Leslie Ernest DAVIS
1888 - 1969 (80 years)
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Name Leslie Ernest DAVIS Born 29 Nov 1888 Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1910 McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Residence 1911 Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV [4] Residence 1919 Blue Creek, Kanawha Co, WV [5] Residence 1924 Salem, Harrison Co, WV [6] Census 1930, 1940 Salem, Harrison Co, WV Occupation gas company employee [1] Occupation 1940 truck driver for pipeline company Died 20 Oct 1969 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [1, 2] Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV [1, 7] Notes - 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
Leslie Davis, 22, oiler at gas station, married under 1 yr; wife Ottis, 18, no children.
The 1920 Census found Leslie Davis, 32, widowed, pipe liner in oil field, as a boarder in the household of Arthur & Carrie McClure in Elk District of Kanawha Co, WV. His four children, Gay, Marjorie, Leslie Jr, and Denver, were listed in the household of their maternal grandparents, Absalom & Harriett Digman in McClellan District of Doddridge County.
1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 2 1930:
Leslie Davis Sr, 41, oil worker, age 21 at time of first marriage; wife Lucindia, 35, age 29 at first marriage; dau Gay, 20, school teacher; dau Marjorie, 17; son Leslie Jr, 14; son Denver G, 11; son Edwin, 10; son Grover M, 5; son Francis L, 2; son Thomas F, under 1 yr.
1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 30 1940:
Leslie Davis, 51, truck driver for pipeline company; wife Lucinda L, 45; son Grover M, 15; son Francis L, 12; son Thomas F, 10; son Duane B, 8; son Andrew W, 5; dau Carolyn R, 2; brother Jimmy, 46, married, pumper for oil company; niece Adeline S, 21, single.
Person ID I51519 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 16 Sep 2018
Father Benjamin Franklin DAVIS, b. 1855, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 12 Jul 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 64 years) Mother Easter HUTSON, b. 14 Feb 1857, Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 31 Jul 1911 (Age 54 years) Family ID F22528 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ottis DIGMAN, b. 1891, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 23 Dec 1919, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV (Age 28 years) Married 19 Sep 1909 Doddridge Co, WV [3] Children + 1. Gay Ileen DAVIS, b. 1 Jul 1910, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 24 Jun 1996 (Age 85 years)2. Marjorie A. DAVIS, b. CA 1913 3. Leslie DAVIS, Jr., b. CA 1916 4. Denver Glenn DAVIS, b. CA 1919 Documents 
51519_LeslieDavis_OtticeDigman_MarriageRecord_19Sep1909.jpg Family ID F29041 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Lillie Lucinda "Cindy" DAVIS, b. 25 Feb 1895, Harrison Co, WV , d. 22 Mar 1971 (Age 76 years) Married 26 Jul 1924 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [6] Children + 1. Grover Merrill DAVIS, b. 31 Mar 1925, Harrison Co, WV , d. 30 May 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 44 years)2. Francis Lee DAVIS, b. 27 Sep 1927, Salem, Harrison Co, WV , d. 16 Nov 2000, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV (Age 73 years)3. Thomas Franklin DAVIS, b. 24 Jan 1930, Salem, Harrison Co, WV , d. 27 Dec 2013, Garland, Dallas Co, TX (Age 83 years)+ 4. Duane Bernard DAVIS, b. 5 Mar 1932, Salem, Harrison Co, WV , d. 23 Dec 2019, Salem, Harrison Co, WV (Age 87 years)+ 5. Andrew Wilson "Andy" DAVIS, b. 29 Jan 1935, Salem, Harrison Co, WV , d. 30 Dec 2005 (Age 70 years)+ 6. Carolyn Ruth DAVIS, b. 26 Jan 1938, Salem, Harrison Co, WV , d. 10 Aug 2023, Salem, Harrison Co, WV (Age 85 years)Documents 51519_LeslieDavis_LucindaDavis_MarriageRecord_26Jul1924.jpg Family ID F29042 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
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Sources - [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
- [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. 119.
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
- [S960] Obituary of mother.
- [S1588] Death record of wife.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
- [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).
- [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).