Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph J. Davis    
                Born: ca 1853               1
          Occupation:                      lawyer  2
              Father: Stephen Tharp Davis   (1817 - 1895) 
              Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Jeffrey   (1819 - 1897) 
                Wife: Minerva D. Davisson  2 2  
         Census name: M. Davisson 
             Married: Jul-18-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Born: Feb-28-1853           2
                Died: Dec-  -1910          in Kentucky  3 (see note 1)
             Resided:                      in Ashland, Boyd Co, KY  2
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Theodore Davisson   (1827 - 1910) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Jane Burnside   (1835 - 1912) 

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), pp. 166-168, 
205. 
(3) West Union Herald, A local news item in the West Union Herald of either Thursday, January 5 or 12, 1911: 
"Mrs. Pres Bond was called to Cattlesburg, Ky., by the death of her sister, Mrs. Minerva Davis.  She returned 
Monday." 

Event Notes
Note (1) The Jul 18 1872 death date reported in "The Davissons - A History and
Genealogy," p. 166, is actually her marriage date.







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