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Ananias DAVIS

Ananias DAVIS

Male 1852 - 1920  (68 years)

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  • Name Ananias DAVIS 
    Census 1880, 1900, 10, 20  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 1852  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1852 and reported by Findagrave as Feb 1 1952. But "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 135, reports it as Mar 31 1952. His headstone has only the year 1852.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of brother William.
    Occupation 1900  [4] 
    railroad watchman 
    Died 9 Jul 1920  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I41114  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2019 

    Father Ehud DAVIS,   b. 1815,   d. 11 Mar 1871  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Catharine DAVIS,   b. 22 Feb 1817,   d. 7 Nov 1878  (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F15011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Florence E. WARNER,   b. CA 1861, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Aug 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Zania L. DAVIS,   b. Jul 1878,   d. 29 Nov 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
    Family ID F16480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lora WATSON,   b. 20 Oct 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1954, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married CA 1881  [4, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 26 1900:
      Annias Davis, 48, b. Feb 1852, railroad watchman, married 19 yrs; wife Lora, 34, b. Oct 1865, married 19 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Earl W, 17, b. Apr 1883, farm laborer; son George L, 15, b. Feb 1885, farm laborer; dau Zenia L, 21, b. Jul 1878, single; nephew Hurbert Cain, 26, b. Apr 1874, single, farm laborer. [7]
    Children 
     1. Earl Wayne DAVIS,   b. 30 Apr 1883, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1964, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. George Leslie DAVIS,   b. 21 Feb 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1950, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F21819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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. 135.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    7. [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 >).