Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Gamble B. DAVIS

Gamble B. DAVIS

Male 1846 -

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  • Name Gamble B. DAVIS 
    Born 28 Apr 1846  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1870  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [3
    railroad worker 
    Person ID I97245  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2022 

    Father Lewis Sutton DAVIS,   b. 5 Feb 1811, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1883, Knoxville, Marion Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth SHANNON,   b. 17 Mar 1822,   d. 21 Nov 1857  (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F20311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy J. THOMAS,   b. 19 Nov 1845, Hampshire Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 29 Jul 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Letha B. "Leathie" DAVIS,   b. 18 May 1869,   d. 24 Sep 1918  (Age 49 years)
     2. Attie S. DAVIS,   b. 16 Apr 1870,   d. 14 Mar 1930, South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Samuel DAVIS,   b. 21 Apr 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F7618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Levina Josephine DOTSON,   b. 30 Jun 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1933, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Oct 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District), enumerated on June 4, 1880:
      Gamble B. Davis, 32, works on railroad; wife Josephine, 25; dau Letha, 10; dau Atha, 9; boarder Isaac Hill, 36, b. Ohio (father b. Md, mother b. Pa), tobacconist, married.
    Family ID F7662  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 >).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2147] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).