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Jerry Grandison DAVIS

Jerry Grandison DAVIS

Male 1911 - 1945  (33 years)


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  • Name Jerry Grandison DAVIS
    Birth 27 Jan 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military (ENLISTED 3/23/1944)  [3, 4] 
    Pvt, US Army, 290th Inf, 75th Inf Div, WW II (died of wounds) 
    Census 1930  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He was enumerated twice in the 1930 Census, once with his family (with the notation "absent'), and again as a boarder in a hotel in the town of Addison in Webster County, where his occupation was given as miner.
    Census 1920, 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 Jan 1945  Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • Died of wounds received in the Battle of the Bulge.
    Burial Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I36318  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2012

    Father Edgar Alphonse DAVIS,   b. 26 Apr 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1938, Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Mother Eva Leah FREEMAN,   b. 3 May 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1957, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F15566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tencie Lillie ASH,   b. 6 Apr 1915   d. 7 Feb 1990 (Age 74 years)  [7, 8]
    Marriage 24 Sep 1932  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Carl Edgar DAVIS,   b. 26 Jan 1934, Wiseman Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 2020, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +2. Betty Leah DAVIS,   b. 29 Aug 1935, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 2009, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +3. Jerry G. DAVIS, Jr.,   b. 15 Jul 1937   d. 4 Feb 2004 (Age 66 years)
    +4. Darwin Edison DAVIS,   b. 1 Feb 1939, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 2000 (Age 61 years)
     5. Dorothy Ann DAVIS,   b. 3 Mar 1941, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1941 (Age 0 years)
    >6. Deloris Joann DAVIS,   b. 14 Jun 1943, Big Run, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 2012, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +7. Frances Kay DAVIS,   b. 11 Oct 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 2010, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     8. Richard DAVIS   d. Bef Jul 2009
    >9. Mary Ann DAVIS   d. Bef Jul 2009
    Family ID F14406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    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. 156.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html).

    5. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    8. [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. 95.