Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Francis Davis    
                Born: Oct- 3-1883           1,2,3
                Died: Dec-30-1970           4,3
              Buried:                      in Sedalia Cemetery (aka Tate, formerly Shirley), Rt. 23, Doddridge Co WV  5
             Resided: 1930                 at Skelton Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Isaac Davis   (1860 - 1933) 
              Mother: Sarah Hutson   (1858 - 1930) 
                Wife: Viola Holt   7  
             Married: Dec-28-1904           4
                Born: Feb- 6-1888           8,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-17-1959          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,4,3
              Buried:                      in Sedalia Cemetery (aka Tate, formerly Shirley), Rt. 23, Doddridge Co WV  8,5
              Father: Thomas Holt 
              Mother: Mary Margaret Lipscomb 
           M Child 1: Kenneth Eugene "Gene" Davis      
                Born: Jun-28-1928          in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  10
                Died: Jun-14-1991           11
                Wife: Patty Ann Woodson  b. May-26-1932  d. Jan-24-2000  
             Married: Jul-22-1950          in Salem, WV  10

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. 119. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(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. 182. 
(5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(6) Obituary of mother. 
(7) Marriage record of son. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Obituary of wife. 

Event Notes
Note (1) "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 182, reports birth date as Nov 21
1886.  But death record states Feb 6 1888, and date on headstone is also 1888.







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