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