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Talitha C. DAVIS

Talitha C. DAVIS

Female 1846 - 1887  (41 years)


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  • Name Talitha C. DAVIS
    Birth 14 Jan 1846  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age at death inscribed on headstone (39y 1m 21d) would put birth date at Dec 15 1847.
    Gender Female
    Residence 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 5 Feb 1887  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • Minnie Kendall Lowther (History of Ritchie County, p. 259) incorrectly states death as occurring in 1898, pointing out that she was buried on same day as her father. But headstone dates of both show deaths to have occurred in 1887. Her headstone reads: Talith Davis Gribble, died Feb 5 1887, age 39y 1m 21d.
    Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • Identified by Minnie Kendall Lowther as "Talitha," but by Susie Davis Nicholson as "Telitha G.," while marriage record has "Tabitha C.," and headstone reads "Talith." Middle initial either C or G.
    Person ID I31191  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2015

    Father Zebulon "Ziba" DAVIS,   b. 22 May 1816, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1887 (Age 70 years)
    Mother Dorinda LOWTHER,   b. 15 Jun 1814   d. 1896 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F12069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Neely GRIBBLE,   b. 20 Dec 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1919, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [4]
    Marriage 8 Nov 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Herbert H. GRIBBLE,   b. CA 1868
     2. Curtis A. GRIBBLE,   b. CA 1869
    +3. Ora Genevieve GRIBBLE,   b. 23 Feb 1871, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1959 (Age 87 years)
    >4. William V. GRIBBLE,   b. 22 Apr 1873, Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1950, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Zibba Manning GRIBBLE,   b. Apr 1875, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1947, Jonesville, Harrison Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     6. Anna S. GRIBBLE,   b. Jan 1877
    >7. Clara Melrose GRIBBLE,   b. 12 Jan 1879, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1950, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +8. Howard Hull GRIBBLE,   b. 15 Apr 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1957 (Age 75 years)
    +9. Grace M. GRIBBLE,   b. May 1883
     10. Franklin W. GRIBBLE,   b. 21 Jan 1886   d. 1 Oct 1903 (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F12070  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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. 132.

    2. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

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

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

    5. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Thomas N. Gribble, 20, of Ritchie Co, son of William & Lydia; and Tabitha C. Davis, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Ziba & Derinda. Married Nov 8 1866. (Susie Davis Nicholson incorrectly reports marriage location as Lewis County.)