Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John F. Darnold    
       Also known as: John Darnell 1
                Born: 1857                  2,3
                Died: 1927                  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1887                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Parkison Darnold   (1812 - 1883) 
              Mother: Patsy Jane Turner   (1823 - 1891) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Delia Gay Davis     
         Census name: Delia J. 
             Married: Mar- 8-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Born: Jun-10-1859           6
                Died: Mar- 5-1885           6
              Census: 1870, 1880           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Jesse J. Davis   (1812 - 1904) 
              Mother: Huldah Davis   (1816 - 1900) 
           M Child 1: Curtis Darnold      
                Born: ca 1879               7
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Darnell, single, age (blank), b. Lewis Co, res. 
Doddridge Co, son of Parkinson & Mary P. Darnell; and Delia Gay Davis, single, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of 
Jesse J. & Huldah Davis.  Married Mar 8 1877 in Doddridge County, officiated by Jacob Davis. MR p. 216 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792207&Type=Marriage. 
(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. 68. 
(7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 







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