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Benjamin L. DAVIS

Benjamin L. DAVIS

Male 1847 - 1928  (80 years)

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  • Name Benjamin L. DAVIS 
    Born 28 Apr 1847  [1] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as April 1848.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [2] 
    railroad hand 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [3] 
    watchman 
    Census 1900, 1910  Court House District, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation railroad employee (retired)  [4] 
    Died 14 Mar 1928  [5] 
    Cause: senility 
    Buried Simpson (Union Baptist) Cemetery, Simpson, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Person ID I52496  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2019 

    Father Benjamin L. DAVIS,   b. 14 Dec 1785, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1850, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Drusilla DAVIS,   b. 26 Jun 1820 
    Family ID F18530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Catherine FRY,   b. 24 May 1852,   d. 18 Dec 1936, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      Benjamin L. Davis, 32, watchman, cannot read/write; wife Mary C, 28; son James A, 7; son Lesley N, 5; dau Ida L, 2; son Thomas E, 1; Elen Lipscomb (no relationship given), 16, cannot read/write. [7]
    Children 
     1. James A. DAVIS,   b. 30 Jan 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1924, Olean, Cattaraugus Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Lesley DAVIS,   b. 1 Jun 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Ida Louvenia DAVIS,   b. 5 Jul 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1956, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Thomas Edward DAVIS,   b. 21 Feb 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1949, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F21757  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. 33.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=412077&Type=Death.

    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 >), p. 70.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.