret, 33
James J., 7
George, 8
Elizabeth, 6
Milard F., 4
John, 1/12
(Other next-door neighbors are his parents: (see entry for George Smithson)

1870 US census, West Virginia, Monroe Co., Wolf Creek
Joseph K. Smithson, 43, Farmer, $300, $191
Mary E. --, 44, Keeping house
Thomas H. --, 16
Lucy A. --, 15
[All b:WV]
Next door:
John A. Smithson, 32, Farm home?
Sarah F. --, 32, Keeping house
Jasper F. --, 10
Nancy E. --, 8
John D?? --, 5
Mary E. --, 3
Spencer C. --, 1
[All b:WV]
Next-next-door:
William McClure & family (possible brother of Mary McClure, wife of Joseph Smithson.

From http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2410934&id=I516487040
1860 Monroe 849 Joseph R Smithson 33, Mary E 34, Thomas H 8, Lucy A 7, Calvin G 4
1870 Monroe 172 Joseph K Smithson 43, Mary E 44, Thomas H 16, Lucy A 15
Note: variable middle initial of Joseph Smithson.

1880 US Census household, Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV
Joseph K. Smithson, head of household, b:<1827>, age 53, Farmer, married
Mary E. Smithson, wife, b:<1826>, age 54, Keeping House, married
Sarah L. Eads, other, b:<1864>, age 16, Servant, single
[All: white, b/fb/mb:WV] [Note: Sarah Eads later marries nephew Calvin Benson Smithson, son of Minerva Smithson.]

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2410934&id=I516487040
b Monroe Co., WV

Source: Addie Rickey, 235 15th St., NE, Salen, OR 97301
b 1826, VA, (now Wolf Creek, Monroe Co., WV); d 4 Nov 1881, Wolf Creek, WV., farmer and carpenter...

• Married: 15 Sep 1849 in Monroe, WV

1. Thomas Henry SMITHSON b: 15 Jun 1852 in Alderson, Monroe Co., WV
2. Lucy Ann SMITHSON b: abt 1853 in Monroe, WV
3. Calvin G. SMITHSON b: 5 Feb 1856 in Monroe Co., WV
4. Cary SMITHSON b: aft 1859 in WV?