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Armeda Bell FORD

Armeda Bell FORD

Female 1882 - 1964  (82 years)

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  • Name Armeda Bell FORD 
    Born 13 Apr 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 30 Nov 1964  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I36067  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 

    Father James W. FORD,   b. 16 Dec 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1924, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elsie Jane MOWRY,   b. 3 Jul 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F14025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lewis Eldridge DAVIS,   b. 10 May 1874,   d. 23 Dec 1916, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1905  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 18, 1910:
      Lee Davis, 34, teamster in oil fields, married 6 yrs; wife Bell, 29, married 6 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Lexie, 4; dau Eula, 2; servant Goldie Davis, 17, single, servant for private family. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Lewis E. Davis and Goldie Murl Davis were related in several ways, the closest being 1st cousins once removed, their grandfather/greatgrandfather being Nathan Gifford Davis.

      Following the death in 1916 or 1917 of husband Lewis E. Davis, Armeda Bell Ford married widower Marion H. Johnson in 1919.
    Children 
     1. Frances DAVIS,   b. 2 Apr 1905,   d. 2 Apr 1905  (Age 0 years)
     2. Elexis Louella DAVIS,   b. 28 May 1906, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Roxie Eulalia DAVIS,   b. 1 Apr 1908, Newman (now Tarkiln at Rt 50), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1991  (Age 82 years)
     4. Elsie Florence DAVIS,   b. 10 Jul 1912
    Family ID F34423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marion Harrison JOHNSON,   b. 9 Sep 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1980  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 19 Apr 1919  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Following the death in 1914 of wife Ida Belle Gain, Marion H. Johnson married Armeda Bell Ford, widow of Lewis E. Davis, in 1919.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jan 22 1920:
      Marion H. Johnson, 31, laborer at gas company; wife Bell A, 38; son Ola C, 12; son Dewey B, 7; son Ray B, 5; stepdau Lexie L. Davis, 13; stepdau Eulalie R. Davis, 11; stepdau Elsie F. Davis, 9.
      (NOTE: In this census, sons Harvey F. and Harley E. were enumerated in the household of their maternal grandparents, John W. & Rebecca J (Shaw) Gain, in McClellan District.)

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 21 1930 at Robinson Road:
      Marion H. Johnson, 41, oil field worker; wife Belle, 47; son Oley C, 22; son Harley E, 17; son Dewey B, 17; son Ray B, 15; stepdau Roxie Davis, 22; stepdau Elsie Davis, 19; stepdau Lexie Webb, 24; son-in-law Howard Webb, 21.
    Family ID F14287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 180.