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Jennings Bryan DAVIS

Jennings Bryan DAVIS

Male 1908 - 1974  (65 years)

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  • Name Jennings Bryan DAVIS 
    Born 23 Nov 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1946  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 7 Feb 1974  [2] 
    Buried Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I10593  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2011 

    Father Harry Arden DAVIS,   b. 10 Feb 1875, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1913  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Effie Alice COTTRILL,   b. 26 Jan 1879, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F19319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lorain E. "Shortie" WILLIAMS,   b. 7 Jun 1913, Stringtown, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1996, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [3] 
    Married 18 Feb 1933  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Dortha Sue DAVIS,   b. 21 Aug 1933, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1940, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
    +2. John Harry "Johnny" DAVIS,   b. 8 Jun 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Glenda Jo DAVIS,   b. 8 Sep 1937, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 2020  (Age 82 years)
     4. Living
    +5. Frederick Clyde DAVIS,   b. 17 Feb 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 2019, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Living
    Family ID F3822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    10593_BryanDavis_LorraineWilliams_MarriageRecord_18Feb1933.jpg    		10593_BryanDavis_LorraineWilliams_MarriageRecord_18Feb1933.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    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 >), p. 260.

    3. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 59 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797246&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Bryan Davis, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. West Union; and Lorraine Williams, 21, b. Wetzel Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 18 1933 in Smithburg. (Note: Wife's obituary and "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 260, incorrectly state marriage date as Feb 18 1932. Wife's obituary states her birthplace as Stringtown, Tyler County. Her name is spelled Lorain in 1920 Census and in her obituary.)