Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Arzander R. Davis    
       Also known as: A. R. Davis 1
                Born: ca 1852              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2
              Census: 1920                 in Henry District, Clay Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Otter District, Clay Co, WV  
             Resided: 1876                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father: Stephen C. Davis   (1832 -     ) 
              Mother: Jemima Kelley   (1831 -     ) 
                Wife: Sarah Margaret Collins   1  
       Also known as: Margaret Collins 1
             Married: Jun-15-1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Born: ca 1857              in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2
              Census: 1920                 in Henry District, Clay Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Otter District, Clay Co, WV  
             Resided: 1876                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Mother: Phebe ___ 
           M Child 1: William Lee Davis      
                Born: Jul-27-1877          in Ritchie Co, WV  5,6
                Died: Dec-  -1943          in Gem, Braxton Co, WV  7 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Copen Cemetery, Braxton Co, WV  8
             Resided:                      in Gem, Braxton Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1910                 in Clay Co, WV  6
              Census: 1880                 in Otter District, Clay Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      stone mason  7
                Wife: Ida M. Leaseburg  b. Jun-27-1887  d. Aug-21-1974  
       Also known as: Ida M. Leaseburge 
             Married: Sep- 4-1910          in Braxton Co, WV  9
           M Child 2: Aaron S. Davis      
                Born: ca 1879               3
              Census: 1880                 in Otter District, Clay Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Clay County, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Arzander Davis, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, 
son of S. C. & Jemima; and Sarah M. Collins, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank) & Phebe.  Married Jun 15 1876 
in Ritchie County, officiated by Joseph H. Goff. MR p. 33, line 43 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538074&Type=Marriage. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Ida M. Leaseburg, 23, b. Lewis Co, res. Braxton Co; and 
William L. Davis, 33, b. Ritchie Co, res. Clay Co.  Married Sep 4 1910 "at residence of Dan Baker on Bull Run," 
officiated by T. H. Howell, a minister of the M.E. Church.  (NOTE:  Wife's name appears three times in the marriage 
record, twice with the spelling Leaseburge, and once with the more common spelling Leaseburg.), MR p. 471 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10191134&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date on headstone is Dec 13 1943, but death record shows it as Dec 14
1943.  Death record indicates burial at Davis Cemetery, but there is a headstone
for him at Copen Cemetery.







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