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Lloyd Wesley DAVISSON

Lloyd Wesley DAVISSON

Male 1883 - 1964  (80 years)

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  • Name Lloyd Wesley DAVISSON 
    Born 30 Sep 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1882. But his death record show and WW I draft registration show it as Sep 30 1883.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1918  [2] 
    section laborer for Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Smithton 
    Census 1900, 1920, 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918, 1939  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Census 1940  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation railroad trackman  [1, 4] 
    Died 12 Aug 1964  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I80103  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2016 

    Father Franklin Maxwell DAVISSON,   b. 18 Aug 1838, Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Vietta Christene "Christy" LYON,   b. 6 Jun 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1929, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F24411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosa Victoria PRUNTY,   b. 21 Jun 1880,   d. 6 Apr 1939, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1906  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 16 1930 at Route 50:
      Loyd Davisson, 46, railroad trackman, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Rosa, 48, age 25 at first marriage; son Lessel, 23, laborer at odd jobs, married, age 21 at first marriage; dau Ethel, 18, single; son Hershell, 17, single; dau-in-law Ruby, 16, married, age 14 at first marriage; granddau Frances, 9 months.
    Children 
    +1. Lessel Guy DAVISSON,   b. 1 Apr 1908, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1982, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +2. Effie Marie DAVISSON,   b. 25 Nov 1910, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 2001  (Age 90 years)
     3. Hershel DAVISSON,   b. 7 May 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1982  (Age 71 years)
     4. Ethel Mae DAVISSON,   b. 11 Jul 1913, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1982  (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F34265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    80103_DAVISSON_LloydWesley_1883-1964_DeathRecord.jpg    		80103_DAVISSON_LloydWesley_1883-1964_DeathRecord.jpg
    80103_LloydDavisson_RosaPrunty_MarriageRecord_3Jun1906.jpg    		80103_LloydDavisson_RosaPrunty_MarriageRecord_3Jun1906.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    4. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 48-F : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4634602&Type=Death.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 401 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794211&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lloyd Davis [sic], 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Rosa Prunty, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jun 3 1906 "at Res'd of Bride in Dodd Co. W.Va." (Note: Basis for identification of husband as Davis, rather than Davisson, is not known. All records before and after this marriage record identify him as Lloyd (or Loyd) Davisson, including all census records and the death records of him and his wife.)