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Austin M. DAVIS

Austin M. DAVIS

Male 1834 - 1881  (46 years)

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  • Name Austin M. DAVIS 
    Born 31 Mar 1834  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth/Death dates on his headstone are 1 Apr 1834 - 7 Feb 1881, both exactly one day later than indicated in his death record.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military ENLISTED 28 Jul 1862  [3, 4] 
    1st Sgt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW, captured at Greenland Gap 4/25/1863) 
    Residence 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [5] 
    farmer 
    Census 1880  Union District, Grant Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [6] 
    farm laborer 
    Died 6 Feb 1881  Union District, Grant Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Cause: "tree fell on him" 
    Buried Thompson Cemetery, Oakland, Garrett Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I52821  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2019 

    Father Asa DAVIS,   b. 27 Jun 1790, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1851, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Content Ann DAVIS,   b. 21 Jan 1797,   d. 10 Jan 1887  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F21798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" DAVIS,   b. 8 Feb 1844, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 22 Oct 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Claude E. DAVIS,   b. CA 1868
    Family ID F21797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

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

    3. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html).

    4. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).

    5. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S61] 1880 Census, Grant County, WV.

    7. [S217] Grant County Death Records, Petersburg, WV, DR p. 18, Line 16 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4597109&Type=Death.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.