Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Arlington O. "Arley" DAVIS / Okley Olive KNIGHT (F23631)  [1

m. 14 Aug 1962


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  • Arlington O. "Arley" DAVISFather | Male
    Arlington O. "Arley" DAVIS

    Born  9 Dec 1891  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Jan 1978  Long Run, 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
    Married  14 Aug 1962  [2]  Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  [2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Lillie Myrtle BALL | F23629 
    Married  2 Oct 1915  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James W. DAVIS | F23628 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Nancy MCCLOY | F23628 Group Sheet 

    Okley Olive KNIGHTMother | Female
    Okley Olive KNIGHT

    Born  1 May 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Jan 1964  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Cyrus Tucker KNIGHT | F24140 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Emma May SHEPHERD | F24140 Group Sheet 

  • 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. 164.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 72.
      Identified as Arlington O. Davis, 71, b. Dec 9 1891 in Doddridge Co, res. Salem Route 1, son of James & Nancy (McCloy) Davis (both deceased); and Oakley Olive Knight, 64, b. May 1 1898 in Doddridge Co, res. West Union Star Route, dau of Alec & Emma McCloy (both deceased). Married Aug 14 1962 at Long Run, Doddridge County. A handwritten notation on the typed marriage record reads essentially as follows: "Her parents: Cyrus Knight - Father. Emma Seders or Davis if she was adopted - Mother. Alex McCloy - Stepfather. No proof, as her birth is not recorded."