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Luther DAVIS

Luther DAVIS

Male 1886 - 1947  (60 years)


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  • Name Luther DAVIS
    Birth 10 May 1886  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 10 May 1889. But the 1900 Census shows it as as May 1886, age 14, and he was age 23 in the 1910 Census.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    laborer at Industrial Home 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    farmer on State Farm 
    Census 1930, 1940  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1930, the household of Luther & Ella Davis and their four children (Wavelene, Blaine, Fred & Donald) appears in the census entry to be located on the grounds of the Salem Industrial Home for Girls. Luther's occupation was given a farmer on the State Farm, and the next houshold was that of the manager of the State Farm, Gilbert Davis. The preceding 190 entries were mostly the "inmates" as well as a few administrators and employees.
      In 1940, the family (Luther, Ella, Fred, Donals and 2-year-old nephew Ronald E. Wilson) was residing on College View Street. Luther's occupation was that of masonry work for the government's WPA program. He had worked 24 weeks in 1939, earning a total of $252.
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    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 2 Feb 1947  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7] 
    Person ID I41660  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2025

    Father Zachariah Taylor DAVIS,   b. 25 Apr 1847   d. 25 Nov 1914, Long Run, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Mother Julia Ann STOUT,   b. 3 Apr 1858, Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1935, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F16930  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ella E. WILSON,   b. 28 Oct 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1957, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [8]
    Marriage 3 Sep 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    >1. Wavelene DAVIS,   b. 1913   d. 20 Apr 1942, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +2. Oral Blaine DAVIS,   b. 1 Mar 1918   d. 11 Sep 1984 (Age 66 years)
     3. Burnace DAVIS,   b. 5 Jun 1921   d. 29 Sep 1921, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +4. Fred Edmund DAVIS,   b. 19 Jan 1923, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1998, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Donald Eugene DAVIS,   b. 26 Jun 1927, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1992, Lakeland, Polk Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F16737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

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

    5. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.