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William Lee DAVISSON

William Lee DAVISSON

Male 1874 - 1967  (92 years)


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  • Name William Lee DAVISSON
    Birth 8 Dec 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1915  Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1918  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1920  Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1950  Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [6, 7, 8] 
    Residence 1952  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 29 Apr 1967  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Burial Benson Cemetery, Kincheloe Creek, Benson, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I37521  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 May 2024

    Father Edgar DAVISSON,   b. Oct 1847, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age ~ 87 years)
    Mother Margaret E. MCPHERSON,   b. Jan 1853   d. 1926 (Age ~ 72 years)
    Family ID F20046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Flossie Purinton COX,   b. Mar 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1976 (Age ~ 86 years)  [12]
    Marriage 1 Sep 1915  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      Lee Davisson, 45, farmer; wife Flossie, 30; dau Elnore, 7 months.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
      William L. Davisson, 55, farmer; wife Flossie P, 41; dau Elnore F, 10; father Edgar, 83, widowed; servant Opal Gallien, 18, single.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 25 1940:
      W. Lee Davisson, 65, farmer; wife Flossie P, 51; son-in-law Brent B. VanScoy, 34, school bus driver; dau Eleanore F. VanScoy, 20.
    Children 
    +1. Eleanor Faith DAVISSON,   b. 6 Jun 1919, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1988, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Photos
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    Documents
    37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_MarriageRecord_1Sep1915.jpg    		37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_MarriageRecord_1Sep1915.jpg
    37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_WeddingAnnouncement_DCRepublican_9Sep1915.jpg    		37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_WeddingAnnouncement_DCRepublican_9Sep1915.jpg
    Family ID F14909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

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

    4. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement.

    6. [S2049] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    7. [S2076] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    8. [S2645] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

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

    10. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    11. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    12. [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. 375.

    13. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 429 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795185&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lee Davisson, 40, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Flossie Cox, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 1 1915 "at the Columbian Hotel, West Union."

    14. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement, Doddridge County Republican, Thursday, September 9, 1915.
      In part: "The Columbian parlors was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 1st, when Mr. Lee Davisson of Beech Lick and Miss Flossie Cox of Coldwater were united in marriage, Rev. John D. Runkle, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating in his usual pleasant and impressive manner."