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 1
                Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Jane Tamer Kniseley     
       Also known as: Sarah E. Knisley 4
             Married: Jul-13-1896          in Gilmer Co, WV  3,4
                Born: Oct-22-1878          in Gilmer Co, WV  6,3
                Died: Nov- 2-1918          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  7,4
              Buried:                      in Weston State Hospital Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV  7
      Cause of death:                      influenza  7
              Census: 1880                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: Adam Knisely   (1837 - 1919) 
              Mother: Harriet Norman   (1849 - 1932) 
           F Child 1: Bertha Rhoda Davis      
                Born: Jan-27-1901          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  4,8
                Died: Jan-  -1981           8
             Resided:                      in Manassas, VA  8
             Husband: Guy Toy Sutton  b. Jun- 2-1896  d. Jul-  -1975  
         Census name: Toy G. Sutton 9
             Married: Oct-26-1923           10
           F Child 2: Nellie Davis      
                Born: Aug-26-1903           4,8
                Died: Jun-15-1996           8
             Resided:                      in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  11,10
             Resided: formerly             in Akron, Summit Co, OH  10
             Husband: Oma Clive Sutton  b. Jul- 9-1901  d. Sep-  -1985  
             Married: Oct-26-1923           10

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) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(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. 200. 
(11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 







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