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Joseph Newton DAVIS

Joseph Newton DAVIS

Male 1857 - 1932  (74 years)


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  • Name Joseph Newton DAVIS
    Birth 21 May 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1878  [3] 
    blacksmith 
    Census 1870, 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900, 1910  [4, 5] 
    railroad watchman 
    Death 30 Jan 1932  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I41090  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2018

    Father Mark DAVIS,   b. 27 Jan 1830, Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1915 (Age 85 years)
    Mother Hannah BUCK,   b. 1841, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1914 (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F16466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Almeda DAVIS,   b. 13 Feb 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1937, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 22 Sep 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    >1. Leda C. DAVIS,   b. 9 May 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1952, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Orlie DAVIS,   b. 14 Aug 1882   d. 4 Aug 1901 (Age 18 years)
     3. Eddie DAVIS,   b. 19 Feb 1887   d. 1 Jan 1889 (Age 1 year)
    +4. Harry Cecil DAVIS,   b. 26 Jul 1889   d. 1972 (Age 82 years)
    >5. Edna Fay DAVIS,   b. 27 Dec 1893, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Malena Flo DAVIS,   b. 8 Jan 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Kenneth Roy DAVIS,   b. 30 Mar 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1982 (Age 80 years)
     8. Madeline V. DAVIS,   b. 1905   d. 1934 (Age 29 years)
    Family ID F16465  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. 177.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

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

    4. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 228.
      Identified as Joseph N. Davis, 21, blacksmith, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Mark & Hannah Davis; and Almeda Davis, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ehud & Catharine Davis. Married Sep 22 1878 in Doddridge County. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 177, incorrectly reports marriage date as Sep 30 1878.)