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Edgar DAVISSON

Edgar DAVISSON

Male 1831 - 1916  (84 years)


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  • Name Edgar DAVISSON
    Birth 4 Sep 1831  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military Co C & H, 7th W. Va. Inf, Civil War  [4, 5] 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 6] 
    Death 24 May 1916  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Burial Kinney Cemetery, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Person ID I28440  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2016

    Father Julius E. DAVISSON,   b. 15 May 1802, Brushy Fork, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1884, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Nancy Ann WILLIS,   b. CA 1803   d. 11 Sep 1869 (Age ~ 66 years)
    Family ID F2322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Mary STARKEY,   b. 19 Dec 1838   d. 19 May 1861 (Age 22 years)  [1, 9]
    Marriage 30 Dec 1858  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Esther "Eliza" DAVISSON,   b. 30 Sep 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1938, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F19546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alcinda BLAND,   b. 19 Dec 1847   d. Oct 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [11]
    Marriage Dec 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    • Marriage date of Dec 12 1865 given in FTM West Virginia Marriage Index, but Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County West Virginia Marriages" reports date as Dec 21 1865.
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District):
      Edgar Davisson, 38, farmer; Alcinda, 22; Willie, 3.

      1880 Census, Doddridge County WV (West Union District):
      Edgar Davisson, 48, farmer; wife Alcinda, 33; son William, 13; dau Harriet, 8.
    Children 
    +1. William H. "Willie" DAVISSON,   b. 3 Jun 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1932, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Harriett Jane "Hattie" DAVISSON,   b. 10 Mar 1871   d. 14 Feb 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F10780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Matilda A. SHRADER,   b. 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1917, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Marriage 30 Oct 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • "at the residence of the bride's mother"
    Children 
    +1. George Washington DAVISSON,   b. 1 Nov 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1964, Covington, Kenton Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Delphia DAVISSON,   b. 2 Oct 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1973, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +3. Nellie Blanche DAVISSON,   b. 23 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1966, Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Orval Edgar DAVISSON,   b. 11 Nov 1892, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1981, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +5. Lulu Mabel DAVISSON,   b. 11 Nov 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1958 (Age 62 years)
     6. Leslie Glen DAVISSON,   b. 10 Nov 1899   d. 5 May 1924 (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F16813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S444] Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 163.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S2219] H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html), p. 43.
      "Edgar Davisson volunteered for service in the Federal army in the fall of 1861, entering Company H, 7th West Virginia Infantry. He marched from Grafton to Port Republic, where he first smelled powder and made his first retreat. Hh was in the battles of Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and at the surrender at Appomattox. He received from the government a medal bearing date '1861,' and a shield, and the names of his engagements, for bravery on the field. He was detailed to work in the 'pioneer corps,' and was the only member who escaped imprisonment a the hands of the enemy. He was twice captured, but escaped before reaching prison each time. he was honorably discharged at Stephensburg, Virginia, in 1865."

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    10. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Edgar Davison, 26, of Harrison Co, son of Julius & Nancy; and Nancy M. Starkey, 20, of Harrison Co, dau of Benjamin & Elizabeth. Married Dec 30 1858.

    11. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    12. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Edgar Davisson, widowed, age 30, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Julius & Nancy; and Alcinda Bland, age 18, of Doddridge Co, dau of Richard Jr. & Elizabeth. Married Dec 21 1865.

    13. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).

    14. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.