Jul-28-2018
Husband: Zebulon "Ziba" Davis 1 Also known as: Ziba Davis 2,3,4,5,6,7
Born: May-22-1816 at Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Died: Feb- 4-1887 4 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 2,4 (see note 1) Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: aft 1850 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Resided: until 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9 Father: Peter Davis (1783 - 1873) Mother: Sarah "Sally" Davis (1786 - 1842) Other spouse 1
Wife: Dorinda Lowther 9,1 Also known as: Darinda Lowther 1 Married: Nov- 3-1844 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5 (see note 2)
Born: Jun-15-1814 9,4 Died: 1896 2,4 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 2,4 Resided: in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Elias Lowther (1776 - 1845) Mother: Rebecca Coburn (1779 - 1850) Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Talitha C. Davis Born: Jan-14-1846 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11,12 (see note 3) Died: Feb- 5-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,4 (see note 4) Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 2,4 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1866 in Harrison Co, WV 12 Husband: Thomas Neely Gribble b. Dec-20-1845 d. Jan-24-1919 Married: Nov- 8-1866 in Harrison Co, WV 13
Sources: (1) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 277. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 433. (7) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (8) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, Minnie Kendall Lowther in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 276, incorrectly states birthplace as Greenbrier County, rather than Greenbrier Run in Doddridge County. p. 69. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 276. (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 18. (11) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 132. (12) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (13) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Thomas N. Gribble, 20, of Ritchie Co, son of William & Lydia; and Tabitha C. Davis, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Ziba & Derinda. Married Nov 8 1866. (Susie Davis Nicholson incorrectly reports marriage location as Lewis County.) Event Notes Note (1) Headstone reads: Ziba Davis, died Feb 4 1887, age 70 years. Note (2) This was Ziba Davis' second marriage. (Linder, p. 433) Note (3) Age at death inscribed on headstone (39y 1m 21d) would put birth date at Dec 15 1847. Note (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther (History of Ritchie County, p. 259) incorrectly states death as occurring in 1898, pointing out that she was buried on same day as her father. But headstone dates of both show deaths to have occurred in 1887. Her headstone reads: Talith Davis Gribble, died Feb 5 1887, age 39y 1m 21d.Name Index