Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Wilson Davis    
                Born: Nov-  -1877           1,2
                Died: Nov-10-1965           3,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      oil field worker  5,6,7
              Father: Samuel F. R. Davis   (1856 - 1920) 
              Mother: Annetta Childers   (1856 -     ) 
                Wife: Bessie Davis   3  
             Married: Jan-29-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: Aug-17-1885           9,3,2
                Died: Jan-29-1965          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,3,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  9,4
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Mother: Mary Josephene Davis   (1847 - 1899) 
           F Child 1: Flossie Davis      
                Born: Dec-13-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
                Died: Jul-  -1980           10
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  10
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Ralph Starkey  b. Apr-26-1905  d. Oct-  -1971  
             Married: Nov- 5-1924          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Norman Davis      
                Born: Jul-28-1905           12
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Eloise Davis      
                Born: ca 1908               5
                Died: Dec-27-1915          at Buckeye Community, near Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  13
      Cause of death:                      "spinal trouble"  13
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 4: Gerald Davis      
                Born: May-18-1910          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,14
                Died: 1987                  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 laborer at odd jobs  15
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer in lumber mill  16
            Military:                      U.S. Navy, World War II  4
                Wife: Iva Morgan  b. Feb-17-1911  d. Feb- 8-1991  
         Census name: Ivy 
             Married: Mar-30-1929          in Salem, WV  14
           F Child 5: Gladys Davis      
                Born: ca 1913               6
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Berneda Davis      
                Born: ca 1917               6
             Resided: 1965                 in Salem, WV  17
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 7: June Davis      
                Born: Sep-22-1918           12
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 8: Edward Davis      
                Born: ca 1922               7
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 9: Annetta Davis      
         Census name: Annettie Davis 
                Born: Jun- 8-1924          in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  14,12
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Ralph Ward Merritt  b. May- 6-1924  d. Sep-23-1982  
         Census name: Gail Merritt 15
             Married: Dec-13-1947          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  14
          M Child 10: Hampton Davis      
                Born: ca 1928               7
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 116, reports birth date as 
1878. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(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 >, p. 116. 
(4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(5) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(12) 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. 180. 
(13) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(15) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(16) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(17) Death record of mother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1900, enumerated in household of uncle Martin V. Davis.







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