Jul-28-2018
Husband: Cornelius S. Davis
Born: Aug- 8-1824 1,2,3 Died: Dec- 3-1909 2 Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Nathan J. Davis (1797 - 1891) Mother: Keziah Davis (1796 - 1862)
Wife: Elizabeth Sutton Married: Aug- 8-1848 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Jan-26-1831 2,3 Died: Feb-28-1910 2,1 Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: John Sutton (1785 - 1869) Mother: Rachel Davis (1792 - 1853)
M Child 1: Gilbert Franklin Davis Born: Apr- 9-1849 1 Wife: Marie Annie Marlow Married: Nov- 7-1875 in Baltimore, MD 1 Wife: Lizzy L. Hissey
M Child 2: Lucas C. Davis Born: Nov-10-1851 at Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 5,6 Census: 1880 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 7 Wife: Rebecca J. Ross b. ca 1849 Married: Mar-25-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
F Child 3: Arminda S. Davis Born: May- 2-1853 1 Died: Mar- -1876 1 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Reuben H. Davis Also known as: Reubin Davis 6 Born: Mar- 1-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,6 Died: Jan-19-1902 in Harrison Co, WV 1 Buried: Long Run 1 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Sarah McCloy b. ca 1859 d. Jan-16-1902 Married: Jan- 5-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
M Child 5: Jethro Randolph Davis Born: Feb-11-1857 1 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Kate A. Nee b. ca 1862 Also known as: Katie Nee 6 Married: Jul-22-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 6 Wife: Polina Susan "Vena" Meek b. Nov-15-1861 d. Jan-11-1930 Census name: Paulina Meek
M Child 6: Christian Davis Born: ca 1860 9 Died: Dec-22-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Rachel B. Davis Census name: Rachel C. Davis Born: May- 2-1863 1,2 Died: Jan-27-1940 2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Husband: Asher S. Childers b. Dec- -1844 d. Oct-19-1920 Married: Dec- 8-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
F Child 8: Eliza L. Davis Born: Jun- 2-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Died: Feb-20-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Cause of death: heart disease 15 Census: 1870, 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 9: Etta Jane Davis Census name: Ettie Davis Born: Jul-22-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,16,14,17 (see note 2) Died: Jan-12-1939 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 18 Buried: in Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 18 Resided: in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 18 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Resided: 1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1870, 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Thomas Ford b. Jan-26-1866 d. Apr- 7-1904 Married: Dec-23-1886 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 19
M Child 10: Ernest B. Davis Census name: Earnest Davis Born: Sep-30-1871 1 (see note 3) Died: Jul-15-1949 in Washington, DC 20,21 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 20,11 Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1930 laborer at odd jobs 23 Wife: Hattie Mildred Haskins b. Aug-11-1873 d. 1904 Also known as: Harriet M. Haskins 13 Married: Feb- 8-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 (see note 4) Wife: Nora C. Frye b. ca 1871 Married: Apr-20-1905 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22
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. 101. (2) Headstone. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (4) Findagrave.com. (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. 166. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Reubin Davis, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Sarah McCloy, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jan 5 1879 in Doddridge County. MR p. 230 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792324&Type=Marriage. (9) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (10) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (11) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Asher S. Childers, 39, of Doddridge Co; and Rachel B. Davis, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 8 1884. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (15) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (16) 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789951&Type=Marriage. (18) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=731374&Type=Death. (19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Thomas Ford, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Etta Davis, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Dec 23 1886 "near the parsonage on the B. & O. R.R.," officiated by George D. Holden, a Minister of the U.B. Church. Informants for marriage license: Thomas Ford & Cornelius S. Davis. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789951&Type=Marriage. (20) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (21) Headstone (year only) (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (23) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). Event Notes Note (1) Not with family in 1870 Census. Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Jul 22 1866. But "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 101, reports it as Jul 22 1867, which is supported by birth date July 1867 in the 1900 Census and age 3 in the 1880 Census. Note (3) Birthplace given as Ritchie County in 1894 marriage record, but as Doddridge County in 1905 marriage record. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 101, reports birth date as Sep 30 1871, while his death record shows it as Sep 30 1870 and his headstone is also 1870. The 1870 Census of his family, enumerated on Jul 12 1870, lists "(Not Named) Davis", male, age 8 months, birth month September. But since Ernest was listed as age 8 in the 1880 Census, the unnamed child was apparently another one who died in the interim. We have found no records to support or disprove that analysis. Note (4) at the residence of Asher ChildersName Index