Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jacob Davis, Jr.    
                Born: Nov- 4-1769           1
                Died: Feb-26-1828           1
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Father: Jacob Davis   (1748 - 1793) 
              Mother: Mary Davis   (1750 - 1806) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Prudence Maxson     
             Married: Dec-29-1787           1
                Born: 1770                  1
                Died: Dec- 4-1815           1
              Buried:                      in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV  1
              Father: Ephraim Maxson   (1743 - 1795) 
              Mother: Elisabeth Davis   (1746 - 1807) 
           M Child 1: Jacob Davis III      
                Born: Sep-10-1791           2
                Wife: Sarah Davis  b. 1792  d. 1867  
             Married: 1813                  3
           F Child 2: Phebe Davis      
                Born: Aug-10-1794           2
                Died: Aug- 4-1815           2
             Husband: Amos Sutton  b. Oct-17-1789  d. Feb- 9-1870  
           M Child 3: Jesse Maxson Davis      
                Born: Sep-26-1796           4,5
                Died: Nov-10-1871           4,5
              Buried:                      in Old Frame Church (SDB) Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  6,4
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Abigail Hoffman  b. Sep- 6-1801  d. Nov-12-1863  
       Also known as: Abagail Huffman 7
             Married: Jan- 8-1822          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  4
           F Child 4: Mary Davis      
                Born: Oct-18-1798           2
             Husband: William VanHorn  
           M Child 5: James Ball Davis      
                Born: Oct- 1-1814          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  8,5,7
                Died: Jul- 2-1902          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  8,5
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  8,9
              Census: 1900                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1870, 1880           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH  
          Occupation:                      minister  10 (see note 2)
          Occupation:                      farmer  11,12,13,14
                Wife: Jane Hopping  b. Sep- 1-1811  d. Feb- 1-1853  
       Also known as: Elizabeth 15
             Married: May- 5-1835          in Greene Co, OH  8,16
                Wife: Emily Virginia Davis  b. Aug- 7-1826  d. Sep-17-1904  
             Married: Feb- 9-1854          in Doddridge Co, WV  8

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. 15. 
(2) 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. 16. 
(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. 30. 
(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. 40. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(7) Death record of son. 
(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. 41. 
(9) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(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. 42. 
(11) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(12) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(13) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(14) 1850 Census. 
(15) Marriage record of son. 
(16) Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Along with his wife and daughter Alversa, in household of daughter &
son-in-law Lillie & Benjamin W. Kinney.
Note (2) "About four years after his second marriage, James B. Davis returned to
Doddridge County, West Virginia to live, where he was ordained and preached at
the Middle Island Seventh Day Baptist Church.  After his retirement they moved
to Salem."
["Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 42]







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