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Earl Leonidas DAVIS

Earl Leonidas DAVIS

Male 1895 - 1984  (89 years)

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  • Name Earl Leonidas DAVIS 
    Born 11 Dec 1895  Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military World War I  [4] 
    • Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 5 1918, in its entirety:
      "Earl Davis, son of M. O. Davis of Camp Mistake, who was enlisted in the United States army some time since, arrived here Saturday on his way home from Camp Meade, Md., having been discharged from the service."
    Census 1910, 1920  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    school teacher 
    Census From 1930 to CASS AVE  Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    truck driver for furniture store 
    Occupation From 1932 to 31 Dec 1946  [4, 7, 8] 
    Clerk of Circuit Court of Doddridge Co WV 
    Census From 1940 to WABASH AVE  Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 1947  [4] 
    Star Furniture Company 
    Census 1950  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1950  [9] 
    clerk in furniture store 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Died 18 Dec 1984  [1, 2] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I49601  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2022 

    Father Marion Ottobon DAVIS,   b. 28 Jun 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1941  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Nancy Isabelle WEEKLEY,   b. 21 Feb 1858, Camp, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1940, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F29865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Opal Ellen KNIGHT,   b. 17 Dec 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1922  (Age 19 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1920  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Virginia Lucille DAVIS,   b. 4 Mar 1921, Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1989, Ravenna, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F20453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Olive Pearl WILLIAMS,   b. 1 Feb 1905, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1983, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1925  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Louise DAVIS,   b. 13 Jan 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 2015  (Age 89 years)
     2. Robert Leonidas DAVIS,   b. 23 May 1931, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 2021, Bolivia, Brunswick Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F24132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

    4. [S1897] West Union Record, 1/2/1947.

    5. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

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

    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. 225.

    8. [S2640] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    9. [S301] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    10. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

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

    12. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    13. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 400.
      Identified as Earl L. Davis, 29, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Olive Pearl Williams, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 14 1925 in West Union. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Apr 18 1925.)