Jul-28-2018
Husband: Phineas Davis
Also known as: Amos Davis 1
Born: Sep-29-1794 in New Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Died: 1845 in Ohio 3
Father: William "Bottom Billy" Davis (1754 - )
Mother: Elizabeth Anna Havens (1754 - 1834)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Rulana Randolph 4
Married: May-16-1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Born: May-14-1799 5
Died: May-25-1836 2
Father: Jonathan Fitz Randolph (1775 - 1853)
Mother: Mary Davis (1782 - 1862)
F Child 1: Delia Ann Davis
Born: Sep-14-1826 2,6
Died: Sep- 3-1900 in St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9 (see note 1)
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Neely D. Jeffrey b. Sep-30-1820 d. Dec-18-1877
Married: Apr-26-1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
M Child 2: Charles C. Davis
Also known as: C. C. Davis
Born: Oct-27-1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3 (see note 2)
Died: Apr-17-1910 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: Eureka Pipeline Co.
Wife: Manervia A. Keck b. Dec-21-1840 d. Jan- 1-1867
Also known as: Minerva A. Keck 10
Married: Jul- 7-1861 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 11
F Child 3: Hester Davis 12
Also known as: Hettie Ester Davis 13
Born: May-17-1834 in Champaign Co, OH 2,14 (see note 3)
Died: 1925 13
Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 4)
Census: 1880 in Jackson Co, WV
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Resided: 1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14
Husband: William Tyler Pritchard b. Apr-21-1830 d. May- 9-1911
Married: Jun-30-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14
Sources:
(1) Death record of daughter.
(2) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 19.
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >.
(4) Marriage record of daughter.
(5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, Birth date given as May 14 1798 on p. 19, but as May 14 1799 on p.
31. p. 31.
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Delia Ann Jeffrey, white female, widow; died Sep 3 1900 at
St. Clara, age 73y 11m 19d, cause of death dysentery, buried Sep 4 1900 in West Union.
(Note: Age at death calculates to a birth date of Sep 15 1826, but reported as Sep 14 1826 in "Davis - The Settlers of
Salem WV," p. 75. The 1900 Census also gives her birth date as Sep 1826. However, the birth date on her headstone is
incorrectly inscribed as 1814. The death date on her headstone, 1899, is also incorrect.), DR p. 136, Line 1616 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047750&Type=Death.
(8) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 75.
(9) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(11) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Charles C. Davis, 24, b. in state of Ohio, res. Doddridge
Co, occupation none, son of Phineas & Lurana Davis; and Minerva A. Keck, 19, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of
George & Margaret A. Keck. Married Jul 7 1861 in Tyler County, ceremony performed by S. E. Steel. MR p. 10 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038467&Type=Marriage.
(12) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(13) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 141.
(14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
Event Notes
Note (1) Name on headstone misspelled as Dellia. Death date incorrectly inscribed as
1899.
Note (2) Age at death would put birth in about 1834.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Mar 1834, age 66. Age given at marriage
would put birth in about 1839.
Note (4) in household with son Charles
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