Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1892 - 1981 (89 years)

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Name	Edna Elsie DAVIS
Birth	29 May 1892	Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Census	1900	Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Residence	1911	Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV [2]
Census	1930	McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Census	1940	Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Residence	Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV [1]
Death	Oct 1981 [1]
Burial	Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV [4]
Person ID	I29099	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

Father	William M. DAVIS, b. Jul 1867, Tyler Co, WV
Mother	Rhoda A. PRATT, b. CA 1873, Tyler Co, WV
Family ID	F33032	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Parley Sherman WILLIAMS, b. 19 Oct 1886, Alpha (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV d. 7 Jan 1959, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV (Age 72 years) [5]

Marriage 24 Dec 1911 Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV [6]

Children

+	1. Eska M. WILLIAMS, b. 11 Mar 1912 d. 27 Feb 1997 (Age 84 years)
+	2. Berlin E. WILLIAMS, b. 3 Aug 1914, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 10 Feb 2005, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 90 years)
	3. Wayne Chester WILLIAMS, b. 15 Jul 1916, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 29 Jun 1944, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (Age 27 years)
>	4. Corlis WILLIAMS, b. 19 Mar 1919, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 23 Mar 2004 (Age 85 years)
>	5. Elmer Edison WILLIAMS, b. 19 Sep 1921, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 19 Apr 1968 (Age 46 years)
+	6. James Leo WILLIAMS, b. 8 Jun 1924, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 12 Oct 2022, Crystal Lake (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV (Age 98 years)
+	7. Imogene Eldora WILLIAMS, b. 12 Jan 1926, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 11 Jul 2025, Crystal Lake (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV (Age 99 years)
>	8. Pauline Ruth WILLIAMS, b. 13 May 1927, Tyler Co, WV d. 19 Jan 2011, Troy, Miami Co, OH (Age 83 years)
	9. Isophene WILLIAMS, b. 17 Sep 1929, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 17 Sep 1929, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV (Age 0 years)
>	10. Donna Griselda WILLIAMS, b. 8 Aug 1933, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV d. 4 Jul 2011, Ohio (Age 77 years)

Documents

Family ID F11074 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S15] Social Security Death Index.
[S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12043322&Type=Marriage.
[S1599] Birth record of son.
[S934] Findagrave.com.
[S1570] Obituary of son.
[S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12043322&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Parley Sherman Williams, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Salem Doddridge Co; and Edna Elsie Davis, 19, b. Tyler Co, res. Wilbur Tyler Co. Married Dec 24 1911 "at Home of the Bride's Parents," officiated by J. S. Booth, a Minister of the U. B. Church, Pastor of the Wilbur Charch. Informants for marriage license: Presley Davis, William Davis & Rhoda Davis.