Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Davis
Born: Apr- 1-1774 in New Jersey 1 Died: Jun-13-1851 in Shelby Co, OH 1 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 2 Military: Lt, Virginia Militia, War of 1812 2 Father: William "Bottom Billy" Davis (1754 - ) Mother: Elizabeth Anna Havens (1754 - 1834)
Wife: Elizabeth Davis Married: Sep- -1795 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Born: May-10-1781 in New Jersey 4 (see note 1) Died: Apr-22-1857 in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 1 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 2 Father: Jacob Davis (1748 - 1793) Mother: Mary Davis (1750 - 1806)
M Child 1: Sylvester Davis Born: 1797 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 2 Died: Feb- 4-1880 in Miami Co, OH 2 Buried: in Lawrenceville Cemetery, Clark Co, OH 2
F Child 2: Lydia Davis Born: Jun-23-1799 in Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Died: Feb- 7-1866 in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 2 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 2 Husband: Solomon Sayre b. Mar-30-1799 d. Aug-19-1881
M Child 3: Uriah Davis Born: Jan- 1-1800 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Died: Nov- 1-1870 in Richardson Co, NE 5,2 Buried: in Standerford Cemetery, Humboldt, Richardson Co, NE 2 Resided: from 1865 in Long Branch, Richardson Co, NE 6 Resided: 1854 - 1865 in Clinton Co, IA 6 Resided: 1845 - 1854 in Illinois 6 Resided: until 1845 in Shelby Co, OH 6 Resided: formerly in Clark Co, OH 6 Resided: originially in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Vienna Davis b. Feb- 4-1804 d. May-30-1886 Married: Nov- 7-1822 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 4: Jeptha V. Davis Born: Sep- 6-1802 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Died: Sep-16-1878 in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 2 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 2 Wife: Matilda Haff Loofboro b. 1804 d. Jan-23-1866 Married: Aug- 2-1822 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
M Child 5: Reuben B. Davis Born: Jan- 1-1804 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Died: Dec-23-1883 in Cass Co, MI 2 Buried: in Crawford (aka Jefferson) Cemetery), Edwardsburg, Cass Co, MI 2 Wife: Susannah Smith b. Feb- 1-1813 d. Apr-20-1902
F Child 6: Mary "Polly" Davis Born: Feb- 1-1806 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Died: Sep- 7-1893 in Garwin, Tama Co, IA 5,2 Buried: in Garwin Union Cemetery, Garwin, Tama Co, IA 2 Husband: John W. Knight b. Feb-27-1804 d. Jul- 4-1877 Married: Mar-27-1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
M Child 7: Calvin Davis Born: Dec-27-1807 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8 Died: Nov-18-1892 in Richardson Co, NE 8,2 Buried: in Long Branch Cemetery, Franklin Precinct, Section 29, Humboldt, Richardson Co, NE 2,8 (see note 2) Wife: Lydia A. Maxson b. Aug-19-1811 d. Oct-19-1871 Married: Apr-21-1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9
M Child 8: Luther Luke Davis Born: May-31-1810 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8 Died: Jun-16-1886 in Sidney, Shelby Co, OH 8,10 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH Resided: 1837 - 1886 in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 10 Resided: 1832 - 1837 in Clark Co, OH 10 Resided: until 1831 in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10 Wife: Jane Morris b. Nov-23-1815 d. Feb- 2-1891 Married: May-10-1835 in Ohio 8,11
F Child 9: Phiothata Davis 5 Born: Dec- 5-1812 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 12,13 (see note 3) Died: Dec-20-1882 in Carlton Twp, Tama Co, IA 12 Buried: in Garwin Union Cemetery, Garwin, Tama Co, IA 2 Cause of death: typhoid pneumonia 12 Resided: from 1862 in Carlton Twp, Tama Co, IA 12 Resided: in Clark Co, OH 12 Resided: until abt 1831 in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Maxson Babcock b. May- 5-1817 d. Apr- 8-1891 Married: ca 1835 11
M Child 10: James Madison Davis Born: Dec- 1-1814 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14 Died: Dec-27-1876 in Carlton Twp, Tama Co, IA 14 Buried: in Garwin Union Cemetery, Garwin, Tama Co, IA 14 Resided: until 1832 in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14 Wife: Amanda Jane Finch b. Dec-20-1816 d. Feb- 4-1901 Married: Jun-10-1834 in North Hampton, Clark Co, OH 6
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. 17. (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, Marriage date given as Sep 1 1795 on p. 10, but Sep 8 1795 on p. 17. James Davis and Elizabeth Davis were first cousins. (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, Birth date given as 1780 on p. 10, but May 10 1781 on p. 17. (5) Headstone. (6) Obituary of wife. (7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) 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. 44. (9) 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. 16. (10) Obituary, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118278053. (11) Obituary of husband. (12) Obituary, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55776803. (13) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (14) Obituary, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52052737. Event Notes Note (1) Findagrave reports birth date as 1778, but "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 17, reports it as May 10 1781. Her headstone is badly weathered and not readable. Note (2) 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Long Branch, Richardson Co, Neb. Note (3) Findagrave reports birth date as Mar 2 1812. But both her obituary and headstone show her death date as Dec 20 1882 and state her age as 70 yr 15 da, which calculates to a birth date of Dec 5 1812Name Index