Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lucas C. Davis    
                Born: Nov-10-1851          at Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
              Census: 1880                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father: Cornelius S. Davis   (1824 - 1909) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Sutton   (1831 - 1910) 
                Wife: Rebecca J. Ross     
             Married: Mar-25-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: ca 1849              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1877                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1870                 in Glenville District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: Benjamin F. Ross   (1818 - 1890) 
              Mother: Jane ___   (1818 - 1910) 
           M Child 1: Clayton Davis      
                Born: 1878                  1
                Died: Jan-11-1888           1
      Cause of death:                      typhoid  1
              Census: 1880                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Benjamin Franklin Davis      
       Also known as: Franklin Davis 1
                Born: Jan- 4-1880          in Doddridge Co, WV  5,2
                Died: Feb-15-1923          at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  5 (see note 2)
              Buried:                      in Salem, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      self-inflicted gunshot  5
              Census: 1880                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
                Wife: Cora E. Orrahood  b. Nov-  -1890  d. Aug-19-1958  
             Married: Aug- 9-1908          in Doddridge Co, WV  6

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. 166. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(4) 1870 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benjamin F. Davis, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and 
Cora E. Orrahood, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Aug 9 1908 at Smithton UB Church.  Informants for marriage 
license:  B. F. Davis & H. Orrahood. MR p. 147 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794685&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1855, but age 21 in 1870
Census puts it at about 1849.
Note (2) Grant District







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