Doddridge County Roots


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Rebecca ASH

Rebecca ASH

Female 1813 - 1873  (59 years)


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  • Name Rebecca ASH
    Birth 8 Sep 1813  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850, 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 2 Aug 1873  [1] 
    Burial Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I47335  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 May 2015

    Father Christian ASH,   b. 17 Oct 1770, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Tyler Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Mother Lovina "Libby" SWIGER,   b. 17 Oct 1770, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1856 (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F39712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1  
    Children 
    +1. John L. ASH,   b. 12 Mar 1833, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1912, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F44626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Robert W. DAVIS, Jr.,   b. 9 Dec 1802   d. 11 Feb 1898 (Age 95 years)  [3]
    Marriage Bond 21 Nov 1835  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1835  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    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.
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1892, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +3. Christopher C. DAVIS,   b. 16 Jul 1841, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1920, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (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) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1925, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +8. Anthony Eugenius DAVIS,   b. 18 Sep 1852, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1931 (Age 78 years)
    +9. Jacob Wilson DAVIS,   b. 12 Aug 1854, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1916 (Age 62 years)
    +10. Mary Wing DAVIS,   b. 6 Oct 1856, Wilbur, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1939, Monaca, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F19351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2336] Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    3. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    4. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.