Melissa WILLIAMS

1846 - 1911  (64 years)

• Name	Melissa WILLIAMS
  Born	7 Oct 1846  [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880, 1900	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Died	22 Aug 1911	Doddridge Co, WV   [2, 3]
  	Cause: dropsy
  Buried	Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I49324	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Elias WILLIAMS, Jr.,   b. 1823,   d. 15 Jul 1864  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Irena KNIGHT,   b. 31 Jan 1828, Harrison Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV) ,   d. 11 Dec 1907, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Preston DAVIS,   b. 23 Jan 1835, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 12 Oct 1895  (Age 60 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1863	Doddridge Co, WV   [2, 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

  Buried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)). [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. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 34, Line 22 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044995&Type=Death. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).