Husband: Lewis Townsend Davis
Census name: Townsend L. Davis 1
Born: Jan-10-1833 2,3
Died: Dec- 8-1922 2,3
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1870, 1880 farmer 5
Occupation: 1860 sheriff 6
Occupation: 1852 teacher (see note 1)
Father: John S. Davis (1804 - 1855)
Mother: Esther F. Randolph (1810 - 1894)
Notes
Wife: Atha Burnworth 2 Census name: Athelion Burnworth Married: ca 1861 1
Born: Feb- -1833 in Pennsylvania 1,3 Died: Mar- 4-1910 2,3 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Somerset Co, PA Father: Jonathan Burnworth (1809 - 1883) Mother: Levina Hartzel (1813 - 1889) Notes
F Child 1: Mary Jane Davis Born: Apr-14-1865 7,2 Died: Mar- -1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,2,8 (see note 2) Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Benjamin W. Foley b. Oct- 5-1854 d. Nov-15-1935 Married: May- 5-1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 2: John Henry Davis Born: Apr-15-1868 10,2 Died: Jun-21-1949 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10,2 Buried: family cemetery 10,11 Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1900 in Cambria Co, PA Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: plumber 10,11 Occupation: 1900 steam fitter 12 Occupation: 1895 forage inspector 13 Wife: Camelia Ann Maulsby b. Feb-22-1868 Census name: Camella A. Maulsby 5 Married: Apr-18-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,12
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (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. 107. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (7) Headstone. (8) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 45 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046202&Type=Death. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Obituary. (12) 1900 Census. (13) Birth record of daughter. (14) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) A handwritten list of the Lewis T. Davis' students in the year 1852 was signed by him in 1914 and placed in a frame. Many years later, it was donated to the Doddridge County Historical Society by Marsha Leggett, a distant cousin. Note (2) Death date on headstone is Mar 8 1886, but death record shows it as Mar 9 1886. Note (3) In 1920, he was in the household of his father. In 1940, he was a lodger in the household of Stonewall Jackson Squires and his wife Clemma.