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Floy Estella DAVIS

Floy Estella DAVIS

Female 1877 - 1891  (13 years)

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  • Name Floy Estella DAVIS 
    Born 10 Apr 1877  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 Feb 1891  Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I57619  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2015 

    Father Ezekiel Bee DAVIS,   b. 21 Aug 1846, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1925  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Rachel Jane WELCH,   b. 30 Oct 1850, Jefferson Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
      Ezekiel Davis, 33, farmer; wife Rachel, 28; son H. T., 9; dau D. G., 7; son H. A., 5; dau D. S., 3; son C. L., 9 months. All born in Va/WVa.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 19 1900:
      Ezekle B. Davis, 53, b. Aug 1846, farmer, married 30 yrs; wife Rachael, 49, b. Oct 1850, married 30 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Alfred N, 18, b. Mar 1882, single, teamster; dau Emle, 15, b. Oct 1884; son Oscar R, 13, b. Nov 1886; dau Jenny B, 9, b. Oct 1890. All born in West Virginia.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910:
      Ezekiel B. Davis, 63, farmer, married 37 yrs; wife Rachel, 59, married 37 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Herbert T, 38, single, farmer; dau MLle, 25, single; dau Jenny B, 19. All born in West Virginia.

      NOTE: The birthplace of Rachel (Welch) Davis is known from other records to be Jefferson County, Indiana. [5]
    Family ID F16448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Feb 1891 - Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge 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. 134.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 38 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5048784&Type=Death.
      There are two death record entries for this death, entered consecutively in the ledger-style record book.
      (1) Identifed as Floy Stella Davis, white female, 13, died Feb 16 1891 at Rock Run, cause of death albuminuria complicated by uremia, buried Feb 17 1891 in West Union. Undertaker R. Harbarger, informant McLane & Griffin, M.D., West Union. Date of report Mar 2 1891.
      (2) Identified as Stella Davis, white female, 13, died Feb 16 1891 at Rock Run, cause of death dropsical affectives caused by epileptic fits, buried Feb 17 1891 in West Union. Informant R. Harshbarger, undertaker, West Union. Date of report Feb 25 1891.
      (NOTE: There is a headstone at Blockhouse Hill Cemetery in West Union for Floye Estella Davis, daughter of E. B. & R. Davis, b. Apr 12 1877, d. Feb 16 1891.)

    3. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 174, Line 2 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791703&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ezekiel B. Davis, single, farmer, age 24y 1m, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Alfred & Rebecca Davis; and Rachel Welch, single, age 20, b. Jefferson Co Virginia (sic), res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Margaret Welch. Married Sep 24 1870 in Doddridge Co.
      (NOTE: Wife's stated birthplace is incorrect. According to Civil War widow's pension records filed by her mother after her father's 1865 death, Rachel was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, on Oct 30 1850. The 1870 Census also shows her birthplace as Indiana, although other census records incorrectly indicate Va/Wva.)

    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 >).