Husband: Peter W. Davis
Born: Mar-28-1809 1
Died: Jan-18-1894 1
Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1876 chair maker 2
Occupation: 1870 wheelwright 3
Occupation: 1850, 1860 farmer 4,5
Father: George J. Davis (1790 - 1868)
Mother: Catherine Davis (1788 - 1869)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Melissa Jane McCloy
Married: Sep- 7-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,1
Born: ca 1861 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-24-1922 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV 7
Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: John (Jonathan) McCloy (1838 - 1901)
Mother: Harriet Davis (1841 - )
Other spouse 2
Notes
? Child 1: Ilea S. Davis 1 Also known as: Iley Davis 1 Born: ca 1879 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. 71. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (4) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (5) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Peter W. Davis, widowed, 66, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of George J. & Catharine Davis, occupation chair maker; and Melissa Jane McCloy, 15, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of John & Harriet McCloy. Married Sep 7 1876. MR p. 212. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). Event Notes Note (1) Death record states birth date as Dec 12 1854, with age given as 68 at time of death on Dec 24 1922. But age 15 given at time of Sep 1876 marriage would put birth in about 1861/62, as would age 18 given at time of 1880 Census, and age 33 given at time of Aug 1894 marriage.