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Martha Bird DAVISSON

Martha Bird DAVISSON

Female 1869 - 1954  (84 years)

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  • Name Martha Bird DAVISSON 
    Born 18 Aug 1869  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880, 1900 10 20 30  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Died 13 Feb 1954  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Buried Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      Alack W. Smith, 42, b. May 1858 in WV, farm laborer, married zero years; wife Martha B, 31, b. Aug 1868, married zero years, mother of 4 children (all still living); son Carl Smith, 10, b. Mar 1890 in Ohio; dau Edna Smith, 6, b. Mar 1894 in Ohio; stepson Theodore Holden, 13, b. Feb 1887; stepdau Rosalee Holden, 11, b. Jan 1889; stepson Preston D. Holden, 8, b. Sep 1891; stepdau Mable Holden, 7, b. May 1893.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910:
      Alex Smith, 44, stone mason, married 10 yrs (1st marriage); wife Martha B, 41, married 10 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 5 children (all still living); son Theodore, 23, school teacher, single; son Preston, 19, laborer in gas field, single; dau Mable, 16; dau Lizzie, 9.
      (Note: Although listed as his sons and daughters with the surname Smith, Theodore, Preston and Mable were actually stepchildren and should have been listed with the surname Holden.)
      In the adjacent household were:
      James Law, 26, oil field laborer, married 2 yrs; wife Rosa, 21, mother of 1 child (still living); son Dalla P, 2.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in Jan 1920:
      Preston D. Holden, 28, farmer; wife Bessie, 27; dau Muriel W, 7; son Preston T, 3; mother Martha B. Holden, 50, farm overseer, divorced.
      In the adjacent household were:
      Theodore Holden, 31, high school principal; wife Martha L, 20.
      In another household in West Union District of Doddridge County were:
      Alex Smith, 66, b. W.Va., widowed; son Carl, 35, b. Ohio, single; son Walter, 25, b. Ohio, single; roomer Frank Davis, 78, b. W.Va., widowed.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
      Martha B. Holden, 61, marital status illegible; son Preston, 38, farmer; dau-in-law Bessie, 37; grandson Theodore, 13; granddau Maxine, 4.
    Person ID I37958  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2015 

    Father Theodore DAVISSON,   b. 20 Feb 1827, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1910, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane BURNSIDE,   b. 24 May 1835, Good Hope, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F2321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Dallas HOLDEN,   b. 8 Dec 1848, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1886  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Children 
    +1. Theodore HOLDEN,   b. 21 Feb 1887,   d. Mar 1968  (Age 81 years)
    +2. Rosalee HOLDEN,   b. 8 Jan 1889,   d. 9 Apr 1968, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Preston Dallas "P.D." HOLDEN,   b. 15 Sep 1891, Belington, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1988, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     4. Mabel HOLDEN,   b. 7 May 1893, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1910  (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F15120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alexander W. SMITH,   b. 31 May 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1931, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [1] 
    Married 25 Jul 1899  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorced Bef Jan 1920  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Elma SMITH,   b. 22 Jun 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1988  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F15121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), pp. 166-168, 205.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      Identified as Martha B. Holden, 84, b. Aug 18 1869, d. Feb 13 1954, widowed, dau of Theodore Davisson & Elizabeth Burnside. Burial at Archbold Cemetery. Informant: P. D. Holden. (Note: Basis for being identified as Holden, the name of her first husband, rather than Smith, the name of her second husband, is not known.)

    5. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as George Dallas Holden, 35, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Martha Bird Davisson, 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 15 1886.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 99 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793739&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as A. W. Smith, 41, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Martha B. Holden, 30, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 25 1899 "near the M.E. Parsonage at Smithton."

    8. [S2047] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).