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Sophia DAVIS

Sophia DAVIS

Female 1827 - 1911  (~ 83 years)

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  • Name Sophia DAVIS 
    Born May 1827  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of daughter Virginia and son-in-law Marshall Barnett. She was widowed and the mother of 9 children (5 still living).
    Died 1911  [2, 3] 
    Buried Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I43662  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2016 

    Father George J. DAVIS,   b. 7 Feb 1790, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1868  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Catherine DAVIS,   b. 1788, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1869  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F13412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas P. SWANN,   b. CA 1813, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 8 1850:
      Thomas P. Swan, 38, b. Maryland, farmer; Sophia Swan, 22, b. Va; Elizabeth R. Swan, 63, b. Maryland.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Aug 16 1870:
      Thomas P. Swan, 56, b. Maryland, farmer; Sophia, 42, b. Va; George W, 19; Robert, 14; Mary F, 8; Virginia E, 6; Thomas M, 5.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
      Sophiah Swann, 54, widowed; dau Mary F, 19, single; dau Virginia E, 17, single; son Thomas McClellan, 15; son John M, 1.
      In this census, son Robert was enumeratd in Grant District as a pauper at the County Poor Farm. [5]
    Children 
     1. George W. SWANN,   b. CA 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
     2. Eli SWANN,   b. CA 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 6 years)
     3. Robert SWANN,   b. CA 1856
     4. Mary F. SWANN,   b. 1861,   d. 1908  (Age 47 years)
    +5. Virginia Ellen SWANN,   b. 1863,   d. 1917  (Age 54 years)
     6. Thomas McClellan SWANN,   b. CA 1865
    +7. John Marshall SWANN,   b. 8 Oct 1879, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1942, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F17647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    2. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 33.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2544] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    5. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).