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Moses Hoffman DAVIS

Moses Hoffman DAVIS

Male 1848 - 1935  (86 years)


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  • Name Moses Hoffman DAVIS
    Birth 18 Jul 1848  Shelby Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birthplace given in death record as Shelby County, Ohio, but elsewhere as Marion County, (W)Va.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation real estate  [2] 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Death 31 Mar 1935  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I51146  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2017

    Father James Ball DAVIS,   b. 1 Oct 1814, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1902, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Mother Jane HOPPING,   b. 1 Sep 1811, Greene Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1853 (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F14242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ellen DOUGLASS,   b. 15 Feb 1843, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1922, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [7]
    Marriage 24 Mar 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Arnetta B. "Nettie" DAVIS,   b. 1 Jun 1871, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1961, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    >2. Janie DAVIS,   b. 17 Oct 1872   d. 9 Mar 1966, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    +3. Claude C. DAVIS,   b. 4 Apr 1874, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1978 (Age 104 years)
    >4. Elosia DAVIS,   b. 14 Jul 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1955 (Age 78 years)
     5. Raymond DAVIS,   b. 28 Jan 1882
    +6. Blanche Snowbyrd DAVIS,   b. 28 Sep 1883, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1982 (Age 98 years)
    Family ID F21123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 41.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    6. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Moses H. Davis, 22, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of James B. & Jane; and Mary E. Young, widowed, 26, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Levi & Melinda Douglass. Married Mar 24 1870.