Husband: Lorhemus W. "Low" Davis
Also known as: Lo Davis 1
Born: Apr-28-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,4,5
Died: Sep-13-1951 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 2,4
Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 6,2,7
Resided: at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 2,8
Census: 1900 10 20 30 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Occupation: farmer 2,9
Occupation: 1910 oil field worker 10
Father: Don Manuel Davis (1838 - 1894)
Mother: Mary M. Smith (1853 - 1933)
Wife: Talitha Frances Ford 3
Census name: Francis Ford
Married: Dec-22-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
Born: Feb-28-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,1 (see note 2)
Died: Dec- 4-1940 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 2,4
Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 6,2,7
Census: 1900 10 20 30 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Richard Ford (1847 - 1916)
Mother: Eveline Ashcraft (1839 - 1923)
Notes
F Child 1: Sylvia Belle Davis Census name: Silva B. Davis Born: Feb-26-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,13,4,5 Died: 1971 4 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 15,7 Resided: 1951 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 17,9 Husband: Valentine Ball b. Feb-15-1892 d. Jan-23-1968 Married: Dec-25-1914 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 2: Richard Thomas "Tom" Davis
Census name: Thomas R. Davis
Born: Nov-16-1898 19,6 (see note 3)
Died: Sep-17-1928 at Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV 2,19,6
Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 7,6,2
Cause of death: mining accident (crushed) 2
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: coal miner 2
F Child 3: Pearl Davis Census name: Estella P. Davis Born: Jul- 7-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,21 Died: Feb- -1981 20 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22 Resided: 1951 in Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1922 in Harrison Co, WV 21 Census: 1920 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Fred F. Randolph b. Sep-19-1902 d. Dec- -1981 Married: Apr-28-1922 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 21
F Child 4: Lee Nora Davis Also known as: Nora Davis 16 Born: Feb-16-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,20,4 Died: Jan- 8-1975 in Canton, Stark Co, OH 23,20,4 Buried: in Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton, Stark Co, OH 7 Resided: in Canton, Stark Co, OH 24,16 Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ernest Brent Yerkey b. 1888 d. 1975 Census name: Brent Yerkey Married: Jan-14-1925 in Salem, WV 5
M Child 5: Evart Beryl Davis Also known as: Burley Everet Davis 14 Born: Dec-31-1904 20,4 Died: Oct- -1981 20 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Resided: 1951 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Lula Dessel Davis Also known as: Dessel Lula Davis 2 Born: Nov-20-1906 in Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV 25,2,26,27 (see note 4) Died: Jun-17-1965 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,27,4 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 2,15 Resided: in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 2,16 Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Melburn Eugene Swisher b. Feb-21-1905 d. Jan- -1974 Census name: Melvin Swisher Married: Oct-27-1923 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD 28,9
M Child 7: John Dalen Davis Born: Apr- 1-1908 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 29,20,30 Died: Apr-12-1974 20,30 Resided: in Cameron, Marshall Co, WV 22,16 Resided: 1940 in Warwood, Ohio Co, WV 31 Census: 1940 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Resided: 1933 in Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV 32 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9 Occupation: 1940 fireman at Beech Bottom power plant 33 Wife: Olive "Ollie" Dye b. Apr- 5-1904 d. Dec- 9-1998 Census name: Ollie Dye Married: Apr-11-1933 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV 32
F Child 8: Aris Hester Davis Also known as: Hester Davis 9,21,16 Born: Apr- 1-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,21 Died: Dec- 8-2000 20 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22 Resided: Aug 1930, 1951 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 16 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9 Husband: Coy Lee Fitzpatrick b. Jul-10-1909 d. Dec-21-2002 Married: Aug-23-1930 in Salem, WV 21
F Child 9: Evaline Charlotte Davis Born: Mar-11-1912 4 Died: Jun- 9-1970 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: 1951 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Never married: 34
F Child 10: Hazel Arretta Davis Born: Jan-19-1914 in Doddridge Co, WV 21,20 Died: Feb- 3-1983 20 Resided: in Franklin, Pendleton Co, WV 22 Resided: 1951 in Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV 16 Resided: 1942 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9 Husband: Thornton S. Fitzpatrick b. Oct- 9-1914 d. Nov-24-1995 Married: Jul-18-1942 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 21
