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Ezra F. DAVIS

Ezra F. DAVIS

Male 1846 - 1921  (75 years)

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  • Name Ezra F. DAVIS 
    Born 1846  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 30 in the 1880 Census would put birth in about 1850. But age in marriage record would put birth in about 1846, and the 1900 Census shows it as May 1847, and his death record states Apr 4 1846.
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co H 4th WVa Cav, Co G 5th WVa Cav, Co G 6th WVa Cav, Civil War  [3, 4] 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [5] 
    farmer 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900 
    day laborer 
    Census 1910  Springhill Twp, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [6] 
    farm laborer (working out) 
    Census 1920  South Norfolk, Norfolk Co (now city of Chesapeake), VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 14 Jan 1921  South Norfolk, Norfolk Co (now city of Chesapeake), VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I46055  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 May 2019 

    Father Peter W. DAVIS,   b. 28 Mar 1809,   d. 18 Jan 1894  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Ann DAVIS,   b. 1811,   d. Bef Sep 1876  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F17644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy C. SNIDER,   b. CA 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Jul 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 14 1880:
      Ezra Davis, 30, farmer, cannot write; wife Nancy C, 30; dau Matilda, 13; dau Carolina, 10; dau Mary E, 8; son Charles L, 5; son Franklin I, 3; boarder Ebert Emory, 12, farm laborer.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Nancy C. Davis, 53, b. Mar 1847, farmer, married 29 yrs, mother of 9 children (7 still living); son Harvy H, 21, b. May 1879, single, oil rig laborer; dau Clarisy, 18, b. Apr 1882, single; dau Dollie, 15, b. Mar 1885; hired boy James Tharts, 15, b. Mar 1885.

      1900 Census, Marion Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on 8/9 Jun 1900:
      Ezra F. Davis, 53, b. May 1847, day laborer, married 5 yrs; wife Anna M, 36, b. Jan 1864, married 5 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Gracie, 4, b. Jan 1896; son Alford E, 2, b. Sep 1897; son Ora, b. Mar 1900. [9]
    Children 
    +1. Matilda Pearl DAVIS,   b. 27 Mar 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +2. Eliza Carolina DAVIS,   b. 30 May 1870,   d. 30 Aug 1955, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Albert DAVIS,   b. CA 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
    +4. Mary Ellen "Ella" DAVIS,   b. CA 1872,   d. 21 May 1926, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     5. Albert DAVIS,   b. May 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
    +6. Charles Lewis DAVIS,   b. 11 Sep 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 68 years)
     7. Franklin I. DAVIS,   b. CA 1877
     8. Clarissa DAVIS,   b. 4 Apr 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Dollie H. DAVIS,   b. 23 Mar 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1977, Borger, Hutchinson Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F18774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Annie M. COLE,   b. 5 Jan 1864, Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1926, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married CA 1895  [10] 
    Family ID F49735  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    6. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    7. [S56] Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [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 >).

    10. [S2246] 1900 Census, Marion County, WV.