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Zebulon "Ziba" DAVIS

Zebulon "Ziba" DAVIS

Male 1816 - 1887  (70 years)


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  • Name Zebulon "Ziba" DAVIS  [1]
    Birth 22 May 1816  Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Residence UNTIL 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Aft 1850  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 4 Feb 1887  [4] 
    Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Headstone reads: Ziba Davis, died Feb 4 1887, age 70 years.
    Person ID I31190  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2015

    Father Peter DAVIS,   b. 16 Sep 1783, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1873, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Sarah "Sally" DAVIS,   b. 8 Jul 1786, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1842 (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F15034  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Josephene DAVIS,   b. CA 1813   d. 1 Mar 1842 (Age ~ 29 years)
    Marriage 22 Jan 1834  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Philothata "Thata" DAVIS,   b. 28 Dec 1834, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +2. Johnson H. DAVIS,   b. 28 Feb 1836   d. 1881, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +3. Sabrina DAVIS,   b. 28 Feb 1838
    >4. Roanna DAVIS,   b. 15 Jan 1840
    Family ID F19469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorinda LOWTHER,   b. 15 Jun 1814   d. 1896 (Age 81 years)  [1, 3]
    Marriage 3 Nov 1844  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • This was Ziba Davis' second marriage. (Linder, p. 433)
    Children 
    +1. Talitha C. DAVIS,   b. 14 Jan 1846, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1887, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F12069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1823] Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm).

    2. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 69.
      Minnie Kendall Lowther in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 276, incorrectly states birthplace as Greenbrier County, rather than Greenbrier Run in Doddridge County.

    3. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 276.

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

    5. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 277.

    6. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 69.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).