M Child 11: Dorsey Allen Davis Also known as: Allen Davis 31 Born: Oct-19-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 29,20 Died: Nov-22-1995 20 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Resided: 1963 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 35 Resided: 1951 in Chesapeake, Kanawha Co, WV 36 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Military: Jun- 5-1940 - Oct- 8-1945 U.S. Army, World War II 30 Wife: Delphia Gladie ___ b. Jan- 8-1914 d. Mar-17-2000 Married: Dec-27-1963 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 35
F Child 12: Talitha Mary Davis Also known as: Mary Davis 9,5,16 Born: Jun-25-1917 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 20,5 Died: Sep-24-2008 20 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22 Resided: 1951 in Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV 16 Resided: 1940 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1920, 1930 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9 Husband: Carl E. Gorrell b. Jan-29-1912 d. Aug-18-2002 Married: Nov-17-1940 at Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 5
F Child 13: Ohna Low Davis Born: Mar- 2-1920 at Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV 29,5,20 Died: Sep-16-2002 20 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7 Resided: in Salem, WV 37 Resided: 1965 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Resided: 1951 in Canton, Stark Co, OH 16 Census: 1930, 1940 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9,38 Military: enlisted 11/21/1942 Aviation Cadet, Womens Army Corps, World War II 39 Husband: ___ Fisher Husband: Henry Joseph Bifolchi b. Jan- 1-1915 d. Oct-11-1980 Married: Jul-12-1965 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (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. 127. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) Obituary. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Death record of wife. (9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lo Davis, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Telitha Ford, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Dec 22 1895 "at the residence of the bride's parents.", http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792695&Type=Marriage. (12) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lebetha Ford, white female, b. Feb 28 1878 in Doddridge County, dau of Richards Ford & Eveline. Informant: Father. NOTE: This ledger-style register of births is a typewritten transcription of the original handwritten records. As such, some details are undoubtedly missing or incorrectly stated. This is the likely cause of the misspelling of the child's name as Lebetha rather than Talitha. BR p. 94, Line 11 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2604105&Type=Birth. (13) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (14) Wade H. Coffindaffer Jr. (1918-1991), Clarksburg, WV, Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Dye Ford (Self-published, July 1991), p. 7. (15) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (16) Obituary of father. (17) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mr. Valentine Ball, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Sylva Davis, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Dec 25 1914 "at the U.B. Parsonage on Morgans Run." Informants for the marriage license: Valentine Ball & L. Davis. MR p. 357. (19) Headstone. (20) Social Security Death Index. (21) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (22) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (23) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (24) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (25) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, This birth is recorded twice, once as reported by the doctor (Line 1002, no given name entered) and once as reported by the assessor.(Line 1011, entered as Lula D. Davis). http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2621363&Type=Birth. (26) Birth record of son. (27) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (28) Family Bible. (29) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (30) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (31) Obituary of mother. (32) Brooke County Marriage Records, Wellsburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11754884&Type=Marriage. (33) 1940 Census, Ohio County, WV. (34) Wade H. Coffindaffer Jr. (1918-1991), Clarksburg, WV, Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Dye Ford (Self-published, July 1991), P. 7. (35) Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV. (36) Obituary of father, Incorrectly identified as Dorothy A. Davis. (37) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Maryland before 1951. (38) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (39) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. Event Notes Note (1) In 1940, location specied as Morgans Run. Note (2) Age 64y 8m 24d in death record would put birth at Mar 10 1876. But 1900 Census gives birth date as Feb 1878, while obituary states Feb 28 1877 and date on headstone is 1877. Her birth record, however, states that she was born on Feb 28 1878. She was age 2 in the 1880 Census. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1898, but date on headstone is Nov 16 1898. Death date given in obituary and on headstone as Sep 17 1928, but death record states Sep 16 1928, with burial on the 17th. His death record shows his marital status as divorced, wife's name Erma (?) Davison. Some researchers report that he was married to Mamie Davidson. His obituary makes no mention of wife or children. Note (4) Birt date on headstone is 1907.