Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Mark Davis    
                Born: Jan-27-1830          in Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV)  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec- 5-1915           3,1
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4,3
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1858                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2
          Occupation:                      blacksmith  5,6,7
            Military: enlisted 10/31/1864  Pvt, Co A, 26th Va Cav Reg, Civil War (Confederacy)  8,9
              Father: David D. Davis   (1803 - 1885) 
              Mother: Anna Davis   (1809 - 1893) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
                Wife: Caroline Davisson     
             Married: Sep-12-1850          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  10
                Born: May-24-1831           11
                Died: Apr-16-1855           11
              Father: Joseph D. Davisson   (1800 - 1880) 
              Mother: Mary Anne Robinson   (1803 - 1869) 
           M Child 1: Rudolph Davis      
                Born: ca 1851               12
                Died: Oct- 8-1884          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
      Cause of death:                      fever  13
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Lenora Davis      
                Born: Jan-11-1853           3
                Died: Mar- 6-1855           3

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(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. 112. 
(4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(8) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(9) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Marriage date reported at Sep 15 1850 in Wes Cochran's "Doddridge 
County WV Marriages," but Sep 12 1850 in "Salem - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 112, and Sep 17 1850 in "The Davissons - 
A History and Genealogy," p. 130.  The original marriage document shows the date to be Sep 12 1850. MR p. 
17. 
(11) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), p. 130. 
(12) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 112, reports birth date as Jan 27
1830.  But birth date on headstone is 1832, while the 1900 Census shows it as
Jan 1833.  The 1832 date would be in conflict with the birth date of his
adjacent sibling.







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