Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Orlen Cleveland Davis    
       Also known as: Cleveland Davis 1,2
                Born: Nov- 2-1884           3,4
                Died: Aug-15-1966           3,4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  3
              Father: Joshua Davis   (1848 - 1921) 
              Mother: Sarah Ella Ford   (1863 - 1940) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
                Wife: Floreda Gertrude Davis   6  
       Also known as: Gertrude Davis 7
             Married: Sep-10-1904          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: Jul-26-1886           1,7
                Died: ca 1960               9
              Father: John Smith Keener Davis   (1845 - 1923) 
              Mother: Emily Jane Williams   (1848 - 1896) 
           F Child 1: Lucille Davis      
                Born: Sep-14-1905           1
             Resided: 1990                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Husband: Fernon Ulysses Gregoire  b. Dec-14-1900  d. Feb-13-1977  
             Married: Jun-16-1924           11
           M Child 2: Cleveland Davis, Jr.      
                Born: ca 1908               2
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Herbert Murray Davis   7   
       Also known as: Murray Davis 12,13
                Born: Feb-28-1910          in Doddridge Co, WV  12
                Died: Jun- 7-1990          in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN  14
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  12
             Resided:                      in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN  12
             Resided: formerly             in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  12
          Occupation:                      teacher, basketball coach, postal worker  12
           Education:                      Salem College (1932)  13
                Wife: Carlene Ogreta Wallace  b. Jun- 6-1912  d. Oct-16-1988  
             Married: May-23-1933          in Doddridge Co, WV  15,7
           M Child 4: Theadore R. Davis      
                Born: Jun-29-1920           16
                Died: Jun- 9-2001          in Akron, Summit Co, OH  17,3
              Buried: (ashes)              in Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman, Medina Co, OH  18,19
             Resided:                      in Akron, Summit Co, OH  20,16
            Military: enlisted Dec 1942    CPL, US Army, World War II  18,21
                Wife: Eva Pearl Swisher  b. Dec- 2-1929  

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. 221. 
(2) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(3) Social Security Death Index. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(6) Obituary of son. 
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Orlan [sic] C. Davis, 20, of Doddridge Co; and Gertrude Davis, 18, of Doddridge Co.  Married Sep 10 
1904. 
(9) 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. 159. 
(10) Obituary of brother. 
(11) 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. 281. 
(12) Obituary. 
(13) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1932. 
(14) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(15) Obituary of husband. 
(16) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(17) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(18) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(19) Findagrave.com. 
(20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(21) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 







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