Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Edward Davis    
                Born: Jul- 3-1844           1,2
                Died: Mar-27-1872          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      physician  1,2
              Father: Rezin Davis   (1804 - 1884) 
              Mother: Ann Pollard Britton   (1807 - 1877) 
                Wife: Almira Louise "Myra" Hornor   4  
       Also known as: Myra H. Atkinson 4
             Married: Oct-25-1866          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
                Born: Jul-21-1844          in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV  1,5
                Died: Apr-13-1925          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Father: James Yard Hornor 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes 
           M Child 1: Edward Rezin Davis      
                Born: Feb-11-1868          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1,6,2
                Died: Oct-23-1910           2
              Buried: (mausoleum)          in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1902                 in Harrison Co, WV  6
                Wife: Garnett Amelia Hornor  b. Apr- 7-1873  d. Dec-27-1943  
             Married: Jan-15-1902          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  6
           M Child 2: James Hornor Davis      
                Born: Nov-13-1870          near Bristol, Harrison Co, WV  1
                Died: 1941                  3
              Buried: (mausoleum)          in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      civil engineer  1,7 (see note 1)
          Occupation: 1903 - 1904          Deputy Clerk of Harrison County Court under Charles F. Holden  1
          Occupation: 1904 - 1917          real estate and insurance  1
          Occupation: 1917 - 1921          postmaster of Clarksburg Post Office  1
           Education:                      West Virginia University (civil engineering)  1
            Military:                      Captain, Co K, 1st Regt, West Virginia National Guard  1
                Wife: Edna Holmes  b. Mar- 3-1870  d. Nov- 2-1933  
             Married: Oct-19-1892          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) The History of West Virginia, Old and New, Vol III, The American Historical Society, 1923, 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/harrison/bios/jhdavis.txt. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Wikipedia.org (http://www.wikipedia.org) 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=52557&Type=Marriage. 
(7) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) James Hornor Davis was one of the organizers of the West Virginia, Ohio and
Western Bailroad, afterward changed to the West Virginia Short Line Bailroad. 
This road was built from Clarksburg to New Martinsville, West Virginia, and J.
H. Davis was engineer on location.







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