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Darwin Maxwell DAVIS

Darwin Maxwell DAVIS

Male 1877 - 1952  (75 years)

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  • Name Darwin Maxwell DAVIS 
    Born 10 Jul 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation real estate broker  [3] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Residence 1908  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1938  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 1 Dec 1952  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Identified by Susie Davis Nicholson (p. 48) as Darwin Maxwell Davis, but Wes Cochran's "Harrison County WV Marriages" identifies him as Darwin Maxson Davis. Death record has only Darwin M. Davis. [1, 2]
    Person ID I1480  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2008 

    Father Charles Grandison DAVIS,   b. Jan 1822, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1916  (Age ~ 94 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth F. RANDOLPH,   b. 25 Jan 1837,   d. 2 Feb 1918  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F3297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude Elma GASTON,   b. 16 Nov 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1908  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Family ID F484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • 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. 48.

    2. [S1786] Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001)).

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      Cause of death stated as acute coronary heart attack; he died in his car while driving alone on Route 50 three miles east of Salem.

    6. [S1786] Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001)).
      Identified as Darwin Maxson Davis, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Charles G. & Elizabeth; and Gertrude Elma Gaston, 31, of Harrison Co, dau of James W. & Sarah A. Married Sep 16 1908.