Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George B. M. Davis    
                Born: Mar-  -1866           1
             Resided: 1929, 1945           in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  2,3
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1920     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1900                 railroad laborer  1
              Father: Nathan N. Davis   (1824 -     ) 
              Mother: Nancy Kinney   (1828 - 1884) 
                Wife: Katherine M. "Kate" Kiger   4  
             Married: Jan-29-1888          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Born: Apr- 1-1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
                Died: Jun-24-1945          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8,6
              Buried: Freeman Cemetery      
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1900, 1920           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Father: John Henry Kiger 
              Mother: Anna Monroe 
           M Child 1: Walter A. Davis      
                Born: Oct-  -1896           1
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: George B. Davis      
                Born: Dec- 6-1901          in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  9
           M Child 3: Clarence Brooks "Gib" Davis      
       Also known as: Gib Davis 
                Born: Oct-  -1904          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Died: Jan-12-1985          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  7,10 (see note 2)
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1945, 1950           in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  11,12
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      West Virginia Dept of Highways (retired in 1968 with 25 yrs svc)  7
          Occupation: 1940                 house carpenter  13
          Occupation: 1930                 roustabout for gas company  14
                Wife: Ella Folgier Chapman  b. 1907  d. Nov-15-1961  
             Married: Mar-31-1926          in Doddridge Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(2) Obituary of sister. 
(3) Obituary of wife. 
(4) Obituary of son. 
(5) 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. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Obituary. 
(8) Obituary - At home. 
(9) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(10) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(11) Obituary of mother. 
(12) Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter. 
(13) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(15) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Father born in Ireland.
Note (2) Name reads:  Clarence Gib Davis.







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