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Wilmah Lee DAVIS

Wilmah Lee DAVIS

Female 1905 - 1984  (79 years)

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  • Name Wilmah Lee DAVIS 
    Born 26 Feb 1905  Fonzo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birthplace incorrectly given in marriage record as Doddridge County. Her birth record (a delayed entry filed in April 1947) shows it to be Fonzo, Ritchie County.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1930  Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Died Dec 1984  [3] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I76259  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2020 

    Father Harry Arden DAVIS,   b. 10 Feb 1875, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1913  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Effie Alice COTTRILL,   b. 26 Jan 1879, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F19319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Freeland WHITEHILL,   b. 13 Dec 1891, Waynesburg, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1960, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [2] 
    Married 6 Apr 1923  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 11 1930 at Blockhouse Hill, Town of West Union:
      George F. Whitehill, 34; wife Wilma L, 25; son Robert L, 6; son William G, 9 months; mother-in-law Effie Davis, 50, widowed.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 9 1940 on U.S. Route 50 in Smithburg:
      George Whitehill, 48, b. Pa, occupation (blank); wife Wilmah, 35; son Robert Lee, 16; son William George, 10.
    Children 
     1. Robert Lee WHITEHILL,   b. 1 Dec 1923,   d. 19 Oct 1993, Bay Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. William George WHITEHILL,   b. 12 Jul 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 2014, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. John Harry WHITEHILL,   b. 18 Oct 1931,   d. 18 Oct 1931  (Age 0 years)
    Documents
    76262_WHITEHILL_GeorgeF_WilmahDavis_MarriageRecord_6Apr1923.jpg    		76262_WHITEHILL_GeorgeF_WilmahDavis_MarriageRecord_6Apr1923.jpg
    Family ID F32560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Apr 1923 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3393507&Type=Birth.

    2. [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. 260.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

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

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 209 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795820&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George F. Whitehill, 31, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co; and Wilmah Davis, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married April 6 1923 in West Union by Edwin H. Cross, Minister of the Gospel. (Note: "History of Doddridge County," p. 282, incorrectly states marriage date as February 6 1923.)