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Howard Jett DAVIS

Howard Jett DAVIS

Male 1909 - 1983  (74 years)


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  • Name Howard Jett DAVIS
    Birth 6 May 1909  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    pipeline worker 
    Death 11 Dec 1983  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I24809  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2022

    Father Schuyler Graves DAVIS,   b. Sep 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1946 (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Retta Jane NICHOLSON,   b. Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1962 (Age ~ 85 years)
    Family ID F14901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Zethra Hazel SUTTON,   b. 11 Feb 1913, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1984, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [4, 5, 6, 7]
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 18 1940 in the community of Big Isaac:
      Howard Davis, 30, pipeline worker; wife Hazel Z, 27; dau Nancy J, 1; orphan Evelyn G. Shields, 16; orphan Ethel F. Shields, 12; orphan Elma Ruth Shields, 10.
      NOTE: The three Shields girls were daughters of George Roscoe "Ross" Shields and Nancy J. Booher. Their father was enumerated in this census in West Union District of Doddridge County, marital status married, along with his 18-year-old son Orval. Whereabouts of Nancy Booher Shields for this census is not known.
    Children 
     1. Jestor Lee DAVIS,   b. 26 Jun 1937, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1937, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    >2. Nancy Jean DAVIS,   b. 5 Dec 1938, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S2645] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 384.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.