Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Edgar S. Davis    
                Born: May- 4-1841           1,2
                Died: Jan-10-1906           1,2
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Father: Jesse Maxson Davis   (1796 - 1871) 
              Mother: Abigail Hoffman   (1801 - 1863) 
                Wife: Jane Mearns   4  
             Married: May-18-1867           1
                Born: May- 8-1843           1,2
                Died: Nov- 7-1919           1,2
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Stella Harriet Davis      
                Born: Jun-21-1868           1
             Husband: Cyrus Thompson  
           M Child 2: Ernest Ozro Davis      
                Born: Feb-23-1871          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  5,6
                Died: Mar-12-1941          in Salem, WV  7
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  8,9
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  6,9
                Wife: Ruby F. Randolph  b. Feb-18-1872  d. Apr- 8-1928  
             Married: Dec-28-1893           10
                Wife: Laura Ford  b. Dec-21-1872  d. Dec- 8-1963  
             Married: Aug- 8-1929          in Salem, WV  6
           F Child 3: Genevieve Davis      
                Born: Jan-17-1876           11
                Died: May- 1-1882           11
           M Child 4: Earl William Davis      
                Born: Sep-27-1876          at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  6,11,12
                Died: May-15-1961           13,12
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1939, 1946           in Salem, WV  14,6
                Wife: Candace Queen Lowther  b. Dec- 3-1878  d. Jun-19-1939  
             Married: May-18-1904          in Harrison Co, WV  15
                Wife: Orpha G. VanHorn  b. Sep-  -1881  d. Oct-  -1970  
             Married: Jul-27-1946          in Salem, WV  6

Sources:
(1) 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. 84. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
"Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 85, reports birth date as May 23 1871.  But death record shows it as Feb 23 
1871. 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
"Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 85, reports death date as Mar 12 1940.  But death record and headstone show it as 
Mar 12 1941. 
(8) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(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. 124. 
(11) 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. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 
(13) 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. 
(14) Death record of wife. 
(15) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) 







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