Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Lewis Townsend DAVIS / Atha BURNWORTH (F21351)

m. CA 1861


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  • Lewis Townsend DAVISFather | Male
    Lewis Townsend DAVIS

    Born  10 Jan 1833   
    Died  8 Dec 1922   
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  CA 1861  [1]   
    Father  John S. DAVIS | F20307 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Esther F. RANDOLPH | F20307 Group Sheet 

    Atha BURNWORTHMother | Female
    Atha BURNWORTH

    Born  Feb 1833  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Mar 1910   
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jonathan BURNWORTH | F19811 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Levina HARTZEL | F19811 Group Sheet 

    Mary Jane DAVISChild 1 | Female
    + Mary Jane DAVIS

    Born  14 Apr 1865   
    Died  Mar 1886  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Benjamin W. FOLEY | F21352 
    Married  5 May 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    John Henry DAVISChild 2 | Male
    + John Henry DAVIS

    Born  15 Apr 1868   
    Died  21 Jun 1949  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  FAMILY CEMETERY   
    Spouse  Camelia Ann MAULSBY | F21353 
    Married  18 Apr 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 6 1870 in the Borough of West Union:
      Lewis T. Davis, 37, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $4500, value of personal estate $1000; Atha, 37, b. Pa; Mary J, 5; John H, 2; Laverna Jeffrey, white female, 15, domestic servant.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      L. T. Davis, 47, b. Va, farmer; wife Atha, 47, b. Pa; dau Mary, 15; son John H, 12.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Townsend L. Davis, 67, b. Jan 1833 in WVa, farmer, married 39 yrs; wife Atha, 67, b. Feb 1833 in Pa, married 39 yrs, mother of 2 children (1 still living);

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 211910 in the town of West Union:
      Townsend Davis, 77, widowed, farmer; son John, 42, divorced, plumber; grandson James D. Foley, 23, single, clerk in store; cousin Verna Lynch, 54, divorced, mother of 2 children (both still living).

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated in Jan 1920 on Main Street in the town of West Union:
      Lewis T. Davis, 86, widowed; son John H, 51, plumber, divorced; grandson James D, 33, merchant partner in general store, single.
      (Note: Surname of grandson should have been entered as Foley.) [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [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 >).