Husband: Abner Jones Davis
Born: Dec-31-1835 in Clark Co, OH 1,2
Died: Feb-17-1917 at Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 3
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH
Occupation: operated saw mill at mouth of Sugar Camp Run 5
Military: Pvt, Co A, 17th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 6
Father: James Ball Davis (1814 - 1902)
Mother: Jane Hopping (1811 - 1853)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Lida Anne Bee 7 Also known as: Lyda Anne Bee 8 Married: Jan-24-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9
Born: Mar-29-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,2 Died: Mar-31-1890 5 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 5 Occupation: doctor 10 Father: Amaziah Bee (1805 - 1894) Mother: Rhoda Davis (1808 - 1901)
M Child 1: Linville Bee Davis Also known as: Bee Davis 11 Born: Oct- 7-1862 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Died: 1947 at Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 12,13 Buried: in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 12 Resided: 1917 at Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH 11 Census: 1910 in Shelby Co, OH Resided: 1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Occupation: farmer 15 Wife: Dora E. S. Cozad b. 1869 d. 1939 Married: Oct- 1-1884 in Harrison Co, WV 14
F Child 2: Rebecca Jane Davis Born: Jun-15-1865 5 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 5 Husband: John H. Grogg b. ca 1861 Married: Mar- 4-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
M Child 3: Valentine Grant Davis Also known as: Valentin Davis 11 Born: Jan-18-1868 5 Died: Feb- -1938 12 Buried: in Mt. Vernon Memorial Cemetery, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 12 Resided: 1917 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 11 Wife: Mollie Robinson d. 1896 Wife: Cora E. Hinkle b. Sep- 2-1879 d. Jan-13-1972 Married: Oct- 7-1898 12
M Child 4: Remmeus C. Davis Born: Sep-18-1869 5 Resided: 1917 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11
M Child 5: Philip P. Davis Born: Aug-27-1872 5 Died: 1893 5
F Child 6: Samantha Davis Born: Mar- 7-1876 5 Resided: 1917 at Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 11
M Child 7: Rufus Davis Born: Jan-24-1879 5 Resided: in Milton, Rock Co, WI 5 Resided: 1917 in Michigan 11 Wife: ___ Hughes
M Child 8: Ardwin Bee Davis Also known as: Ardvern Bee Davis 16 Born: Sep-29-1882 16,2 Died: May-19-1951 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 16,18 Resided: 1917, 1935 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 11,19 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Clevia Jemima Maxwell b. Mar-30-1889 d. Aug- 8-1935 Census name: Cleva J. Maxwell Married: Mar-26-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 85, reports birth date one day later, on Jan 1 1836. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Obituary, West Union Record, 2/22/1917. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) 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. 85. (6) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (7) Obituary of husband, West Union Record, 2/22/1917. (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Agner J. Davis, 25, b. Clark Co OH, res. Doddridge Co, son of James B. & Jane; and Lida A. Bee, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Amaziah & Rhoda. Married Jan 24 1861. Marriage date stated in husband's obituary as 1858. (10) Obituary of son-in-law. (11) Obituary of father. (12) 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. 145. (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (15) 1910 Census. (16) 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. 146. (17) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (18) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (19) Death record of wife.