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Elizabeth "Eliza" DAVIS

Elizabeth "Eliza" DAVIS

Female 1817 -


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  • Name Elizabeth "Eliza" DAVIS
    Birth CA 1817  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I44221  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 May 2016

    Father Benjamin L. DAVIS,   b. 14 Dec 1785, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Mother Elizabeth LIPPENCOTT
    Family ID F18528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Michael DOTSON,   b. CA 1814   d. 30 Nov 1851 (Age ~ 37 years)  [2, 3]
    Children 
    +1. Sylvanus DOTSON,   b. 8 Jul 1838, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1898 (Age 60 years)
    +2. Emily Jane DOTSON,   b. CA 1841
    +3. Arious E. DOTSON,   b. 7 Oct 1842, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1939, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    +4. Francis Jereline DOTSON,   b. 12 Sep 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1936, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F17885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Griffin LEWELLYN,   b. CA 1777, South Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
    Marriage 22 Apr 1858  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F18532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Nathan J. DAVIS,   b. 24 Nov 1797, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Marriage 22 Jan 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      Nathan J. Davis, 82, farmer; wife Elizie, 63; grandson George Watsson (sic), 17; granddau Lora Watsson, 14.
    Family ID F18533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1604] Death record of son.

    3. [S182] James M. Dotson & Barr Wilson, Richard Dotson (1752-1847) and his Descendants, (Self-published, 1992), p. 333.

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)), pp. 16 & 26.
      There are two entries for this marriage, presumably one for the marriage license or bond, and the other for the marriage itself: (1) Identified as John Lewellen, 69; and Eliza Dotson, 41, dau of Benjamin L. Davis. Married Apr 21 1858. (2) Identified as John Lewellen, widowed, 69, b. England, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Mary; and Elizabeth Dotson, widowed, 41, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Benjamin L. & Eliza. Married Apr 22 1858.

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Nathan J. Davis, widowed, 65, b. New Jersey, res. Doddridge Co, son of William G. & Catharine; and Eliza Lewellin, widowed, 47, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Benjamin & Louisa Davis. Married Jan 22 1863.