Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jacob Wilson Davis
Born: Aug-12-1854 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Dec-27-1916 2,4 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 2,4 Census: 1900 in Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Father: Robert W. Davis, Jr. (1802 - 1898) Mother: Rebecca Ash (1813 - 1873)
Wife: Sarah Virginia Pratt 5 Married: May-13-1879 in Tyler Co, WV 1,6
Born: Jul-30-1859 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 7,1 Died: Oct-17-1944 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4 Census: 1900 in Tyler Co, WV Father: Perry Pratt (1831 - 1864) Mother: Hannah Weekley (1835 - 1881)
F Child 1: Daisy Virginia Davis Born: Aug- 1-1880 in Tyler Co, WV 8,7,1 Died: May- 2-1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 8,9 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1904 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 1 Census: 1900 in Tyler Co, WV Husband: Alti Irvin Stewart b. 1881 d. 1961 Also known as: Ervin Stewart 10,3 Married: Jun-18-1904 near Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 1
F Child 2: Ona Martha Davis Born: Sep-19-1883 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4,11 Died: Nov- 4-1964 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 4,11 Buried: in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH 4 Resided: 1916 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Husband: John M. Rollins b. Dec-18-1878 d. Jan-11-1940
F Child 3: Rua Davis Born: ca 1892 in Tyler Co, WV 1 Resided: 1916 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1 Resided: 1910 in Tyler Co, WV 1 Husband: Clyde Swisher b. ca 1885 Married: May- 8-1910 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13
M Child 4: Ora Carl Davis Also known as: Carl Davis 14 Born: Aug-11-1903 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 15,16 Died: May- -1973 16 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 17 Resided: in Salem, WV 15,18 Resided: 1916 near Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 14 Wife: Gertrude E. Ford b. Oct- 5-1894 d. Dec-11-1959 Census name: Gertie E. Ford Wife: Veva Mae Bonnell b. Oct-20-1916 d. Mar- 9-1989 Married: Jun- 5-1960 in Salem, WV 19
Sources: (1) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (2) Obituary. (3) Headstone. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Obituary of husband. (7) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (10) Obituary of son. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Obituary of brother. (13) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Clyde Swisher, 25, b. & res. in Harrison Co; and Rua Davis, 18, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married May 8 1910 "at home of D. M. Swisher, Clarksburg," officiated by D. W. Cunningham, a minister of the United Brethren in Christ Church. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12043497&Type=Marriage. (14) Obituary of father. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (16) Social Security Death Index. (17) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (18) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Ora Carl Davis, widowed, 56, b. Aug 11 1903 in Wilbur, Tyler Co WV, son of Jacob Wilson Davis & Sarah Virginia (Pratt) Davis; and Veva Mae Seckman, divorced, 43, b. Oct 20 1917 in Salem, Harrison Co WV, dau of Wesley Charles Bonnell & Nellie Blanche (Davis) Bonnell. Married Jun 5 1960 in Salem. MR p. 245. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in obituary as Aug 12 1854, while the 1900 Census shows it as Aug 1853.Name Index