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Jeriel "Job" DAVIS

Jeriel "Job" DAVIS

Male 1856 - 1935  (79 years)


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  • Name Jeriel "Job" DAVIS
    Birth 4 Mar 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2, 4] 
    Residence Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Death 25 Apr 1935  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Cause: Bright's disease 
    Burial Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Person ID I41106  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2020

    Father Amaziah S. DAVIS,   b. 8 Jan 1832   d. 19 Jan 1889 (Age 57 years)
    Mother Mariah SUTTON,   b. 8 Jul 1832   d. 2 Jul 1903 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F15045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Almeda L. "Maud" MEEK,   b. 26 Jul 1858   d. 20 Sep 1927, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Marriage 25 Dec 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jan 24 1920:
      Jerile Davis, 63, farmer; wife Maude, 61; granddau Ruth, 5; grandson Donald, 3; dau Fonda, 18, single.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
      Jerile Davis, 74, widowed; dau Fonda Crislip, 28, widowed; granddau Betty Crislip, 6; granddau Ruth Davis, 16, single; grandson Donald Davis, 14.
    Children 
    +1. Winfield Scott DAVIS,   b. 30 Oct 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1968 (Age 87 years)
    +2. Ada Serina DAVIS,   b. 8 Apr 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    >3. Orva A. DAVIS,   b. 1 Jul 1883
    >4. Okey Vollen DAVIS,   b. 23 Feb 1884   d. 19 Sep 1941 (Age 57 years)
     5. Luie Virginia DAVIS,   b. 20 May 1886
    +6. Delcie Charles DAVIS,   b. 19 Jan 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1960, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +7. Guy Earl DAVIS,   b. 13 May 1890, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1922, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     8. Glen O. DAVIS,   b. 26 May 1892, Long Run (Industrial), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     9. Walter H. DAVIS,   b. 11 Nov 1893
    +10. Golden Paul DAVIS,   b. 23 Mar 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1958, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    >11. Blanche Sadie DAVIS,   b. 19 Feb 1898
    +12. Fonda Pearl DAVIS,   b. 14 Jun 1901, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1994, Montgomery, Hamilton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F16475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1950455&Type=Death.

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

    4. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    6. [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. 197.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Jerial Davis, 23, of Doddridge Co, son of Amaziah & Mariah; and Almeda L. Meek, 21, of Doddridge Co, dau of Henry F. & Charlotte A. Married Dec 25 1879. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 197, incorrectly reports marriage date as Dec 25 1877.)