Husband: Don Manuel Davis
Also known as: Donmanuel Davis 1,2,3
Born: May-19-1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,1
Died: Jul-13-1894 at Rinehart (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV 1
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Absalom Davis (1809 - 1888)
Mother: Polina S. W. Davis (1811 - 1901)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Mary M. Smith 5 Married: Aug-19-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: Aug-30-1853 1,4 Died: Jan-15-1933 1 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Peter Smith Mother: Mary A. ___ Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Secelia Chloe Davis Census name: Cecelia Davis Born: Feb- 7-1871 1 Resided: 1951 in Salem, WV 7 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Adolphus D. Sutton b. Feb-11-1866 d. Dec-23-1953 Also known as: Dolph Sutton 8 Married: Dec-25-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Melvie Davis Born: ca 1873 2 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 3: Delcy Davis Born: ca 1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Resided: 1951 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: John Harden Ashcraft b. Jun-11-1875 d. Feb-26-1963 Married: Mar- 3-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 4: Lorhemus W. "Low" Davis Also known as: Lo Davis 4 Born: Apr-28-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,1,12,10 Died: Sep-13-1951 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 13,11,14 Resided: at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 11,15 Census: 1900 10 20 30 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Occupation: farmer 11,16 Occupation: 1910 oil field worker 17 Wife: Talitha Frances Ford b. Feb-28-1878 d. Dec- 4-1940 Census name: Francis Ford Married: Dec-22-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 5: Nevada Davis Census name: Devadie Davis Born: Mar-23-1880 1 Died: Dec-28-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Virsus Davis Also known as: Versie Davis 20 Born: May-15-1883 21 (see note 2) Died: Dec-23-1973 in Doddridge Co, WV 22,21 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 21 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: John Harden Ashcraft b. Jun-11-1875 d. Feb-26-1963 Married: Jul-16-1899 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 7: Oral T. Davis Born: Nov- 3-1887 23,1,12 Died: Oct-27-1968 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 23,12 Buried: in Lions Cemetery, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 24,14 (see note 3) Resided: 1951 in Brown, Harrison Co, WV 7 Census: 1910 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 farm laborer (working out) 25 Wife: Mary Levena "Venie" Ashcraft b. Nov-27-1891 d. 1967 Also known as: Benia Ashcraft 26 Married: Mar-16-1908 1
M Child 8: Buehl E. Davis Also known as: Buel Davis 27,28 Born: Dec-27-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,27 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1911 at Petroleum, Ritchie Co, WV 27 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4) Wife: Gertie Agnes Dotson b. Apr-22-1897 d. Nov-21-1980 Also known as: Girtie A. Dotson 27 Married: Sep- 7-1911 at Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 27
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. 127. (2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (3) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Death record of daughter. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Don Manuel Davis, widowed, 31, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Absalom & Perlina S. W.; and Mary M. Smith, 16, of Doddridge Co, dau of Peter & Mary. Married Aug 19 1869. (7) Obituary of brother. (8) Doddridge County Republican, 3/11/1915. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Adolpheus Sutton, 28, of Doddridge Co; and S. C. Davis, 23, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 25 1894. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Obituary. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) Death record of wife. (16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (17) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lo Davis, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Telitha Ford, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Dec 22 1895 "at the residence of the bride's parents.", http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792695&Type=Marriage. (19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (20) Birth record of daughter. (21) Social Security Death Index. (22) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (24) Cemeteries of Sardis District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1993) (25) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (26) Marriage record of daughter. (27) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (28) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) In 1940, location specied as Morgans Run. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1882, but SSDI shows it as May 15 1883, and date on headstone is also 1883. Note (3) Death record states burial location as Wallace IOOF Cemetery. But the headstone for him and his wife is at the Wallace Lions Club Cemetery. Note (4) In 1910, in household of sister and brother-in-law Virsus & John H. Ashcraft.