Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph Newton Davis    
       Also known as: Nute Davis 1
                Born: May-21-1857          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,3
                Died: Jan-30-1932          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870, 1900, 1910     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1900, 1910           railroad watchman  5,6
          Occupation: 1878                 blacksmith  7
              Father: Mark Davis   (1830 - 1915) 
              Mother: Hannah Buck   (1841 - 1914) 
                Wife: Almeda Davis     
             Married: Sep-22-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: Feb-13-1861          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  9,5,7
                Died: Feb-17-1937          in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  9,4
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Ehud Davis   (1815 - 1871) 
              Mother: Catharine Davis   (1817 - 1878) 
           F Child 1: Leda S. Davis      
         Census name: Leta Davis 
                Born: May- 9-1880           5
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 dressmaker for private family  6
           M Child 2: Orley Davis      
                Born: Aug-  -1882           5
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Harry Cecil Davis      
                Born: Jul-26-1889           10,5
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 telegraphy student  6
                Wife: Alice Gay Bonnell  b. Mar-27-1895  
       Also known as: Gae Bonnell 11
             Married: Mar- 1-1915          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
           F Child 4: Edna Fay Davis      
                Born: Dec-27-1893          at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  12,5
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Malena Flo Davis      
       Also known as: Flo Davis 7
                Born: Jan- 8-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  12,5,7
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1930     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Elmer Fay Bonnell  b. Mar-27-1895  
       Also known as: Fay Bonnell 13,14
             Married: Oct-19-1914          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
           M Child 6: Kenneth R. Davis      
                Born: ca 1902               6
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 7: Madaline V. Davis      
                Born: ca 1905               6
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of daughter. 
(2) 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. 177. 
(3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(6) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Joseph N. Davis, 21, blacksmith, b. & res. in Doddridge 
Co, son of Mark & Hannah Davis; and Almeda Davis, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ehud & Catharine Davis.  Married 
Sep 22 1878 in Doddridge County.  (Note:  "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 177, incorrectly reports marriage date 
as Sep 30 1878.), MR p. 228. 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1982893&Type=Death. 
(10) 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. 246. 
(11) Obituary of daughter. 
(12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) Obituary of brother. 
(14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 







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