Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Perry Davis Census name: Will Davis
Born: Apr-15-1887 in Tyler Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Jul-30-1965 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 1 Buried: in Mole Hill Cemetery, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: 1950 in Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1900 in Tyler Co, WV Father: John Davis (1853 - 1938) Mother: Lydia Marguerita Pratt (1852 - 1950) Other spouse 1
Wife: Zora Mabel Jewell Married: May-18-1948 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: Jun-25-1918 at Haddox Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Died: Sep-29-2010 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3 Buried: in Brush Run Cemetery, Tyler Co, near Hebron, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6,3 Father: S. Luther Jewell (1881 - ) Mother: Mary Frances McCullough (1882 - ) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (2) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (4) Obituary of brother. (5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as William Perry Davis, divorced, 58, b. Apr 15 1889 in Tyler Co, res. Mole Hill in Ritchie Co, son of John & Margaret L. (Pratt) Davis; and Zora Jewell, single, 34, b. Jun 19 1913 in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of Luther & Mary F. (McCullough) Jewell. Married May 18 1948 in Pennsboro. (Note: The ages and birth dates of both parties appear to have been misstated. The 1900 Census gives the birth date of William P. Davis as Apr 1887, and his death record specifies Apr 15 1887. The obituary of Zora Jewell Davis gives her birth date as Jun 25 1918, which is validated by her age given as 1 yr 6mo in the 1920 Census, enumerated on Jan 29 1920.), MR p. 372. (6) Obituary. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in marriage record as Apr 15 1889, but 1900 Census shows it as Apr 1887.Name Index