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Martha DAVISSON

Martha DAVISSON

Female 1833 - 1924  (90 years)

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  • Name Martha DAVISSON 
    Born 1 Sep 1833  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1853  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Lockland, Hamilton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 19 Feb 1924  Gallia Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • A headstone (flat marker) for Martha Trough is located at the Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery in Salem, with birth-death dates of 1833-1918. Although the 1833 birth date is consistent with census records, the 1918 death date is clearly incorrect. In the 1920 Census of Hamilton County, Ohio, she was listed as mother-in-law Martha Trough, 87, b. WVa, widowed, in the household of her married daughter Flora Smith and her family. Ohio death records show that she died in Gallia County on Feb 19 1924.
    Buried Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Person ID I59005  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2020 

    Father Joseph D. DAVISSON,   b. 25 Mar 1800, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1880  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Anne ROBINSON,   b. 27 Oct 1803,   d. 16 Apr 1869, Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F21802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob TROUGH,   b. 8 Nov 1831, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1884  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1853  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "The Davissons - A History and Genealogy" reports marriage date as Nov 13 1853. But records show that the marriage license was issued on Nov 14 1853, with the wedding held on Nov 16 1853.
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile Twp), enumerated on Aug 10 1870:
      Jacob Trough, 39, blacksmith, value of real estate $7,275, value of personal estate $350; Martha D, 36; Lloyd R, 12; William J, 8; Flora, 4; Edmund P, 1. All born in Va/WVa except Jacob, born in Pennsylvania.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 21 1880:
      Jacob Trough, 50, farmer; wife Martha, 48; son William, 18; dau Flora, 14; son Edmund P, 12; dau Buna, 8; son Benjamine, 5. All born in Va/WVa except Jacob, born in Pennsylvania.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900 in the Town of Salem:
      Martha Traugh, 66, b. Sep 1833, widowed.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Town of Salem), enumerated on May 6 1910 on Main Street:
      Martha Traugh, 76, widowed, mother of 10 children (6 still living).

      1920 Census, Hamilton Co, Ohio (Springfield Twp, Village of Lockland), enumerated in January 1920 at 622 Wayne Avenue:
      Curtis W. Smith, 54, b. Ohio, minister in church; wife Flora, 54, b. WVa; son Vincent, 23, b. Ohio, student at medical college; mother-in-law Martha Trough, 87, b. WVa, widowed. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Richard Lloyd TROUGH,   b. CA 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lee TROUGH,   b. Apr 1855,   d. 27 Jan 1856  (Age ~ 0 years)
     3. Henry Franklin TROUGH,   b. CA 1858, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1863  (Age ~ 5 years)
     4. Olive Virginia TROUGH,   b. CA 1860,   d. 30 Aug 1861  (Age ~ 1 years)
     5. Brent TROUGH,   b. Nov 1860,   d. 17 Oct 1861  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +6. William Jefferson TROUGH,   b. 12 Nov 1862, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1940  (Age 77 years)
     7. Flora TROUGH,   b. CA 1866, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1940, Ironton, Lawrence Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     8. Edmund P. TROUGH,   b. CA 1869
     9. Buna TROUGH,   b. CA 1872
     10. Benjamin TROUGH,   b. CA 1875
    Family ID F24408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

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

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 182.

    8. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)).