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William Perry DAVIS

William Perry DAVIS

Male 1887 - 1965  (78 years)

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  • Name William Perry DAVIS 
    Born 15 Apr 1887  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in marriage record as Apr 15 1889, but 1900 Census shows it as Apr 1887.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1950  Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 30 Jul 1965  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Mole Hill Cemetery, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I23659  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2014 

    Father John DAVIS,   b. 27 Nov 1853, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1938, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Lydia Marguerita PRATT,   b. 16 Dec 1852, Wilbur, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1950, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Family ID F8840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucy Ellen FLEMING,   b. 19 Jan 1886,   d. 27 Mar 1973  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 13 Apr 1912  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Divorced Y  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Ora DAVIS,   b. CA 1913
    Family ID F41599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Zora Mabel JEWELL,   b. 25 Jun 1918, Haddox Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 2010, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 18 May 1948  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F28541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV.

    2. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 333 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541902&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as William P. Davis, 24, b. Tyler Co, res. Deep Valley, son of (blank); and Lucy Ellen Fleming, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of (blank). Married Apr 13 1912 at Low Gap. Informant for marriage license: B. H. Davis, brother.

    6. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 372.
      Identified as William Perry Davis, divorced, 58, b. Apr 15 1889 in Tyler Co, res. Mole Hill in Ritchie Co, son of John & Margaret L. (Pratt) Davis; and Zora Jewell, single, 34, b. Jun 19 1913 in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of Luther & Mary F. (McCullough) Jewell. Married May 18 1948 in Pennsboro. (Note: The ages and birth dates of both parties appear to have been misstated. The 1900 Census gives the birth date of William P. Davis as Apr 1887, and his death record specifies Apr 15 1887. The obituary of Zora Jewell Davis gives her birth date as Jun 25 1918, which is validated by her age given as 1 yr 6mo in the 1920 Census, enumerated on Jan 29 1920.)