Husband: Chesley Gordon Davis
Born: Mar-17-1869 1,2
Died: Dec- 8-1948 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 3
Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4
Resided: in Salem, WV 5,6,7
Census: 1880, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: stock farmer 8
Father: Charles Grandison Davis (1822 - 1916)
Mother: Elizabeth F. Randolph (1837 - 1918)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Wife: Cora Davis Married: Apr- 4-1906 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,1
Born: Apr- 6-1870 10,11 Died: Dec-13-1914 1,11 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Martin VanBuren Davis (1840 - 1927) Mother: Phedora Davis (1846 - 1921)
F Child 1: Thelma Davis Born: Oct- 4-1907 1 Died: Jul- -1949 1 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ralph Fulmer
F Child 2: Elizabeth Delberta Davis Also known as: Delberta E. Davis 12 Born: Oct-22-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,12,11 Died: Sep-21-1971 1,13,11 Buried: in Sutton Cemetery, Braxton Co,WV 13 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ray Eldridge Harris b. May- 2-1907 d. Aug- 9-2000 Married: Jun- 7-1936 in Romney, Hampshire Co, WV 12
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. 94. (2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Chesley G. Davis, widowed, farmer, res. in Salem, son of Charles Grandison Davis & Elizabeth Randolph; died Dec 8 1948 at Weston State Hospital in Lewis County, age 79y 8m 21d, cause of death chronic myocarditis & hypertension, burial in Clarksburg. (Note: "Cemeteries of Tenmile District," p. 169, reports his burial at Salem 7th Day Bapt Church Cemetery, with headstone dates 1869-1949 (sic). "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 94, incorrectly reports death date as Dec 10 1948.) (4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Obituary of brother. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Chesley Davis, 37, of Doddridge Co; and Cora Davis, 36, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 4 1906. (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. 115. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (13) Findagrave.com.