Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: David L. Davis    
                Born: Sep-23-1787          in New Jersey  1
                Died: 1849                  2
              Father: William "Greenbrier Billy" Davis   (1758 - 1845) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Johnston   (1762 - 1845) 
                Wife: Lydia Jeffrey   3,4  
             Married: Mar-10-1807           4
                Born: ca 1793               
                Died: Feb- 3-1852          in West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5
              Father: Joseph Jeffrey, Sr.   (     - 1801) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Stooky 
           M Child 1: Elias L. Davis      
                Born: ca 1812              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6
                Died: Apr- 9-1886           
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1860                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Wood Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  8,9,10
            Military: (enlisted 1863)      Lt, Co D, 4th W.Va. Cav, Civil War  7
                Wife: Amanda K. Hoskinson  b. ca 1818  
             Married: Oct-27-1835          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  11
           M Child 2: Joseph J. Davis      
           F Child 3: Delila Davis      
                Born: ca 1814               6
             Husband: Jamison Inghram  
           M Child 4: Thomas Neely Davis      
                Born: 1824                  3
                Died: bef Oct 1849          2
                Wife: Sophia Amelia Zinn  b. Oct-21-1826  d. Oct- 3-1867  
       Also known as: Amelia Zinn 12
           M Child 5: James J. Davis 2     
           M Child 6: John T. Davis 2     
           M Child 7: Lafayette Davis 2     
           F Child 8: Adeline Davis 2     
             Husband: Living  
           F Child 9: Elizabeth Davis 2     

Sources:
(1) 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. 13. 
(2) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Will records. 
(3) U.S. Biographies Project - West Virginia, http://www.wileygenealogy.com/~usbios/bios/wv. 
(4) 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. 20. 
(5) Obituary, "Wheeling Intelligencer," 18 Feb 1852: 
On the 3rd inst., at West Union Doddridge county, Va., in the 59th year of her age, LYDIA DAVIS, consort of David L. 
Davis, in full prospect of enjoying a blissful immortality beyond this vale of tears.  Mrs. Davis has been an acceptable 
member of the M.E. Church for many years.  She was confined to the room for about one year before her death.  Her 
suffering was great, but with Christian fortitude she bore it until death put an end to her mortal pains. -- Thus has 
passed away another of our old citizens which calls to mind the words of our Savior, "Be ye also ready."    
J.A.W. 
(6) 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. 33. 
(7) Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, from Records of 
the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Grp 92; National Archives, Washington 
DC. 
(8) 1850 Census, Wood County, (W)VA. 
(9) 1860 Census, Wood County, (W)VA. 
(10) 1870 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(11) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 230. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1880, Elias L. Davis and his wife were in the household of their daughter
& son-in-law, Lydia & William McKindley and their six children.







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