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Priscilla MAXSON

Priscilla MAXSON

Female 1846 - 1925  (79 years)

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  • Name Priscilla MAXSON 
    Born 22 May 1846  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 
    Died 18 Sep 1925  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I50160  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2017 

    Father Gideon MAXSON,   b. 31 Oct 1815, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Catherine HUGHES,   b. 15 Apr 1820,   d. 28 Mar 1849  (Age 28 years) 
    Family ID F20691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Oliver Greenwood DAVIS,   b. 4 Jun 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1940, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    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. [5]
    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. 58.

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

    3. [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.

    4. [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.)

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.