Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Asher S. Childers    
                Born: Dec-  -1844           1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-19-1920           1,3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Father: William Childers   (     - 1849) 
              Mother: Jane D. Sutton   (1820 - 1897) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Rachel B. Davis   4  
         Census name: Rachel C. Davis 
             Married: Dec- 8-1884          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Born: May- 2-1863           6,3
                Died: Jan-27-1940           3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Father: Cornelius S. Davis   (1824 - 1909) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Sutton   (1831 - 1910) 
           F Child 1: Mattie S. Childers      
                Born: ca 1880               7
             Husband: Kirby V. Davis  b. ca 1877  
             Married: Oct-22-1901          in Harrison Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Roy Childers      
                Born: Mar-12-1886           3
                Died: Aug-22-1907           3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2
           F Child 3: Edna Childers      
                Born: Aug-13-1888           3
                Died: Mar- 2-1894           3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2
           M Child 4: Howard D. Childers      
                Born: Dec-25-1903          in Salem, WV  8
                Died: Nov-28-1996          in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  9
             Resided:                      in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  8,10
          Occupation:                      teacher  8
                Wife: Mildred Mason  b. Oct-14-1905  d. Oct-15-1997  
             Married: Aug-18-1928           11

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. 74. 
(2) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) 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. 
(6) 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. 
(7) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) 
(8) Obituary. 
(9) Obituary - Hospital. 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Obituary of husband. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given as Dec 21 1844 in "Davis - the Settlers of Salem WV," p. 74.
But "Cemeteries of Tenmile District," p. 80, reports birth date on headstone as
Dec 27 1844.  Death record indicates no birth date at all.
Note (2) Not with family in 1870 Census.







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