Husband: James Hornor Davis
Born: Nov-13-1870 near Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 1
Died: 1941 2
Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2
Census: 1910, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Occupation: civil engineer 1,3 (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
Father: Edward Davis (1844 - 1872)
Mother: Almira Louise "Myra" Hornor (1844 - 1925)
Wife: Edna Holmes Married: Oct-19-1892 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1
Born: Mar- 3-1870 in Fayette Co, PA 1 Died: Nov- 2-1933 in Harrison Co, WV 2 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1910, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Father: Matthew G. Holmes (1838 - 1907) Mother: Elizabeth D. McCleary (1842 - 1922)
F Child 1: Elizabeth Davis Born: Aug-27-1893 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,1 Died: Aug-27-1893 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,1 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Cause of death: stillborn (full term, bad presentation) 4
M Child 2: Ewing McCleary Davis Born: Sep- -1894 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,5 Died: Jan- -1897 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Cause of death: spinal meningitis 5
F Child 3: Catherine Louise Davis Also known as: Louise Davis Born: Sep-22-1894 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7,1 Died: Dec-28-1928 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 7,8 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7 Cause of death: influenza 7 Resided: in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 1,7 Census: 1910 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Edward Hart Married: Dec- 4-1916 1
F Child 4: Virginia Hornor Davis Born: Sep-26-1896 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,9 Died: Apr- 1-1975 9 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Resided: 1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Resided: 1920 in Los Alamos, Los Alamos Co, NM 11 Resided: 1919 in Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1910 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Henry Walker Ruhl b. Jun-26-1895 d. Oct-31-1920 Married: Sep-17-1919 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Husband: Robert Carhart Hood b. ca 1889 Married: Dec- 2-1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10
M Child 5: James Edward Davis
Born: Jun- 4-1901 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1
Died: Sep-20-1974 in Princeton, Mercer Co, NJ 13,14
Resided: in Princeton, Mercer Co, NJ 14
Census: 1940 in Princeton, Mercer Co, NJ
Resided: 1935 in Lawrenceville, Mercer Co, NJ 15
Census: 1910, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Occupation: abstract artist, sculptor, avant garde film maker
Occupation: 1940 assistant professor of art at Princeton University 15
Education: Princeton University (1923, MFA) 16,1
Never married:
Notes
M Child 6: John Holmes Davis Born: Dec-26-1902 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,17 Died: Nov-20-1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17,2 Cause of death: chronic nephritis (Bright's disease) 17 Census: 1910 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Education: Princeton University 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) Findagrave.com. (3) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (4) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR p. 10, Line 279 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=19779&Type=Birth. (5) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (6) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, There are two conflicting entries for this death: (1) Ewing Mc. Davis, born Sep 22 1894, son of J. Hornor & Edna, died Jan 28 1897 in Clarksburg, age 2y 4m ?d, cause of death spinal meningitis. Informant: J. H. Davis, father. DR p. 186, Line 22 http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=107275&Type=Death (2) Ewing Mc. Davis, born Sep 26 1894, son of J. H. & E. H. Davis; died Jan 20 1897 in Clarksburg, age 2y 5m ?d, cause of death spinal meningitis. Informant: Edna H. Davis, mother. DR p. 189, Line 14 http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=107435&Type=Death (NOTE: "History of West Virginia, Old and New," Vol III, reports birth/death dates as Sep 22 1894 - Jun 27 1897. Dates on his mausoleum plaque are just the years 1894-1897. There is no birth record on file for him.) (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1914118&Type=Death. (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Headstone. (10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=31104&Type=Marriage. (11) Newspaper article. (12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=28186&Type=Marriage. (13) Obituary - Hospital. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) 1940 Census. (16) Obituary. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1552144&Type=Death. 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.