Jul-28-2018
Husband: Bowers Davis
Born: ca 1835 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Jul-21-1921 4 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 5 Census: 1920, Camp Mistake in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 3 Military: Corpl, Co E, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 6 Father: Robert Davis (1782 - ) Mother: Nancy Hainey (1800 - ) Other spouse 1
Wife: Sarah Jane Lemasters 7 Married: Oct-23-1860 in Wetzel Co, (W)VA 8
Born: Nov- 7-1836 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 4,3 Died: Feb-15-1925 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4,9 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 5,10 Census: 1920 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1860 in Wetzel Co, (W)VA 3 Census: 1850 in Wetzel Co, (W)VA Father: James Lemasters (1796 - ) Mother: Harriet ___ (1796 - )
F Child 1: Hattie Davis Census name: Harriet Davis Born: Oct-16-1864 in Tyler Co, WV 11,12 (see note 2) Died: May- 4-1951 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 10 Census: 1870, 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Husband: Martin Hickman Grove b. ca 1860 Also known as: Martin H. Groves 12 Married: May-19-1881 in Tyler Co, WV 12
M Child 2: Emery L. Davis Born: 1877 in Tyler Co, WV 13,14,15 Died: 1969 13 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 10 Census: 1920 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1910 in Simpson, Taylor Co, WV Resided: 1902 in Tyler Co, WV 14 Occupation: 1920 farm laborer (working out) 2 Occupation: 1910 repair hand on railroad track 16 Wife: Nora Agnes Sheline b. Jul- 4-1884 d. Nov-18-1956 Also known as: Agness Sheline 17 Married: Sep-26-1902 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 14,15
F Child 3: Emma Davis 10 Born: Oct-15-1882 in Tyler Co, WV 10,12 Died: Dec-12-1947 in Alma, Tyler Co, WV 10 Buried: in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV 10 Resided: 1904 in Tyler Co, WV 12 Husband: Harvey Stoneking b. Jun-11-1880 d. Apr-27-1960 Married: Dec-24-1904 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA. (2) 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV. (3) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, MR p. 6, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11592318&Type=Marriage. (4) Headstone. (5) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (6) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (7) Death record of daughter. (8) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, Identified as Bowers Davis, widowed, 26, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son of Robert & Nancy Davis; and Sarah Jane Lemasters, single, b. Tyler Co, res. Wetzel Co, dau of James & Harriett Lemasters. Married Oct 23 1860 in Wetzel County. MR p. 6, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11592318&Type=Marriage. (9) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5081487&Type=Death. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794012&Type=Marriage. (15) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) 1910 Census, Taylor County, WV. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is Jul 17 1833, inconsistent with other records and in conflict with birth dates of siblings. Age 15 in the 1850 Census would put his birth in about 1835, while age 26 in his Oct 1860 marriage record would put it in about 1834. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1863.Name Index