Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Amaziah S. Davis    
                Born: Jan- 8-1832           1,2
                Died: Jan-19-1889           1
              Buried:                      in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Peter W. Davis   (1809 - 1894) 
              Mother: Ann Davis   (1811 - 1876) 
                Wife: Mariah Sutton   3  
         Census name: Mariah S. Kelly 
             Married: Jan-19-1852          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4
                Born: Jul- 8-1832           1,2
                Died: Jul- 2-1903           1
              Buried:                      in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: George J. Sutton   (1808 - 1845) 
              Mother: Eleanor Davis   (1812 - 1892) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Luretta Davis      
       Also known as: Lucetta Davis 2
                Born: Jul- 1-1854           3
      Cause of death:                      killed by a train  3
             Husband: Alfred Nathan Meek  b. May- 9-1855  
             Married: Dec-13-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,3
           M Child 2: Jeriel "Job" Davis      
                Born: Mar- 4-1856          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5,2
                Died: Apr-25-1935          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  5
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
                Wife: Almeda L. "Maud" Meek  b. Jul-26-1858  d. Sep-20-1927  
             Married: Dec-25-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           M Child 3: Peter Davis      
                Born: Aug- 1-1858           8,2
                Died: May- 8-1928           8
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1900, 1910           farmer (working out)  10
                Wife: Rosetta May Davis  b. ca 1863  d. 1906  
             Married: Dec-18-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  11
                Wife: Effie Mollie Cunningham  b. ca 1893  
       Also known as: E. Mollie Cunningham 2
             Married: Aug- 6-1914          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
           F Child 4: Mary A. Davis      
                Born: Jul-10-1860           1
                Died: Aug- 8-1948           1
             Resided: 1935                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  12
           F Child 5: Laura Davis      
                Born: ca 1865               1
           F Child 6: Virginia G. Davis      
                Born: Oct-19-1867           1
                Died: Jan- 2-1931          in Harrison Co, WV  1
           F Child 7: Martha J. Davis      
                Born: Jul- 8-1870           1
                Died: Oct-15-1871          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,13
      Cause of death:                      scrofulua  13
           M Child 8: Lloyd P. Davis      
                Born: Jun-19-1872           1
             Resided:                      in Washington, DC  1,12

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. 134. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) 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. 187. 
(4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Amaziah S. Davis, 20, res. Doddridge Co, son of Peter W.; and Mariah Sutton, 18, res. Doddridge Co, ward 
of Nathan Kelley.  Married Jan 19 1852.  ("Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 134, reports marriage date as Jan 22 
1851.) 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) Obituary - At home. 
(7) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(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 >, p. 197. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Jerial Davis, 23, of Doddridge Co, son of Amaziah & Mariah; and Almeda L. Meek, 21, of Doddridge Co, dau 
of Henry F. & Charlotte A.  Married Dec 25 1879.  (Note:  "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 197, incorrectly 
reports marriage date as Dec 25 1877.) 
(10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Peter Davis, 21, of Doddridge Co, son of Amaziah & Mariah; and Rosetta Davis, 16, of Doddridge Co, dau of 
Franklin & Martha.  Married Dec 18 1879. 
(12) Obituary of brother. 
(13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 18, Line 9 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050795&Type=Death. 







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