Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Smith Keener Davis Also known as: Keener Davis 1
Born: Nov-10-1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 (see note 1) Died: Aug-23-1923 3 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 3 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Resided: 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Father: Stephen Tharp Davis (1817 - 1895) Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Jeffrey (1819 - 1897) Notes
Wife: Emily Jane Williams Married: Feb- 3-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: Mar-24-1848 3,2 Died: Dec-21-1896 3 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 3 Cause of death: typhoid 3 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Elias Williams, Jr. (1823 - 1864) Mother: Irena Knight (1828 - 1907)
F Child 1: Irena Bell Davis Also known as: Bell Davis Born: Jun-15-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,6 Died: Nov-13-1927 at Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,6 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4,7,5 Census: 1900, 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Fernando Ford b. Oct-16-1865 d. Dec-26-1943 Married: Oct-16-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
F Child 2: Alwilda Davis Also known as: Wilda Davis 8 Born: Mar- 4-1873 at Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Died: May-17-1957 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 4 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 4,8 Husband: Alvadore Sutton b. Mar- 3-1864 d. Aug-11-1956 Married: Apr-24-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
M Child 3: Wyman Cole Davis Born: Jan-28-1875 3 Wife: Grace Spencer
F Child 4: Elizabeth Ann Davis Born: May-27-1877 3,8 Died: 1928 9,8 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 8 Resided: at Market, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1910, 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: I. O. Dicks b. Mar- 3-1879 d. May-17-1936 Married: Apr-20-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,9
F Child 5: Malissa Olelia Davis Born: Jul- -1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,10 Died: Dec- 2-1918 in Donohue (now Silver Run, near Cairo), Ritchie Co, WV 12 Buried: in Metz Chapel Cemetery, btwn Silver Run & Petroleum (Co Rd 18/3), Ritchie Co, WV 13,14 Resided: 1900 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Husband: John Franklin Groah b. Dec- 2-1877 d. Jun-15-1969 Married: Apr-22-1900 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,9
M Child 6: Stephen Lee Davis Born: Mar- 9-1882 3 Died: Dec-28-1896 3 Cause of death: typhoid 3
M Child 7: James C. Davis Born: Jan- 5-1885 3 Died: Jan- 5-1885 3
F Child 8: Floreda Gertrude Davis Also known as: Gertrude Davis 2 Born: Jul-26-1886 15,2 Died: ca 1960 3 Husband: Orlen Cleveland Davis b. Nov- 2-1884 d. Aug-15-1966 Also known as: Cleveland Davis 15,16 Married: Sep-10-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 9: Boward Oscar Davis Born: Jan-26-1890 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Died: Sep-16-1957 18,15 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 15 Census: 1930 in Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Ella Blanch Law b. May-16-1890 d. Sep-27-1979 Also known as: Blanch Law 19,2,3 Married: Jul- 5-1913 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,2
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 >. (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. 159. (4) 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. 218. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (8) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (9) 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. 219. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) Headstone, "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV" reports birth date as June 24 1879 on page 159, but as July 27 1879 on page 219. "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993," p. 285, reports date on headstone as July 25 1879. Death record does not give a birth date, but states age at death as 39 yr 5 mo, leaving the days column blank. (12) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Melissa Olela Groah, married, died Dec 2 1918 at Donohue, age 39 yr 5 mo (space for days left blank). Spaces for birthplace, cause of death, and names of parents were all left blank. DR p. (13) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) 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. 221. (16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Orlan [sic] C. Davis, 20, of Doddridge Co; and Gertrude Davis, 18, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 10 1904. (18) Obituary of wife. (19) Obituary. Event Notes Note (1) Marriage record shows birthplace as Harrison County, but granddaughter and genealogist Susie Davis Nicholson, p. 159, reports it as Doddridge County. Note (2) In household of son Boward.Name Index