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Ezekiel Bee DAVIS

Ezekiel Bee DAVIS

Male 1846 - 1925  (79 years)

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  • Name Ezekiel Bee DAVIS 
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 10  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 21 Aug 1846  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Nov 1925  [1, 2] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I41056  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2017 

    Father Alford Newlon DAVIS,   b. CA 1817,   d. 4 May 1859, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Rebecca DAVIS,   b. 4 Apr 1815,   d. 15 Jan 1897, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F11687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Jane WELCH,   b. 30 Oct 1850, Jefferson Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
      Ezekiel Davis, 33, farmer; wife Rachel, 28; son H. T., 9; dau D. G., 7; son H. A., 5; dau D. S., 3; son C. L., 9 months. All born in Va/WVa.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 19 1900:
      Ezekle B. Davis, 53, b. Aug 1846, farmer, married 30 yrs; wife Rachael, 49, b. Oct 1850, married 30 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Alfred N, 18, b. Mar 1882, single, teamster; dau Emle, 15, b. Oct 1884; son Oscar R, 13, b. Nov 1886; dau Jenny B, 9, b. Oct 1890. All born in West Virginia.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910:
      Ezekiel B. Davis, 63, farmer, married 37 yrs; wife Rachel, 59, married 37 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Herbert T, 38, single, farmer; dau MLle, 25, single; dau Jenny B, 19. All born in West Virginia.

      NOTE: The birthplace of Rachel (Welch) Davis is known from other records to be Jefferson County, Indiana. [6]
    Children 
     1. Herbert Tucker DAVIS,   b. 5 Sep 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1958, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +2. Diora Genevra "Ora" DAVIS,   b. 5 Apr 1873, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1956, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +3. 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)
     4. Floy Estella DAVIS,   b. 10 Apr 1877,   d. 16 Feb 1891, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
    +5. Clifford Arol DAVIS,   b. 11 Aug 1879,   d. 17 Sep 1937, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Alford Newlon DAVIS,   b. 6 Mar 1882, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Mllee DAVIS,   b. 24 Oct 1884,   d. 5 Oct 1964  (Age 79 years)
     8. Oscar Ray DAVIS,   b. 11 Nov 1886, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1936, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    +9. Jennie Blond DAVIS,   b. 22 Oct 1890,   d. 20 Mar 1970  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F16448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. 134.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 174, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791703&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ezekiel B. Davis, single, farmer, age 24y 1m, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Alfred & Rebecca Davis; and Rachel Welch, single, age 20, b. Jefferson Co Virginia (sic), res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Margaret Welch. Married Sep 24 1870 in Doddridge Co.
      (NOTE: Wife's stated birthplace is incorrect. According to Civil War widow's pension records filed by her mother after her father's 1865 death, Rachel was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, on Oct 30 1850. The 1870 Census also shows her birthplace as Indiana, although other census records incorrectly indicate Va/Wva.)

    6. [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 >).