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Family: Samuel Henry DAVIS / Jemima LAW (F21499)

m. 7 Aug 1864


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  • Samuel Henry DAVISFather | Male
    Samuel Henry DAVIS

    Born  1 Feb 1844   
    Died  1 May 1905   
    Buried    Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  7 Aug 1864  [1]  Harrison Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Lewis DAVIS | F21500 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Harriet Ann DEAN | F21500 Group Sheet 

    Jemima LAWMother | Female
    Jemima LAW

    Born  Apr 1844   
    Died  1913   
    Buried    Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  David LAW | F21497 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah DENNISON | F21497 Group Sheet 

    Sarah Ann DAVISChild 1 | Female
    Sarah Ann DAVIS

    Born  13 Nov 1865   
    Died  16 May 1886   
    Buried    Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Oliver Louther DAVISChild 2 | Male
    + Oliver Louther DAVIS

    Born  4 Jul 1869  Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Ida Belle NUTTER | F43381 
    Married  14 Jun 1891  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Schuyler Graves DAVISChild 3 | Male
    + Schuyler Graves DAVIS

    Born  Sep 1872  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1946   
    Buried    Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Retta Jane NICHOLSON | F14901 
    Married  26 Sep 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Martha E. DAVISChild 4 | Female
    + Martha E. DAVIS

    Born  Jul 1876  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Rufus N. COLLINS | F23896 
    Married  1 Apr 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  George Wellington "Henry" METZ | F23897 
    Married  28 May 1903  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Henry Jackson "Jack" DAVISChild 5 | Male
    + Henry Jackson "Jack" DAVIS

    Born  27 May 1879  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Apr 1947  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Bitha Susan NICHOLSON | F23895 
    Married  31 Oct 1909  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Lola M. DAVISChild 6 | Female
    + Lola M. DAVIS

    Born  23 Feb 1882  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jun 1932  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Elmer BOWEN | F23898 
    Married  19 Jan 1899  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Bertha DAVISChild 7 | Female
    Bertha DAVIS

    Born  23 Sep 1884   
    Died  10 Aug 1899   
    Buried    Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Claud Sims DAVISChild 8 | Male
    + Claud Sims DAVIS

    Born  30 May 1887  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 May 1969  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy Roberta "Bertie" NICHOLSON | F23899 
    Married  18 Aug 1907  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      Samuel H. Davis, 56, b. Feb 1844, b. W.Va., both parents b. Maryland, married 36 yrs; wife Jemima Davis, 56, b. Apr 1844, mother of no children; dau Martha Collins, 23, b. Jul 1876, widowed, mother of one child (still living); son Henry J. Davis, 21, b. May 1879; son Claud Davis, 13, b. May 1887; granddau Pearl Collins, 5, b. Feb 1895.

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 381.