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Family: Absalom DAVIS / Polina S. W. DAVIS (F13137)

m. 9 Oct 1828


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  • Absalom DAVISFather | Male
    Absalom DAVIS

    Born  9 Dec 1809  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Apr 1888   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  9 Oct 1828  [1]  Harrison Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Peter DAVIS | F15034 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah "Sally" DAVIS | F15034 Group Sheet 

    Polina S. W. DAVISMother | Female
    Polina S. W. DAVIS

    Born  8 Dec 1811   
    Died  3 Feb 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jesse DAVIS | F15010 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Hannah DAVIS | F15010 Group Sheet 

    Charlotte A. DAVISChild 1 | Female
    Charlotte A. DAVIS

    Born  4 Aug 1829  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Apr 1891   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Henry F. MEEK | F13138 
    Married  13 Mar 1851  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Theodore DAVISChild 2 | Male
    Theodore DAVIS

    Born  Feb 1831  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Mar 1924  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Rachel Ann WALLER | F15038 
    Married    Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Marvel CLARK | F15039 
    Married  19 Aug 1889   

    Julia Ann DAVISChild 3 | Female
    Julia Ann DAVIS

    Born  Mar 1833  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Dec 1919  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Charles L. WALLER | F12042 
    Married  10 Dec 1851  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Zacharias DAVISChild 4 | Male
    Zacharias DAVIS

    Born  18 Sep 1834  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Huldah DAVIS | F11356 
    Married  3 Jul 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Alvira DAVISChild 5 | Female
    Alvira DAVIS

    Born  12 Mar 1836  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Mar 1917   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Joseph D. DAVISSON | F16415 
    Married  9 May 1855  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Don Manuel DAVISChild 6 | Male
    Don Manuel DAVIS

    Born  19 May 1838  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Jul 1894  Rinehart (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Virginia A. SMITH | F16419 
    Married  17 Aug 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary M. SMITH | F16485 
    Married  19 Aug 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Anderson G. DAVISChild 7 | Male
    Anderson G. DAVIS

    Born  4 Aug 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Jun 1911   
    Buried  UNMARKED  Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Millie DOTSON | F16444 
    Married  29 Apr 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Elijah DAVISChild 8 | Male
    Elijah DAVIS

    Born  14 Apr 1842  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Sep 1918   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy Ellen MORAN | F20139 
    Married  12 Dec 1861   

    Elkhanah DAVISChild 9 | Male
    Elkhanah DAVIS

    Born  24 May 1844   
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Nancy E. SIMS | F16446 
    Married  23 Sep 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Sylvanus DAVISChild 10 | Male
    Sylvanus DAVIS

    Born  24 Jun 1846  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Aug 1929  Summit Park (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah E. HUFFORD | F16644 
    Married  21 Apr 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth Ann "Annie" SMITH | F35669 
    Married  24 Jul 1887  Davis, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Penelope J. DAVISChild 11 | Female
    Penelope J. DAVIS

    Born  1848   
    Died  1918   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nathan C. B. WEBB | F22069 
    Married  3 Oct 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Vandel Lee DAVISChild 12 | Male
    Vandel Lee DAVIS

    Born  27 Nov 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 May 1923   
    Buried    Simpson (Union Baptist) Cemetery, Simpson, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Harriet Rebecca MORAN | F16463 
    Married  17 Apr 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    George Washington DAVISChild 13 | Male
    George Washington DAVIS

    Born  7 Sep 1856  Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Sep 1856   
    Buried     

    James W. DAVISChild 14 | Male
    James W. DAVIS

    Born  4 Dec 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Aug 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Martha Ann HUFFORD | F16760 
    Married  7 Mar 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on June 1 1860:
      A. Davis, 50, farmer, value of real estate $2,000; P S W (female), 48; D (male), 22; A G (male), 21; E (male), 18; E (male), 16; S (male), 14; V (male), 10; P (female), 12; J W (male), 8; E (female), 36. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on July 15, 1870:
      Absalom Davis, 60, farmer, value of real estate $2,945, value of personal estate $300; Polina S, 58; Vandelee, 19 common laborer; James W, 14; Edmund Maxwell, 19, common laborer. All born in Virginia. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 68.

    2. [S1590] Death record of daughter.