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Isaac DAVIS

Isaac DAVIS

Male 1783 - 1854  (71 years)

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  • Name Isaac DAVIS 
    Born 25 Aug 1783  Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation potter, farmer  [1, 3] 
    Died 11 Oct 1854  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    • Place of death for Isaac Davis given by researcher Sam D. Lawson, Columbus, IN 47203 , as Crawford Co, PA, but William F. Donnelly, "The Wests of Duck Creek," p. 412, gives it as Harrison Co, (W)VA, citing Harrison County Death Records.
    Buried Sinclair Cemetery, Upper Duck Crk Rd, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • The following is a notation in the back of Isaac Davis' Bible: "Susanna Cassaday, daughter of Felix and Susanna Cassaday, born 20 February 1789, the intended wife if Isaac Davis." [per Sam D. Lawson] When Isaac Davis married Frances West, it was his second marriage. In the 1850 Census of Harrison County, Isaac Davis was described as blind and working as a potter. [William F. Donnelly, p. 412] [1, 3]
    Person ID I1440  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2006 

    Father Owen DAVIS,   b. 5 Dec 1725,   d. 7 Jul 1810, Rubles Mill, Georges Creek, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Hannah JAMES,   b. 24 Mar 1745 
    Family ID F5456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susanna CASSADAY  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Marcellus J. DAVIS,   b. 23 Jun 1828, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1864, Civil War Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F9117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frances WEST,   b. CA 1803, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1880, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1835  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Owen VanBuren DAVIS,   b. 23 Nov 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1864, Civil War Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    +2. Hannah Almeda DAVIS,   b. 5 Jan 1839,   d. 18 Oct 1894, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 412.

    2. [S1719] Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death.

    3. [S1541] Sam D. Lawson, Columbus, IN .

    4. [S5] Headstone.
      Age at death given as 71y 1m 16d. Some sources have given a death date of Nov 11 1854 or Aug 2 1854, and a printed list of Sinclair Cem graves compiled by W. Va. Writers Project gives his death date as November 11, 1851.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S2238] Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).