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Jerry Grandison DAVIS

Jerry Grandison DAVIS

Male 1911 - 1945  (33 years)

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  • Name Jerry Grandison DAVIS 
    Born 27 Jan 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military (ENLISTED 3/23/1944)  [3, 4] 
    Pvt, US Army, 290th Inf, 75th Inf Div, WW II (died of wounds) 
    Census 1930  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He was enumerated twice in the 1930 Census, once with his family (with the notation "absent'), and again as a boarder in a hotel in the town of Addison in Webster County, where his occupation was given as miner.
    Census 1920, 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 6 Jan 1945  Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • Died of wounds received in the Battle of the Bulge.
    Buried Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I36318  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2012 

    Father Edgar Alphonse DAVIS,   b. 26 Apr 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1938, Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Eva Leah FREEMAN,   b. 3 May 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1957, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F15566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tencie Lillie ASH,   b. 6 Apr 1915,   d. 7 Feb 1990  (Age 74 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 24 Sep 1932  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Carl Edgar DAVIS,   b. 26 Jan 1934, Wiseman Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 2020, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Betty Leah DAVIS,   b. 29 Aug 1935, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 2009, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Jerry G. DAVIS, Jr.,   b. 15 Jul 1937,   d. 4 Feb 2004  (Age 66 years)
     4. Darwin Edison DAVIS,   b. 1 Feb 1939, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 2000  (Age 61 years)
     5. Dorothy Ann DAVIS,   b. 3 Mar 1941, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1941  (Age 0 years)
     6. Deloris Joann DAVIS,   b. 14 Jun 1943, Big Run, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 2012, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. Frances Kay DAVIS,   b. 11 Oct 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 2010, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     8. Richard DAVIS,   d. Bef Jul 2009
     9. Mary Ann DAVIS,   d. Bef Jul 2009
    Family ID F14406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    36318_DAVIS_JerryGrandison_1911-1945_MtOliveBaptCem_Salem_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		36318_DAVIS_JerryGrandison_1911-1945_MtOliveBaptCem_Salem_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

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

    2. [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. 156.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html).

    5. [S2544] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    8. [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. 95.