Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jessie Randolph Davis    
         Census name: Jesse R. Davis 1
                Born: Jul-18-1877           
                Died: Apr-26-1948           
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: James H. (Burton) Davis   (1851 - 1936) 
              Mother: Lucy Ann Clark   (1848 - 1900) 
                Wife: Dessie Bates   2  
         Census name: Dessa Bates 
             Married: Dec-24-1903           
                Born: Apr-18-1886           3
                Died: May-11-1967          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Daniel Bates   (1864 - 1926) 
              Mother: Louisa Anna Harbert   (1864 - 1934) 
           M Child 1: Edward Ray Davis      
                Born: Feb-24-1905           4
                Died: Oct-26-1992           4
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Wife: Bertha Virginia Bice  
           F Child 2: Carrie Alice Davis      
                Born: Jul-22-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,6
                Died: Apr-  -1985          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  4,6
             Husband: Clarence Jason Nixon  b. Mar-25-1892  d. Dec- 1-1953  
             Married: Nov-12-1924          in Saltwell, Harrison Co, WV  7
           F Child 3: Anna C. Davis      
                Born: Jul-25-1907           4
                Died: May- 6-2008           4
             Resided:                      in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Husband: Arthur Barnes  
             Husband: Leslie Winters  
           M Child 4: Ora Marcellus Davis      
                Born: Aug-30-1909          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,4
                Died: Feb-21-1992           5
             Resided: 1944                 near Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1931                 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  6
                Wife: Pearl Mamy Adams  b. Aug-13-1909  
             Married: Apr-19-1931          in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  8
                Wife: Mabel Jones  b. Apr-28-1909  
             Married: May-17-1944          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9
           F Child 5: Edna Gay Davis      
                Born: May-27-1915          in Taylor Co, WV  6,4
                Died: Apr-  -1996           4
             Resided:                      in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  6,5
             Husband: Harold Othel Wood  b. Aug- 5-1911  d. Sep-  -1987  
             Married: Jul-26-1946          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  6

Sources:
(1) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Clarence J. Nixon, 22, b. Marion Co, res. Shinnston WV, 
son of (blank) & Mary Nixon; and Carrie Alice Davis, 18, b. Doddridge Co, res. Bridgeport WV, dau of Jessie & Dessie 
Davis.  Person providing information for marriage license:  Clarence J. Nixon, with written consent of Jessie Davis.  
Married Nov 12 1924 at Salt Well (sic), WV, by Oscar F. Nease, a Methodist Episcopal minister. MR p. 
174. 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Ora Marcellus Davis, 21, b. Aug 30 1909 in Doddridge Co, 
son of Jessie Davis & Dessie (Bates) Davis; and Pearl Mamy Adams, 21, b. Aug 13 1909 in Harrison Co, res. Clarksburg, 
dau of (blank) & Mary (Adams) Chalker.  Married Apr 19 1931. MR p. 72. 
(9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Ora Marcellus Davis, divorced, 34, b. Aug 30 1909 in 
Salem WV, res. Bridgeport WV, son of Jesse R. Davis & Dessie (Bates) Davis; and Mabel Jones, single, 35, b. Apr 28 1909 
in Jackson, Wetzel Co WV, res. Clarksburg WV, dau of Heenan Jones & Alta (Lemley) Jones.  Married May 17 1944 in 
Clarksburg. MR p. 301. 







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