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Oliver Greenwood DAVIS

Oliver Greenwood DAVIS

Male 1845 - 1940  (95 years)

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  • Name Oliver Greenwood DAVIS 
    Born 4 Jun 1845  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," reports birth date as Jun 4 1845 on p. 68, but Jun 4 1844 on p. 129. Age at time of January 1864 marriage was given as 18.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5] 
    Died 6 Jul 1940  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Buried Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I50150  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2017 

    Father Jesse J. DAVIS,   b. 16 Apr 1812, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1904  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Huldah DAVIS,   b. 3 Aug 1816,   d. 6 May 1900  (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F17565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Priscilla MAXSON,   b. 22 May 1846,   d. 18 Sep 1925, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 10 1880:
      Olliver G. Davis, 35, farmer; wife Drusilla, 34; son Philip S, 14; son William A, 13; dau Samantha B, 10; dau Ida G, 8; dau Inice Sereda, 6; dau Virginia A, 4; son Eldan J, 2. [9]
    Children 
    +1. Philip Sheridan "Sherry" DAVIS,   b. 3 Nov 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1951, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. William Ai DAVIS,   b. 14 Apr 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1936, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Samantha B. DAVIS,   b. 25 Oct 1867,   d. 23 Mar 1885  (Age 17 years)
    +4. Ida Gay DAVIS,   b. 9 Aug 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1954, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Inice Shereda DAVIS,   b. 9 Sep 1873,   d. 1 May 1904  (Age 30 years)
     6. Virginia Ann DAVIS,   b. 17 Oct 1875,   d. 11 Feb 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     7. Elden J. DAVIS,   b. 10 May 1878,   d. 9 Aug 1896  (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F20692  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. 68.

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    5. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [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. 129.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Oliver G. Davis, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse J. & Huldah; and Priscilla Maxon, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Gideon & Catharine. Married Jan 13 1864. ("Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 129, reports marriage date as Jan 21 1864.)

    9. [S1567] Marriage record of son.