Robert W. DAVIS, Jr.

1802 - 1898  (95 years)

• Name	Robert W. DAVIS
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	9 Dec 1802  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850, 1860	Tyler Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870	Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [2]
  Died	11 Feb 1898  [1]
  Buried	Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I47334	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Robert DAVIS,   b. 1776, Delaware ,   d. Feb 1860, Wilbur, Tyler Co, (W)VA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary White KOON
  Family ID	F47855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elcy KELCH,   b. CA 1804,   d. CA 1835  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Married	May 1825	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [5]
  Marriage Bond	10 May 1825	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [6]
  Children	1. Christena DAVIS,   b. 14 Jan 1831, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 Jan 1895, Wirt Co, WV  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F43204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca ASH,   b. 8 Sep 1813,   d. 2 Aug 1873  (Age 59 years)
  Marriage Bond	21 Nov 1835	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [5]
  Married	26 Nov 1835	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [5]
  Notes	1850 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 2 1850: Robert Davis, 47, farmer, value of real estate $1,000; Rebecca, 39, cannot read/write; John, 16; Washington, 14; Westley, 12; Christopher, 10; David, 8; Lous (male), 6; Levina, 4. All born in Virginia. NOTE: The 16-year-old John was John Ash, Rebecca Ash's son from before her marriage to Robert Davis. 1860 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 27 1860: Robert Davis, 58, farmer, value of real estate $2,000, value of personal estate $352; Rebecca, 48; Christopher, 19; David, 17; Lewis, 15; Lavina, 12; Daniel, 10; Anthony W, 8; Jacob, 6; Mary, 4; Rachel B. Hallam, 45. (NOTE: Relationship, if any, of Rachel Hallam to this family is not known. In the 1880 Census of Lyon County, Kansas, she was listed as a housekeeper in the household of William & Priscilla (Ireland) Wells, both born in West Virginia.) 1870 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jul 21 1870: Robert Davis, 67, farmer, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $200; Rebecca, 56, cannot read/write; Daniel, 19; Anthony, 17; Jacob, 15; Mary, 13; Lavina, 21. 1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880: Robert Davis, 77, farmer, widowed; Lina (?), 31, single; Mary, 22, single. [7]
  Children	+ 1. Robert Washington DAVIS,   b. CA 1836,   d. Bef Aug 1860  (Age ~ 24 years) + 2. Charles Wesley DAVIS,   b. 30 Dec 1837, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 24 Jan 1892, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 54 years) + 3. Christopher C. DAVIS,   b. 16 Jul 1841, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 12 Feb 1920, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 78 years) + 4. David DAVIS,   b. 8 Oct 1843,   d. 14 Oct 1927  (Age 84 years) + 5. Lewis DAVIS,   b. 13 Dec 1845, Virginia (now West Virginia) ,   d. 21 Sep 1925, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 79 years)   6. Lavinia DAVIS,   b. 1849,   d. 1913  (Age 64 years) + 7. Daniel W. DAVIS,   b. 14 Jan 1850,   d. 9 Jul 1922, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age 72 years) + 8. Anthony Eugenius DAVIS,   b. 18 Sep 1852, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 Jun 1931  (Age 78 years) + 9. Jacob Wilson DAVIS,   b. 12 Aug 1854, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 Dec 1916  (Age 62 years) + 10. Mary Wing DAVIS,   b. 6 Oct 1856, Wilbur, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 12 Jul 1939, Monaca, Beaver Co, PA  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F19351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Headstone. [S2286] 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. [S2336] Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), Gary Patterson, (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm). [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Marriage Bond : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12049338&Type=Marriage. Bond made by Robert Davis and Leonard Kelch. [S1567] Marriage record of son.