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Absalom DAVIS

Absalom DAVIS

Male 1809 - 1888  (78 years)

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  • Name Absalom DAVIS 
    Born 9 Dec 1809  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3, 4] 
    Died 29 Apr 1888  [1] 
    Buried Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I33537  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2020 

    Father Peter DAVIS,   b. 16 Sep 1783, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1873, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Sarah "Sally" DAVIS,   b. 8 Jul 1786, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1842  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F15034  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Polina S. W. DAVIS,   b. 8 Dec 1811,   d. 3 Feb 1901, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1828  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on June 1 1860:
      A. Davis, 50, farmer, value of real estate $2,000; P S W (female), 48; D (male), 22; A G (male), 21; E (male), 18; E (male), 16; S (male), 14; V (male), 10; P (female), 12; J W (male), 8; E (female), 36. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on July 15, 1870:
      Absalom Davis, 60, farmer, value of real estate $2,945, value of personal estate $300; Polina S, 58; Vandelee, 19 common laborer; James W, 14; Edmund Maxwell, 19, common laborer. All born in Virginia. [5]
    Children 
     1. Charlotte A. DAVIS,   b. 4 Aug 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1891  (Age 61 years)
     2. Theodore DAVIS,   b. Feb 1831, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1924, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years)
     3. Julia Ann DAVIS,   b. Mar 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1919, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years)
     4. Zacharias DAVIS,   b. 18 Sep 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Alvira DAVIS,   b. 12 Mar 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1917  (Age 80 years)
     6. Don Manuel DAVIS,   b. 19 May 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1894, Rinehart (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     7. Anderson G. DAVIS,   b. 4 Aug 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1911  (Age 70 years)
     8. Elijah DAVIS,   b. 14 Apr 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1918  (Age 76 years)
     9. Elkhanah DAVIS,   b. 24 May 1844
     10. Sylvanus DAVIS,   b. 24 Jun 1846, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1929, Summit Park (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     11. Penelope J. DAVIS,   b. 1848,   d. 1918  (Age 70 years)
     12. Vandel Lee DAVIS,   b. 27 Nov 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1923  (Age 72 years)
     13. George Washington DAVIS,   b. 7 Sep 1856, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1856  (Age 0 years)
     14. James W. DAVIS,   b. 4 Dec 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F13137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • 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. 68.

    2. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp).

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.