Samuel Preston DAVIS

1835 - 1895  (60 years)

• Name	Samuel Preston DAVIS
  Born	23 Jan 1835	Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  	Unable to write.
  Occupation	farmer  [2]
  Died	12 Oct 1895  [1]
  Buried	Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Person ID	I49323	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	William Johnson "Rock Run Billy" DAVIS,   b. 1 Mar 1790, Monmouth Co, NJ ,   d. 15 Jul 1878, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Experience THARP,   b. 9 Nov 1790, Monongalia Co, (W)VA ,   d. 6 Jan 1866, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F17639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melissa WILLIAMS,   b. 7 Oct 1846,   d. 22 Aug 1911, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 64 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1863	Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 4]
  Notes	1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 14 1870: Wm. J. Davis, 79, b. NJ, farmer, value of real estate $2000, value personal property $300, unable to read or write; Sam'l P, 34, b. Va, farmer, value of personal property $100, unable to write; Melissa, 33, b. Va, unable to write; Gambol F, 5, b. WVa; Irena C, 3, b. WVa; Emily J, 1, b. WVa. 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880: S. P. Davis, 45, farmer; wife M, 38 (33 ?); son G. F., 15; dau I. C., 13; dau E. J., 11; dau C. C., 7; son S. T., 4; son S. P. Jr., 2 months. NOTE: Based on the name and age, C. C. Davis, listed as a daughter, would be son Charles C. Davis. Whereabouts in this census of daughter Experience, born in 1871 according to her birth record, are not known. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900: Malissa Davis, 53, b. Oct 1847, widowed, mother of 7 children (5 still living); dau Catharine Ford, 33, b. Nov 1866, married, mother of 3 children (all still living); granddau Nina Ford, 4, b. Sep 1895; granddau Pearle Ford, 3, b. Apr 1897; grandson Dana Ford, 2, b. May 1898; son Stephen Davis, 24, b. May 1876, single, farmer.
  Children	1. Floyd Gamble "Bub" DAVIS,   b. Mar 1865, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 26 Aug 1913, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Katherine Irene "Kate" DAVIS,   b. 29 Nov 1866, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 7 Feb 1952, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 85 years)   3. Emily Jane DAVIS,   b. 29 Nov 1868,   d. 1 Nov 1920, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 51 years)   4. Experience "Sperry" DAVIS,   b. 13 Jul 1871, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 20 Dec 1909  (Age 38 years)   5. Charles C. DAVIS,   b. 23 Mar 1873, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 3 May 1891, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 18 years)   6. Stephen T. DAVIS,   b. 30 May 1876,   d. 18 Sep 1940, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 64 years)   7. Samuel Preston DAVIS, Jr.,   b. 10 Apr 1880, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 15 Jun 1883, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F20320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Jan 1835 - Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Buried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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. 97. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)). [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).