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Franklin Maxwell DAVIS

Franklin Maxwell DAVIS

Male 1840 - 1925  (84 years)

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  • Name Franklin Maxwell DAVIS 
    Born 27 Oct 1840  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date reported in "Davis - The Settlers of Salem W.Va.," p. 70, as Oct 27 1840, but in death record as Oct 24 1839, age 86. His obituary states only that he was born in 1839 and died on Oct 24 1925 at age 86. The 1900 Census shows his birth date as Oct 1840.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    druggist 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    mayor of West Union 
    Died 24 Oct 1925  Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Death record states only that burial was in West Union. But his obituary, which also states that burial was in West Union, specifies that burial was made "by the side of his wife," who had died 19 years before. Henrietta (Smith) Davis is known from her headstone to be buried in the former IOOF Cemetery located at the upper portion of Blockhouse Hill Cemetery. No headstone has been found for Franklin Maxwell Davis.
    Person ID I57615  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 May 2015 

    Father Alford Newlon DAVIS,   b. CA 1817,   d. 4 May 1859, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Rebecca DAVIS,   b. 4 Apr 1815,   d. 15 Jan 1897, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F11687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henrietta SMITH,   b. 18 Jan 1850,   d. 9 Nov 1906  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1871  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Charles Lenus "Fiddler" DAVIS,   b. 2 Apr 1873, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1951, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F23842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900, 1910 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1925 - Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
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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. 70.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.