Riley George DAVIS
1837 - 1863 (26 years)
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Name Riley George DAVIS Born 4 Jan 1837 Harrison Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Military Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (KIA) [3] - Records show that Riley G. Davis enlisted in Company A, 14th W.Va. Infantry, in West Union on Aug 14 1862. He mustered in on active duty at Wheeling on Aug 23 1862. In October 1862, he was home sick on furlough in Doddridge County. On April 25 1863, he was shot in the abdomen at the Battle of Greenland Gap. The bullet penetrated his bowels, and he died of wounds the next day.
Residence 1858 Doddridge Co, (W)VA [2] Census 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Physical Description 5'7", light complexion, blue eyes, dark hair [3] Occupation carpenter [4] Died 26 Apr 1863 Greenland Gap, Grant Co, WV [3] Buried Greenland Gap, Grant Co, WV [1] Person ID I50149 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 28 Feb 2018
Father Jesse J. DAVIS, b. 16 Apr 1812, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 1 Feb 1904 (Age 91 years) Mother Huldah DAVIS, b. 3 Aug 1816, d. 6 May 1900 (Age 83 years) Married 2 May 1833 Harrison Co, (W)VA [5] Family ID F17565 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann H. MAXSON, b. 5 Jun 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 9 Aug 1909, West Edmeston, Madison Co, NY (Age 69 years) Married 9 Dec 1858 Doddridge Co, (W)VA [1, 6] Notes - 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 25 1860:
R. G. Davis, 23, carpenter, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $25; Margaret (sic), 21; F. M. (male), 7 months. All born in Virginia.
NOTE: Riley G. Davis' wife was Mary Ann Maxson, mother of their son Francis Manville Davis. Her name being entered here as Margaret is an apparent clerical error.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 13 1870:
Gideon Maxson, 55, farmer, value of real estate $748, value of personal estate $971; Mary A. Davis, 29, value of real estate $1000, value of personal estate $100; Manville Davis, 10; Viola Davis, 9.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
Mary A. Davis, 40, widowed; dau Viola H. Davis, 19, single; father Gideon Maxin, 65, widowed.
Children 1. Francis Manville DAVIS, b. 11 Nov 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA + 2. Viola H. DAVIS, b. 27 May 1861, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV , d. 10 Sep 1939, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA (Age 78 years)3. Leander DAVIS, b. 6 Aug 1862, d. 24 Oct 1862 (Age 0 years) Family ID F20696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Died - 26 Apr 1863 - Greenland Gap, Grant Co, WV 
Buried - - Greenland Gap, Grant Co, WV = Link to Google Earth
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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. 129.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).
- [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
- [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.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
Identified as George Rily Davis, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse & Hulda; and Mary A. H. Maxon, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Gideon & Katharine. Married Dec 9 1858.
- [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. 129.