Doddridge County Roots

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Herman Berkeley DAVIS

Herman Berkeley DAVIS

Male 1841 - 1925  (84 years)

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  • Name Herman Berkeley DAVIS 
    Born 1 Jan 1841  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1863  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880, 1900  [4
    farmer 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [5
    Justice of the Peace 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Died 19 Apr 1925  Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Person ID I48399  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2020 

    Father Lodowick Hughes DAVIS,   b. 23 May 1816,   d. 21 Jul 1885  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Margaret DAVIS,   b. 5 Jun 1817,   d. 9 Jan 1895  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F15073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Virginia MCMILLAN,   b. 23 Jan 1842, Brooke Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 19 1900:
      Herman B. Davis, 59, b. Jan 1841, farmer, married 37 yrs; wife Elizabeth V. Davis, 58, b. Jan 1842, married 37 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); son-in-law Alonzo G. Bartlett, 37, b. Nov 1862, farmer, married 13 yrs; dau Ida A. Bartlett, 33, b. Jun 1866, married 13 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Ainsly B. Bartlett, 11, b. Sep 1888. All born in West Virginia. [8]
    Children 
     1. Martha Lelia "Mattie" DAVIS,   b. 9 Feb 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1910  (Age 45 years)
     2. Ida Margaret DAVIS,   b. 5 Jun 1867, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1946, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Silas Benton DAVIS,   b. 11 May 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1940, Chicago, Cook Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Bertha Lillian DAVIS,   b. 15 Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1949, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Ilea B. DAVIS,   b. 1 Jun 1876,   d. 25 Nov 1901  (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F19884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1925 - Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison 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. 92.

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

    3. [S261] Arkansas Death Certificates, 1914-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S1659] Death record of father.

    7. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    8. [S1590] Death record of daughter.