| Name |
Hugh Maxwell DAVISSON |
| Born |
5 Jul 1894 |
Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
- Birth record and WW II draft registration state birthplace as Morgansville, Doddridge County. But his World War I draft registration states Harlin, which is a now-defunct community located at Morgans Run in Morgansville.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1910 |
Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Residence |
1917 |
Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV [1, 5] |
| Census |
1930 |
Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH |
| Education |
Marshall College (football, baseball, honor student) [6] |
- Newspaper article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 14 1916, in its entirety:
DODDRIDGE COUNTY BOY CAPTAIN OF MARSHALL FOOTBALL
Hugh Davisson has been elected captain of the Marshall College Football team. He is now in a Huntington hospital with his back in a plaster cast from injuries sustained in a football game three weeks ago. He is a son of E. H. Davisson, of Harlin, and is one of the best in Marshall College, in baseball as well as football.
Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 28 1916, in its entirety:
"Misses Hattie and Mary Davisson, of Harlin, spent Wednesday night in West Union. The former is teaching in Harrison County. She and her sister, Miss May, were at Huntington the fore part of last week to see their brother, Hugh, the football player, who is still in a hospital with a badly injured back, the result of an injury in a game aggravating injuries inflicted by a horse in boyhood. His conditin is serious, having innumerable convulsions, but the doctors think he will recover."
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| Occupation |
school teacher [7] |
| Residence |
1942, 1947, 1952 |
Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN [2, 8, 9] |
| Died |
1 Apr 1981 |
Martin Co, FL [3] |
| Buried |
Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN [10] |
| Person ID |
I92130 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2016 |
| Father |
Elmer Hart DAVISSON, b. 15 Jan 1859, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 17 May 1952, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 93 years) |
| Mother |
Virginia MAXWELL, b. 26 Jul 1859, Blandville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 16 Mar 1947, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 87 years) |
| Family ID |
F7842 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Hester Ann MCGRAW, b. CA 1893, Fayette Co, WV , d. 1964 (Age ~ 71 years) [11] |
| Married |
21 May 1917 |
Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Hugh Maxwell DAVISSON, Jr., b. 17 May 1920, Cabell Co, WV , d. 9 Jul 2003 (Age 83 years) |
| | 2. John Bradley DAVISSON, b. 6 Sep 1922, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH , d. 31 Dec 2000, Blue Ash, Hamilton Co, OH (Age 78 years) |
| | 3. Elizabeth A. "Libby" DAVISSON, b. 6 Sep 1926, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH , d. 6 Feb 2013, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN (Age 86 years) |
| | 4. James McGraw DAVISSON, b. 28 Jul 1930, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH , d. 23 Oct 2012, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, MI (Age 82 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18085 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1894 - 1981 (86 years)