Jul-28-2018Husband: Darwin Maxwell Davis Born: Jul-10-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 Died: Dec- 1-1952 in Harrison Co, WV 4 Buried: in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,3 Resided: 1938 in Salem, WV 5 Resided: 1908 in Harrison Co, WV 2 Occupation: real estate broker 3 Father: Charles Grandison Davis (1822 - 1916) Mother: Elizabeth F. Randolph (1837 - 1918) Notes 1,2
Wife: Gertrude Elma Gaston Married: Sep-16-1908 in Harrison Co, WV 6,1 Born: Nov-16-1876 in Harrison Co, WV 7 Died: Jul-20-1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Buried: in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7 Resided: 1952 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Father: James William Gaston (1838 - 1921) Mother: Sarah A. Ward (1838 - 1916)
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. 48. (2) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Cause of death stated as acute coronary heart attack; he died in his car while driving alone on Route 50 three miles east of Salem. (5) Obituary of brother. (6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001), Identified as Darwin Maxson Davis, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Charles G. & Elizabeth; and Gertrude Elma Gaston, 31, of Harrison Co, dau of James W. & Sarah A. Married Sep 16 1908. (7) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Informant: Mrs. S. F. Henderson, Buffalo, NY. (9) Death record of husband.Name Index