Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Allen G. Thurman Brissey    
       Also known as: Thurman Brissey 1,2
                Born: Jan-19-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  3,4
                Died: Mar-26-1965          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  3,5,6
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1931                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
          Occupation: 1916                 teacher at Smithburg school in Doddridge County  2
           Education:                      Salem College  8
            Military:                      2nd Inf Repl & Tng Bn, World War I  5
              Father: George William Brissey   (1849 - 1923) 
              Mother: Permelia VanHorn   (1849 - 1893) 
                Wife: Goldie Murl Davis   1  
             Married: Sep- 5-1917          in Salem, WV  4
                Born: Oct-21-1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,1 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul- 4-1985           9,10
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  10
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Chesley Gordon Davis   (1869 - 1948) 
              Mother: Edith Davis   (1871 - 1901) 
           M Child 1: Richard Davis Brissey      
                Born: Dec- 6-1930          in Salem, WV  11,5
                Died: Mar- 9-2006           11,5
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  11
          Occupation:                      Union Carbide (14 yrs), Brissey Insurance (14 yrs), Randolph Terrace apt mgr (25 yrs)  11
            Military:                      U.S. Air Force, Korea  11,5

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) West Union Record, 8/3/1916. 
(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. 152. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Military Grave Marker. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Death record of stepmother. 
(8) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1928. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Obituary. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date listedin SSDI as Oct 20 1892.  But "Davis - The Settlers of Salem,
WV," p. 94 & 152, reports it as Oct 21 1892, which is also the date on her
headstone.







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