Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Hickman Francis "Hick" Davis    
         Census name: Francis H. Hickman 
                Born: Jun- 6-1870          in Doddridge Co, WV  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father: Ananias Davis   (1837 - 1906) 
              Mother: Nancy McCloy   (1839 - 1917) 
                Wife: Aletha Chlora Chedester   1  
       Also known as: Clara 
             Married: Oct- 8-1905          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: May-27-1887          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  4,5,6,3
                Died: Mar-28-1942          in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Nimrod Jahu Chedester   (1853 -     ) 
              Mother: Emily J. Frashure   (1857 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Ollie Graham Davis      
                Born: Sep- 4-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,7
                Died: Jun-  -1977           7
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  8
             Resided:                      in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Sadra Pearl Knight  b. May- 2-1900  d. Jul-  -1982  
       Also known as: Pearl Knight 10,11,12,13,14
             Married: Mar-18-1930          in Salem, WV  3
                Wife: Ruby Ellen Brown  b. Nov-19-1908  d. Feb-25-2001  
             Married: Oct- 9-1943           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. 103. 
(2) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(10) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(11) Birth record of son. 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(13) Marriage record of son. 
(14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 47 in 1920 Census would put birth in about 1873, while age 30 in his 1905
marriage record would put it in about 1875,







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