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Francis DAVIS

Francis DAVIS

Male 1883 - 1970  (87 years)

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  • Name Francis DAVIS 
    Born 3 Oct 1883  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1930  Skelton Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930, 1940, 1950  Skelton Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6, 7] 
    Residence Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 31 Dec 1970  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    Buried Sedalia Cemetery (aka Tate, formerly Shirley), Rt. 23, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I48893  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

    Father Isaac DAVIS,   b. 2 Apr 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1933  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Sarah HUTSON,   b. 25 Aug 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1930, Skelton Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F20678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Viola "Ola" HOLT,   b. 6 Feb 1888,   d. 17 Dec 1959, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1904  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 5, 1930 at Skeleton Run:
      Francis Davis, 46, occupation "None," home is rented; wife Viola, 43; dau Pearle, 22, single; grandson Jean, 1.

      1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 16, 1940:
      Francis David, 56, farmer; wife Ola, 52; grandson Kenneth E, 12. All resided in the same house in 1935.

      1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 5, 1950 at Skeleton Run:
      Francis Davis, 66, farmer; wife Ola, 62; grandson Kenneth E, 21, single, off-bearer at sawmill. [12]
    Children 
    +1. Pearl Mae DAVIS,   b. 28 Aug 1907,   d. 14 Jan 1983  (Age 75 years)
     2. William Howard DAVIS,   b. 17 Aug 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1979, Salem, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F20130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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. 119.

    2. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    5. [S2143] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S2646] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    7. [S291] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    8. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    11. [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. 182.

    12. [S1567] Marriage record of son.