Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel F. R. Davis    
                Born: Feb-13-1856          in Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: bef Jan 1920          2
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Nathan Gifford Davis   (1814 - 1863) 
              Mother: Mary Ann M. Davis   (1819 - 1906) 
                Wife: Annetta Childers   3  
             Married: Feb-15-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Born: ca 1856              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1877                 in Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Father: James Childers   (1828 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Jane Carder   (1831 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Wilson Davis      
                Born: Nov-  -1877           5,6
                Died: Nov-10-1965           1,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      oil field worker  8,2,9
                Wife: Bessie Davis  b. Aug-17-1885  d. Jan-29-1965  
             Married: Jan-29-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
           M Child 2: Harvey Davis 1     
                Died: bef 1900              10
           M Child 3: Corliss S. Davis      
         Census name: Corlis Davis 10
                Born: Jul-10-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,10,4,6
                Died: Aug-24-1946          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Salem, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 laborer in livery barn  11
                Wife: Maggie O. Ford  b. Sep-  -1884  d. 1933  
             Married: Mar-15-1905          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
           M Child 4: Harland Davis      
       Also known as: Harlan S. Davis 1
                Born: Jul-10-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  12,13,1,10
                Died: Feb-16-1967          in South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  12,13
              Buried:                      in Valley View Memorial Park, Hurricane, Putnam Co, WV  12
             Resided:                      in Hurricane, Putnam Co, WV  14,12
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      glass blower  12
                Wife: Alena Agnes Davis  b. Aug-27-1883  
       Also known as: Leta Davis 4
             Married: Jul-12-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  15
           M Child 5: Roy Davis      
                Born: Sep-  -1894           10
                Died: bef Apr 1980          16
              Census: 1920                 in Salem, WV  17
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      glass worker  17
                Wife: Beatrice L. Snider  b. Jan-21-1898  d. Apr-11-1980  

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. 116. 
(2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(3) 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. 60. 
(4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 116, reports birth date as 
1878. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(11) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(13) Social Security Death Index. 
(14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Harland Davis, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Leta 
Davis, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Jul 12 1906 in West Union. MR p. 414 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794198&Type=Marriage. 
(16) Obituary of wife. 
(17) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1910, also enumerated in his parents' household in Grant District,
Doddridge County.







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