Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Gamble Shannon Davis    
                Born: Feb-28-1828          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Jul-15-1914           3
              Buried:                      in Meadowdale Baptist Cemetery, Sandyville-Liverpool Rd, Jackson Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4,5
              Father: William Johnson "Rock Run Billy" Davis   (1790 - 1878) 
              Mother: Experience Tharp   (1790 - 1866) 
                Wife: Elizabeth Dayton   6  
             Married: Mar- 2-1854          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: Dec-22-1833          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3,1,2
                Died: Sep-17-1927          in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Meadowdale Baptist Cemetery, Sandyville-Liverpool Rd, Jackson Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: George W. Dayton 
              Mother: Lucinda Pearcy 
           F Child 1: Lucinda Davis      
                Born: Jan- 6-1855          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  3,1,7
                Died: Sep-18-1934          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Marselles S. Ernest  b. ca 1850  
         Census name: M. S. Ernest 
             Married: May- 2-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Preston B. Davis      
                Born: Mar-11-1857          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  8
                Died: Jul- 6-1858          in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  9,1
      Cause of death:                      croup  9
           F Child 3: Theodosia Davis      
                Born: Apr-22-1859          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  3
                Died: Jun-15-1946          in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Meadowdale Baptist Cemetery, Sandyville-Liverpool Rd, Jackson Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Ruben Patrick Francis  b. Dec-21-1852  d. Sep- 4-1921  
             Married: May-18-1882          in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  3

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. 97. 
(2) 1900 Census, Jackson County, WV. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). 
(5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(6) 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. 51. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, 15m 25d. 
(9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 







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