Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Asa Davis    
                Born: Jun-27-1790           1
                Died: Dec-26-1851          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided:                      in Wood Co, (W)VA  1
            Military:                      War of 1812 (drummer under Cpt John McWhorter)  1
              Father: William "Bottom Billy" Davis   (1754 -     ) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Anna Havens   (1754 - 1834) 
                Wife: Content Ann Davis   2  
             Married: Jul-15-1813          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: Jan-21-1797           1,3
                Died: Jan-10-1887           1,3
              Buried:                      in Brandy Gap (Tunnel Hill, Enon Church) Cemetery, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Joshua G. Davis   (1764 - 1839) 
              Mother: Content Davis   (1758 - 1840) 
           F Child 1: Fatima Davis      
                Born: Mar- 6-1817          in Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA  5 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar-16-1911          in Glencoe, Cook Co, IL  6
              Buried: Daggitt Cemetery      6
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Glencoe, Cook Co, IL  
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Husband: William Patten Hall  b. ca 1811  d. 1891  
             Married: Feb-19-1834          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  8
           F Child 2: Amaretta Davis      
       Also known as: Amoretta Davis 9,10
                Born: Jul-24-1818           
             Husband: Samuel Tipton Flowers  b. Sep- 7-1810  d. 1882  
             Married: Oct-26-1837          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9
           M Child 3: Elhanan W. Davis      
                Born: 1822                  7
                Died: Feb- 3-1899          in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  11
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth Lucas  b. 1834  d. Dec-22-1920  
           M Child 4: Austin M. Davis      
                Born: ca 1834              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  12
             Resided: 1865                 in Doddridge Co, WV  12
            Military:                      1st Sgt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW, captured at Greenland Gap)  13
                Wife: Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Davis  b. Feb- 8-1844  
         Census name: Betsy A. Davis 
             Married: Oct-22-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  12

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. 18. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(5) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(6) Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 (online database), Ancestry.com and Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, 
IL. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(9) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) 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. 46. 
(11) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(13) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), 
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as April 1817.







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