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Alexander H. DAVIS

Alexander H. DAVIS

Male 1861 - 1939  (78 years)

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  • Name Alexander H. DAVIS 
    Born 12 Feb 1861  Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 7 Aug 1939  Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I57007  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2016 

    Father William DAVIS,   b. 25 Nov 1823, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1892  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Leah HUGHES,   b. 27 Feb 1829, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1917, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F20150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emma Ella EDDY,   b. 28 Apr 1862, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1899, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier Dist):
      Alexander H. Davis, 39, b. Feb 1861, widowed; son William E, 18, b. Mar 1882; son John H, 16, b. Oct 1883; dau Lelia M, 11, b. Sep 1888; son Charles A, 7, b. Jun 1892; mother Leah, 71, b. Feb 1829, widowed, mother of one child (still living).
    Children 
    +1. William Eddy DAVIS,   b. Mar 1882, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1947, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     2. John H. DAVIS,   b. 15 Oct 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1919, Independence, Montgomery Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     3. Rosa L. DAVIS,   b. 1 May 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     4. Lelia M. DAVIS,   b. 3 Sep 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1904  (Age 15 years)
     5. Charles A. DAVIS,   b. 30 Jun 1892
    Family ID F23596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Jane COX,   b. Feb 1861, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 May 1901  Meathouse Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F45969  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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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. 132.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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

    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. 69.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.