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Harry Arden DAVIS

Harry Arden DAVIS

Male 1875 - 1913  (38 years)


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  • Name Harry Arden DAVIS
    Birth 10 Feb 1875  Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 3 Oct 1913  [1] 
    Burial Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I47268  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2015

    Father Ezekiel Bee DAVIS,   b. 21 Aug 1846, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1925 (Age 79 years)
    Mother Rachel Jane WELCH,   b. 30 Oct 1850, Jefferson Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F16448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Effie Alice COTTRILL,   b. 26 Jan 1879, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [2, 3]
    Marriage 29 Apr 1898  Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Harry Arden "Tom" DAVIS, Jr.,   b. 4 Dec 1896, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1946, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     2. Arlington Vance DAVIS,   b. 23 Nov 1898   d. 28 Nov 1957, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    >3. Kenneth Roy DAVIS,   b. 28 Jan 1901, Fonzo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1976, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Pearl Blond DAVIS,   b. 26 Feb 1903   d. 7 Aug 1908, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
    +5. Wilmah Lee DAVIS,   b. 26 Feb 1905, Fonzo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1984 (Age 79 years)
     6. Alford Ray DAVIS,   b. 9 Dec 1906   d. 11 Jul 1908, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +7. Jennings Bryan DAVIS,   b. 23 Nov 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1974 (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F19319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • 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. 195.

    2. [S1604] Death record of son.

    3. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 437 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793258&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Harry A. Davis, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Effie A. Cottrill, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 29 1898 near Rock Run. (Note: Wife's obituary and "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 195, incorrectly report marriage date as Apr 29 1896.)