Husband: Ernest B. Davis
Census name: Earnest Davis
Born: Sep-30-1871 1 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-15-1949 in Washington, DC 2,3
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 2,4
Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1930 laborer at odd jobs 6
Father: Cornelius S. Davis (1824 - 1909)
Mother: Elizabeth Sutton (1831 - 1910)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Nora C. Frye 7
Married: Apr-20-1905 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Father: James H. Frye (1837 - 1920)
Mother: Mary Susan Rowe (1844 - 1893)
M Child 1: Edwin R. Davis Born: 1909 8 Census: 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: Stanley Edward Davis Census name: Earnest Davis Born: Sep-27-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,10,11 Died: Feb- 3-1974 10,12,11 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4 Resided: in Salem, WV 13 Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Eula Gay Lough b. Jul-27-1921 d. Feb- 5-1993 Married: May-28-1938 in Salem, WV 5
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. 101. (2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (7) Birth record of son. (8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Headstone. (12) Obituary of wife. (13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Ritchie County in 1894 marriage record, but as Doddridge County in 1905 marriage record. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 101, reports birth date as Sep 30 1871, while his death record shows it as Sep 30 1870 and his headstone is also 1870. The 1870 Census of his family, enumerated on Jul 12 1870, lists "(Not Named) Davis", male, age 8 months, birth month September. But since Ernest was listed as age 8 in the 1880 Census, the unnamed child was apparently another one who died in the interim. We have found no records to support or disprove that analysis.