Jul-28-2018                   
                      Elesef Davis    
       Also known as: Eleseph Davis 1
                Born: ca 1817               2,1
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA   (see note 2)
              Father: Jesse Davis   (1788 - 1823) 
              Mother: Hannah Davis   (1784 - 1880) 
           ? Child 1: (Infant) Davis      
                Born: Jul- 4-1850          at Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  
                Died: Jul- 4-1850          at Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Sabina O. Davis      
       Also known as: Sobrina Davis 3
                Born: Dec- 7-1855          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4,5,6
                Died: Apr-12-1936          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4,6
              Buried:                      in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4,7
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: William Burgess Gabbert  b. Nov- 5-1845  d. Mar-14-1929  
             Married: Dec- 6-1879          in Doddridge Co, WV  8

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. 18. 
(2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(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. 46. 
(4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Wm. B. Gabbert, widowed, 34, b. Taylor Co, res. 
Doddridge Co, son of David & Nancy J. Gabbert; and Sabina O. Davis, single, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of 
(father's name blank) & Elisip (?) Davis.  Married Dec 6 1879 in Doddridge County. MR p. 238 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791932&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Listed as mother-in-law Elesif Davis, 63, widowed, in household of daughter &
son-in-law Sabina & William B. Gabbert.
Note (2) Listed as Elesif Davis, 30, in household of her sister and brother-in-law,
Charlotte & Evan Hutson, and their family.  A daughter in that family was Elesit
O. Hutson, Elesif Davis' niece.







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