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Samuel Henry DAVIS

Samuel Henry DAVIS

Male 1844 - 1905  (61 years)


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  • Name Samuel Henry DAVIS
    Birth 1 Feb 1844  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1 May 1905  [1] 
    Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Samuel Henry Davis is not descended from the Davis families who were the early settlers of Salem, WV.
    Person ID I52111  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2011

    Father Lewis DAVIS,   b. 19 Sep 1811, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1886 (Age 74 years)
    Mother Harriet Ann DEAN,   b. 13 Jul 1821, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1902 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F21500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jemima LAW,   b. Apr 1844   d. 1913 (Age ~ 68 years)
    Marriage 7 Aug 1864  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      Samuel H. Davis, 56, b. Feb 1844, b. W.Va., both parents b. Maryland, married 36 yrs; wife Jemima Davis, 56, b. Apr 1844, mother of no children; dau Martha Collins, 23, b. Jul 1876, widowed, mother of one child (still living); son Henry J. Davis, 21, b. May 1879; son Claud Davis, 13, b. May 1887; granddau Pearl Collins, 5, b. Feb 1895.
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann DAVIS,   b. 13 Nov 1865   d. 16 May 1886 (Age 20 years)
    +2. Oliver Louther DAVIS,   b. 4 Jul 1869, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Schuyler Graves DAVIS,   b. Sep 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1946 (Age ~ 73 years)
    +4. Martha E. DAVIS,   b. Jul 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Henry Jackson "Jack" DAVIS,   b. 27 May 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1947, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +6. Lola M. DAVIS,   b. 23 Feb 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1932, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     7. Bertha DAVIS,   b. 23 Sep 1884   d. 10 Aug 1899 (Age 14 years)
    +8. Claud Sims DAVIS,   b. 30 May 1887, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1969, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F21499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    4. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 381.