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Philip Sheridan "Sherry" DAVIS

Philip Sheridan "Sherry" DAVIS

Male 1864 - 1951  (86 years)

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  • Name Philip Sheridan "Sherry" DAVIS 
    Born 3 Nov 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Nov 3 1863.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [2] 
    teamster in oil field 
    Census 1910, 1920  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [3] 
    farming 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4] 
    water pumper 
    Died 28 Apr 1951  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I59076  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2017 

    Father Oliver Greenwood DAVIS,   b. 4 Jun 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1940, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Priscilla MAXSON,   b. 22 May 1846,   d. 18 Sep 1925, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F20692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aseneth DAVIS,   b. 14 Jun 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1921  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1886  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 31 1916, in its entirety:
      "The family of Sherry Davis, formerly of Rock Run, now of Greenbrier, is grievously afflicted with typhoid fever. Six members of the family have had the scourge, and two children have died, Frevva [Treva], aged 8 years, being the last one, dying Monday."
    Children 
    +1. Orva Ai DAVIS,   b. 17 Sep 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1964, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Offie H. DAVIS,   b. 27 Oct 1889,   d. 3 Apr 1910  (Age 20 years)
     3. Tressie Flodella DAVIS,   b. 2 Sep 1891,   d. 9 Dec 1918  (Age 27 years)
     4. Eva Emma DAVIS,   b. 13 Sep 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1978  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Jettie Lou DAVIS,   b. 10 Feb 1898, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1973, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Samantha Belle DAVIS,   b. 17 Aug 1900, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1950, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     7. Ada L. DAVIS,   b. 2 Oct 1903,   d. 3 Oct 1916  (Age 13 years)
     8. Jessie Mildred DAVIS,   b. 2 Oct 1906,   d. 27 Sep 1958, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     9. Treva V. DAVIS,   b. 30 Jan 1908,   d. 28 Aug 1916, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F24449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. 130.

    2. [S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S2049] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789919&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Philip Sheridan Davis, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Acenith Davis, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 22 1886 "at the house of Amos Davis in Doddridge Co," officiated by Samuel D. Davis, a Minister of the Gospel. Informant for marriage license: Oliver G. Davis.
      NOTE: Oliver G. Davis was the husband's father, Amos Davis was the wife's grandfather.

    7. [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. 189.