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Albert Alexander DAVIS

Albert Alexander DAVIS

Male 1850 - 1912  (61 years)

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  • Name Albert Alexander DAVIS 
    Born 29 Dec 1850  Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age given in death record as 60y 1m 11, which calculates to a birth date of Jan- 8-1852, while "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 116, reports birth date as Dec 29 1849, which is also more in line with birth dates of nearby siblings. But birth date on headstone is between the two, Dec 29 1850.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 9 Feb 1912  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    Buried Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I48967  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2024 

    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 Virginia KELLEY,   b. 14 Dec 1852,   d. 5 Nov 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), enumerated on 22 June 1900:
      Albert E. Davis, 50, b. Dec 1849, farmer, cannot read/write, widowed; dau Launa, 22, b. Jan 1878, married 2 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son-in-law Haris [sic], age illegible, b. Mar 1879 [sic], teamster, married 1 ys; grandson Rush, 1 b. Nov [sic] 1898; son Lewis E, 26, b. May 1874, teamster, single; son Ira C, 23, b. Feb 1877, teamster, single; son Iven E, 19, b. Jul 1880, farm laborer, single; boarder Samuel J. McKain, 28, b. Apr 1872 in Pennsylvania, oil driller, married; boarder James B. Still, 26, b. Feb 1874 in Pennsylvania, oil tool dresser, single.
    Children 
    +1. Lewis Eldridge DAVIS,   b. 10 May 1874, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1916, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Ira Claston DAVIS,   b. 21 Feb 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1949, Kenmare, Ward Co, ND Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Launa Isabel DAVIS,   b. 13 Jan 1878, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1950, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. Iven Ellsworth "Jack" DAVIS,   b. 22 Jul 1880, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1960, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Hale Clellan "Halie" DAVIS,   b. 23 Dec 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     6. Effie Laverne DAVIS,   b. 27 Mar 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     7. Wardner Ray DAVIS,   b. 4 Apr 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
     8. Ava N. C. DAVIS,   b. 4 Apr 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
    Family ID F20161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [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. 116.

    3. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).