Husband: William M. Quinn
Born: Mar- 2-1856 in Marion Co, (W)VA 1 (see note 1)
Died: May-16-1931 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1880, 1900 10 20 30 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Occupation: farmer 3
Father: Michael Quinn ( - 1890)
Mother: Anna C. Boyce (1832 - 1890)
Wife: Alice Eliza Shafer Also known as: Alice Sheffer Married: Mar-21-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Born: Feb- -1876 in Harrison Co, WV 3,1 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Father: Joseph Robert Shaffer (1839 - 1922) Mother: Louisa (Eliza) Grogg (1850 - 1898)
F Child 1: Mettie Edith Quinn Census name: Mintie Born: Oct-17-1896 4 (see note 2) Died: Jan- -1974 4,5 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 4 Census: 1900, 10, 30, 40 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Hartsel Elsworth Davis b. Jul- 6-1894 d. May-29-1966 Also known as: Hart Davis 7 Married: Aug-15-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
M Child 2: George Oliver Quinn Also known as: Oliver Quinn 9 Born: 1899 10 (see note 3) Died: 1953 10 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 40 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 road construction worker 11 Wife: Obrie Swisher b. Apr-23-1908 d. Jul-26-2005 Census name: Obra Swisher
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (4) Social Security Death Index. (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. 286. (6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (7) Newspaper birth announcement of grandson. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 286, reports Mettie Quinn's birth date as 1895 and their marriage date as Aug 15 1914. But SSDI shows her birth date as Aug 17 1896, and "Doddridge County WV Marriages," p. 198, shows marriage date as Aug 15 1916. (9) Obituary of wife. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) Event Notes Note (1) Age 55 in 1910 Census would put birth in about 1855. Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1860, age 40. Note (2) Birth date on headstone reported as 1895, but SSDI shows it as Oct 17 1896. Birth date in 1900 Census is Nov 1896. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Apr 1898.