Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ottis Davis    
                Born: Mar- 9-1887          in Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Jun-27-1961           1,3
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1930                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Isaac Davis   (1860 - 1933) 
              Mother: Sarah Hutson   (1858 - 1930) 
                Wife: Hettie Randolph   6  
             Married: Apr- 8-1908           1
                Born: Jan-28-1891           7,1,3
                Died: Aug-10-1958          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,1,3
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4,7
             Resided:                      in Industrial, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Stephen Davis Randolph   (1864 - 1933) 
              Mother: Mary E. Hurst   (1870 - 1948) 
           F Child 1: Zelma Vird Davis      
                Born: Jan-20-1909           8,3
                Died: Mar-23-1993           8,3
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  8
          Occupation:                      teacher  6
             Husband: James Blair Gum  b. 1908  d. 1973  
       Also known as: Blair Gum 6,9
             Married: Jun- 1-1932          in Harrison Co, WV  6
           M Child 2: George Hoyt Davis      
                Born: Sep- 2-1914           10,11
                Died: Dec- 5-1944          in World War II  10,11
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  12
            Military:                      Pvt, 37th Tank Bn, 4th Armd Div, US Army, WW II (Purple Heart)  11
                Wife: Sarah Rae Riggs  b. Oct-24-1918  d. Jun-  -1984  
             Married: Oct- 2-1937           10
           F Child 3: Sarah Eleanor Davis      
       Also known as: Sarah Ellen Davis 13
                Born: Feb-22-1924          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  14,13,8,10
                Died: Feb-  -1980           8
             Resided:                      in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  15
             Resided: 1955                 at Industrial, Harrison Co, WV  14
             Husband: Okey Morrison, Jr.  b. Dec-15-1930  d. May-20-1993  
             Married: Jun-11-1955          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) 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. 182. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(5) Obituary of mother. 
(6) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 160. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(10) 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. 251. 
(11) Military Grave Marker. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 
(13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 







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