Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lemuel Davis    
                Born: Nov-25-1822           1
                Died: Apr- 1-1900           1
             Resided:                      in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: Joshua J. Davis   (1791 - 1873) 
              Mother: Catherine Maxson   (1797 - 1856) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Rhoda Bee     
             Married: Dec-12-1844          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: May- 5-1822          in Preston Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Sep- 6-1869           1
              Father: Asa Bee II   (1798 - 1861) 
              Mother: Hannah Maxson   (1799 - 1879) 
           M Child 1: Ephraim Bee Davis      
                Born: Dec- 5-1848          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,3,4
                Died: Aug- 5-1908           5,3
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1896                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Wife: Mary Adeline Davis  b. May-17-1853  d. Sep-16-1883  
             Married: Nov- 7-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
                Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Jane Tamer Kniseley  b. Oct-22-1878  d. Nov- 2-1918  
       Also known as: Sarah E. Knisley 5
             Married: Jul-13-1896          in Gilmer Co, WV  4,5
           M Child 2: Phineas Davis      
           M Child 3: Alonzo Davis      
           F Child 4: Virginia Davis      
                Born: 1859                  1
                Died: May-  -1875           1
           M Child 5: Gideon Davis      
                Born: Sep-11-1864           1
                Died: Feb- 6-1876           1
           M Child 6: Daniel Davis      
                Born: Sep-11-1864           1
                Wife: Amanda "Toots" Davis  b. Sep-16-1866  d. Oct-16-1892  
             Married: Jul-15-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Wife: Virginia L. Selman  
             Married: Oct- 5-1893           1

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. 99. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Lemuel Davis and Rhoda Bee.  Married Dec 12 1844.  "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 99, reports marriage date as 
Nov 28 1844. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(5) 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. 164. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 







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