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Rebecca DAVIS

Rebecca DAVIS

Female 1845 - 1901  (55 years)

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  • Name Rebecca DAVIS 
    Born 11 Jun 1845  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 2 Feb 1901  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I48963  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2020 

    Father Nathan Gifford DAVIS,   b. 18 Oct 1814, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann M. DAVIS,   b. 15 Oct 1819,   d. 1906  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F11941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ai WILLIAMS,   b. 7 Sep 1847,   d. 16 Oct 1924, Beverly, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 14 Jan 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Rebecca Williams, 54, b. Jun 1845, cannot write, widowed, married 32 yrs, mother of 8 children (all still living); son Mariman, 29, b. Oct 1870, single, teamster; son Omer, 22, b. May 1878, single, coal miner; grandson Clide, 5, b. May 1895.
      NOTE: Because divorce carried with it a social stigma, it was not unusual in that era for divorced people to give their marital status as widowed. That appears to be the case with Rebecca Davis Williams, whose husband had already remarried.

      1900 Census, Randolph Co, WV (Beverly District), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
      A. D. Williams, 47, b. Sep 1852, sawyer, married 13 yrs; wife M. B., 33, b. Jun 1866, married 13 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Fredrick, 16, b. Jun 1883, teamster; dau Z. B, 16, b. May 1884; grandson Brady, 5, b. Oct 1894. [5]
    Children 
     1. Marion Namen WILLIAMS,   b. Oct 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1949, Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
    +2. Alexander L. "Doc" WILLIAMS,   b. 1 Jul 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1950, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Martin Carmine WILLIAMS,   b. 22 Apr 1873,   d. 12 Dec 1940, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Iowa California "Callie" WILLIAMS,   b. Jun 1877
    +5. Riley Homer WILLIAMS,   b. May 1878,   d. 18 Aug 1938, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
    Family ID F20159  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. 60.

    2. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S14] Obituary, Clarksburg Telegram, 2/15/1901.

    4. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [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 >).