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Harry Edward "Bud" DAVIS

Harry Edward "Bud" DAVIS

Male 1924 - 1967  (43 years)

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  • Name Harry Edward "Bud" DAVIS  [1
    Born 10 Aug 1924  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Military (ENLISTED 2/23/1944)  [5, 6, 7
    Pfc, US Army, WW II (England, France, Germany), Korean War (19 yrs) 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1940  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation mining  [6
    Residence Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Died 18 Aug 1967  Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9
    Cause: mining accident 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10
    Person ID I60745  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2017 

    Father Harry Arden "Tom" DAVIS, Jr.,   b. 4 Dec 1896, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1946, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Ethel Goldie COTTRILL,   b. 10 Mar 1902, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1980  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F25191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Aug 1924 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: mining accident - 18 Aug 1967 - Wheeling, Ohio 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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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1756] Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II, (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946).

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [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. 259.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1756] Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II, (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1214.

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    7. [S643] Obituary of father.

    8. [S2637] 1940 Census, Wood County, WV.

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

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