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Alvin Marcellus DAVIS

Alvin Marcellus DAVIS

Male 1842 - 1908  (65 years)

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  • Name Alvin Marcellus DAVIS 
    Born 3 Dec 1842  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 3 Jan 1908  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I53836  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2021 

    Father William B. "Buckeye Billy" DAVIS,   b. 30 Oct 1807, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1896, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Martha HUGHES,   b. 6 Apr 1809,   d. 21 Mar 1893  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1826  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 26 1850:
      William B. Davis, 52, farmer, value of real estate $1,200; Martha, 41; Jonathan H, 14, cannot read/write; Granberry, 11; Marion (male), 9; Alvin M, 7; Sarah A, 5; Leah E, 2; Amaretta, 1.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 20 1860:
      Wm. B. Davis, 52, farmer, value of real estate $1,500; value of personal estate $270; M. (female), 50; A. (male), 17; S. A. (female), 15; L. E. (female), 13; A. (female), 10; M. (female), 5. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Jul 15 1870:
      Wm. B. Davis, 62, farmer, value of real estate $700, value of personal estate $500; Martha, 61, cannot read/write; Manerva, 15; Thos. E, 13. All born in Virginia except for Thomas, born in Ohio.
      NOTE: Since Thomas was not with this family in 1860, and in light of his Ohio birthplace, it is unlikely that he is a child of William and Martha.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      William B. Davis, 72, farmer; wife Marthy, 71, medical condition asthma, cannot write.
    Family ID F20392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Victoria Gay DOTSON,   b. 30 Mar 1848, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1932  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Jettie Gay DAVIS,   b. 15 Sep 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1956, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     2. Gladie O. DAVIS,   b. 30 Aug 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1960, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +3. Mary Imogene "Jean" DAVIS,   b. 2 Mar 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1942, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F22245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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. 89.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    5. [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. 45.

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