Jul-28-2018
Husband: Zebulon "Ziba" Davis 1 Also known as: Ziba Davis 2,3,4,5,6,7
Born: May-22-1816 at Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Died: Feb- 4-1887 4 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 2,4 (see note 1) Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: aft 1850 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Resided: until 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9 Father: Peter Davis (1783 - 1873) Mother: Sarah "Sally" Davis (1786 - 1842) Other spouse 2
Wife: Mary Josephene Davis Married: Jan-22-1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10
Born: ca 1813 10 Died: Mar- 1-1842 10 Father: Jesse Davis (1788 - 1823) Mother: Hannah Davis (1784 - 1880)
F Child 1: Philothata Davis Also known as: Thata Davis 11,12 Born: Dec-28-1834 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13,14,15 Died: Feb-14-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,15 Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV 17 Resided: 1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1870 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: John B. Bonnell b. Jun-14-1835 d. bef Sep 1880 Married: Sep-12-1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 13 Husband: Richard L. Weekley b. ca 1826 Married: Sep-16-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 2: Johnson H. Davis Born: Feb-28-1836 19 Died: 1881 in Minnesota 19 Census: 1880 in Waseca Co, MN Census: 1870 in Freeborn Co, MN Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Ruhama A. Bee b. Sep- 7-1837 d. Jul-21-1934 Also known as: Luhama Bee 19 Married: Oct- 6-1858 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
F Child 3: Sabrina Davis Also known as: Sobrina Davis 20 Born: Feb-28-1838 20 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Stephen Hughes b. 1835 Married: Aug-27-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20
F Child 4: Roanna Davis Born: Jan-15-1840 10 Husband: John M. Kelley b. 1797 d. Apr-17-1860 Married: Mar-26-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 21 Husband: Harvey Jackson Gum b. 1835 d. Nov-12-1864 Married: Jun-10-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10 Husband: Joseph Wetzel Married: Jan-17-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
Sources: (1) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 277. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 433. (7) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (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 >, Minnie Kendall Lowther in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 276, incorrectly states birthplace as Greenbrier County, rather than Greenbrier Run in Doddridge County. p. 69. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 276. (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. 69. (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (12) Headstone. (13) 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. 130. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Headstone (year only) (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Thata Davis Bonnell Weekley, white female, widow, age (obscured), died Feb 14 1913, cause of death pneumonia. (NOTE: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 130, reports death date as Feb 14 1913. But death record clearly shows it as Feb 14 1913, and date on headstone is also 1913. She is identified on her headstone as Thata Weekly, wife of R. L. Weekly.), DR p. 177 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045429&Type=Death. (17) Findagrave.com. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Richard C. Weekly, widowed, 54, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Levi & Mary Weekly; and Pilothata Bonnell, widowed, 40, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ziba & Mary J. Davis. Married Sep 16 1880 in Doddridge County, officiated by G. W. McIntire. MR p. 244 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791862&Type=Marriage. (19) 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. 132. (20) 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. 104. (21) 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. 358. Event Notes Note (1) Headstone reads: Ziba Davis, died Feb 4 1887, age 70 years. Note (2) Listed as Philotheta Bonnell, 35, a domestic servant in the household of her second cousin Fenton F. Randolph and his family.Name Index