Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alfred Charles Cumpston 1   
                Born: May-  -1841          in Greene Co, PA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-17-1929          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,2
              Buried:                      in Lough (Loft) Cemetery, Roberts Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1900, 1910           in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Greene Co, PA  
              Father: John C. Cumpston   (1817 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Ida Belle Davis     
             Married: Oct- 3-1885          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Born: Feb-  -1867           6,7,8 (see note 2)
                Died:                      in Washington, Washington Co, PA  9
              Census: 1900, 1910           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1885                 in Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Father: Nathan Davis   (1845 - 1934) 
              Mother: Mary Wyatt   (1844 - 1888) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Laura Jane Cumpston      
                Born: May-26-1894          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,11,6
                Died: Dec-  -1977           11
             Resided:                      in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA  9,11
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: ___ Salisbury  
           F Child 2: Rachel Cumpston      
             Husband: Living  

Sources:
(1) Christina JoAnn Boring, Weirton, WV 26062 . 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(4) Obituary. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Alfred Cumpston, 43, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co; and Ida Davis, 23, b. Kentucky, res. Doddridge 
Co.  Married Oct 3 1885. 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(7) 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. 165. 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) 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. 230. 
(10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) Social Security Death Index. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Headstone has birth date as 1840, but 1900 Census states age as 59 and birth
date as May 1841.
Note (2) Marriage records state birthplace as Kentucky, but "Davis - The Settlers of
Salem WV," p. 230, reports it as Long Run, Doddridge County, and 1900 Census
shows it as West Virginia.







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