Jul-28-2018
Husband: Hugh Maxwell Davisson
Born: Jul- 5-1894 at Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4 (see note 1) Died: Apr- 1-1981 in Martin Co, FL 3 Buried: in Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 5 Resided: 1942, 1947, 1952 in Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 2,6,7 Census: 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Resided: 1917 at Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV 8,1 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: school teacher 9 Education: Marshall College (football, baseball, honor student) 10 (see note 2) Father: Elmer Hart Davisson (1859 - 1952) Mother: Virginia Maxwell (1859 - 1947) Other spouse 2
Wife: Hester Ann McGraw 11 Married: May-21-1917 in Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV 8
Born: ca 1893 in Fayette Co, WV 8 Died: 1964 5 Buried: in Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 5 Census: 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Resided: 1917 in Eccles, Raleigh Co, WV 8 Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Hugh Maxwell Davisson, Jr. Born: May-17-1920 in Cabell Co, WV 12,13,14,9 Died: Jul- 9-2003 12 Resided: in Carrboro, Orange Co, NC 15 Census: 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH
M Child 2: John Bradley Davisson Born: Sep- 6-1922 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH 16,12,9 Died: Dec-31-2000 in Blue Ash, Hamilton Co, OH 16,12 Buried: Myers Cemetery in Goshen, Clermont, Co, OH 17,5 Resided: in Goshen, Clermont, Co, OH 15,16 Census: 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Education: 4 years college 16 Military: Sgt, US Army, World War II 17,16
F Child 3: Elizabeth A. "Libby" Davisson Born: Sep- 6-1926 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH 18,9 Died: Feb- 6-2013 in Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 19 Buried: Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN Resided: in Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 18 Census: 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Occupation: proprietor of Walter's Auto Electric in Rensselaer (retired 1989) 18 Education: Rensselaer H.S. (1943), Indiana University (nursing degree) 18 Husband: Donald Edward Walter b. Dec- 6-1926 d. May- 8-1991 Married: Sep- 4-1948 20
M Child 4: James McGraw Davisson Born: Jul-28-1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH 5 Died: Oct-23-2012 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, MI 5 Buried: Memory Gardens Cem in Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 5 Occupation: engineer with General Electric (37 yrs) 18 Education: Rensselaer H.S. (1948), Purdue Univ, Univ of Cincinnati 18 Military: Cpl, US Marine Corps, Korean War 18 Wife: Marcia Joan Weltzin b. Jul-12-1924 d. Sep-29-2007 Married: Apr-20-1963 in Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 21
Sources: (1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (2) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (3) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. (4) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Obituary of mother. (7) Obituary of father. (8) Raleigh County Marriage Records, Beckley, WV. (9) 1930 Census. (10) West Union Record, 12/25/1914. (11) Obituary of daughter. (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Indiana before 1951. (16) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (17) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (18) Obituary. (19) Obituary - Nursing home. (20) Obituary of wife. (21) Obituary of husband. Event Notes Note (1) Birth record and WW II draft registration state birthplace as Morgansville, Doddridge County. But his World War I draft registration states Harlin, which is a now-defunct community located at Morgans Run in Morgansville. Note (2) Newspaper article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 14 1916, in its entirety: DODDRIDGE COUNTY BOY CAPTAIN OF MARSHALL FOOTBALL Hugh Davisson has been elected captain of the Marshall College Football team. He is now in a Huntington hospital with his back in a plaster cast from injuries sustained in a football game three weeks ago. He is a son of E. H. Davisson, of Harlin, and is one of the best in Marshall College, in baseball as well as football. Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 28 1916, in its entirety: "Misses Hattie and Mary Davisson, of Harlin, spent Wednesday night in West Union. The former is teaching in Harrison County. She and her sister, Miss May, were at Huntington the fore part of last week to see their brother, Hugh, the football player, who is still in a hospital with a badly injured back, the result of an injury in a game aggravating injuries inflicted by a horse in boyhood. His conditin is serious, having innumerable convulsions, but the doctors think he will recover."Name Index