Jul-28-2018Husband: Marion Ottobon Davis Born: Jun-28-1871 in Tyler Co, WV 1,2 Died: Jun- 2-1941 3 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1895 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Occupation: farmer 2 Father: Christopher C. Davis (1841 - 1920) Mother: Amanda Ann Wilcox (1839 - 1919)
Wife: Nancy Isabelle Weekley 2 Married: ca 1895 1
Born: Feb-21-1858 at Camp, Tyler Co, WV 3,4,2,5 (see note 1) Died: Aug-30-1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1895 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: teacher at Hickory Ridge School at Camp Mistake 3 Father: Isaiah S. Weekley (1838 - 1931) Mother: Leah Pratt (1842 - 1918) Other spouse 1
M Child 1: Earl Leonidas Davis Born: Dec-11-1895 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7,8 Died: Dec-18-1984 7,6 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 9 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1947 Star Furniture Company 11 Occupation: 1932 - Dec-31-1946 Clerk of Circuit Court of Doddridge Co WV 11,12 Occupation: 1920 school teacher 13 Military: World War I 11 Wife: Opal Ellen Knight b. Dec-17-1902 d. May-10-1922 Also known as: Opal Ella Knight 14 Married: Mar-27-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,12 Wife: Olive Pearl Williams b. Feb- 1-1905 d. May-14-1983 Married: Apr-14-1925 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15
F Child 2: Lyndall Theresa Davis Also known as: Lyndal Theresa Davis 16 Born: Mar- 5-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,1 Died: Nov-15-1932 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Cause of death: typhoid fever, intestinal hemorrhage 16 Resided: in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Bertie Guy Scott b. Aug- 7-1894 d. Oct-15-1963 Married: Jul-22-1917 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 8 No children:
F Child 3: Elsie Marie Davis Census name: Marie E. Davis Born: Dec- 5-1899 9,1 Died: Feb-20-1983 9 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 9 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18 Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Austin Ira Keys b. May-19-1891 d. Aug- 3-1954 Married: Jul-17-1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14,19
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (2) Birth record of son. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (6) Social Security Death Index. (7) Headstone. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (9) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (11) West Union Record, 1/2/1947. (12) 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. 225. (13) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Earl L. Davis, 29, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Olive Pearl Williams, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 14 1925 in West Union. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Apr 18 1925.), MR p. 400. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) Newspaper birth announcement of grandchild. (18) Obituary of daughter. (19) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 182. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1860. But Feb 21 1858 has been reported, and the date on her headstone is 1858Name Index