Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ephraim Bee Davis    
                Born: Dec- 5-1848          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Aug- 5-1908           4,2
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1896                 in Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father: Lemuel Davis   (1822 - 1900) 
              Mother: Rhoda Bee   (1822 - 1869) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Mary Adeline Davis   1  
             Married: Nov- 7-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: May-17-1853          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  7,6
                Died: Sep-16-1883           4
             Resided: 1872                 in Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William Riley Davis   (1829 - 1901) 
              Mother: Permelia Davis   (1831 - 1908) 
           F Child 1: Rosa Verchie Davis      
                Born: ca 1877              in Ritchie Co, WV  8,9
             Resided: 1920                 in Harrison Co, WV  9
             Husband: Claben "Labe" Butcher  
             Married: Aug-29-1893          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
             Husband: Earl Alexander Daugherty  b. ca 1879  
             Married: Nov-25-1920          in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV  9
           M Child 2: Ervin Davis      
                Born: Apr-16-1878          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Died: Jun- 6-1936          in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  12
                Wife: Laura C. Knisely  b. Jun- 1-1884  d. 1957  
       Also known as: Laura Knisley 11
             Married: Dec-20-1904           11

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. 99. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, 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. 164. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(7) 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. 101. 
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Claben Butcher, 20, b. & res. in Gilmer Co; and Rosa V. 
Davis, 17, b. & res. in Ritchie Co.  Married Aug 29 1893 in Ritchie County.  (Note:  "Davis - The Settler of Salem WV," 
p. 164, reports marriage date as Dec 20 1904.), MR p. 81. 
(11) 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. 230. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 







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