Doddridge County Roots


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Hiram N. DAVIS

Hiram N. DAVIS

Male 1833 - 1920  (87 years)


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  • Name Hiram N. DAVIS
    Birth 14 Nov 1833  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date on headstone reported by "Cemeteries of Grant District," p. 46, as Jul 14 181. But death record shows it as Nov 14 1833, as does "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 67.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of brother Milton and his family.
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Residence 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 20 Dec 1920  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Burial Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I54866  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2025

    Father Joshua S. DAVIS,   b. 5 Jun 1805, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1869 (Age 63 years)
    Mother Hannah BEE,   b. 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1884 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F20416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elsie Jane VANHORN,   b. 12 Nov 1832, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1909 (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 22 Nov 1854  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      H. N. Davis (male), 26, farmer; G. (?) J. Davis (female), 26; E. J. Spurgeon (female), 10. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: Eliza Jane Spurgeon, daughter of Jeremiah Spurgeon and Rebecca Ann VanHorn, was the niece of Elsie Jane VanHorn Davis. Eliza's father had died in 1853, and her mother remarried Joseph Fleshter.

      Hiram and Elsie "pioneered in Colorado, but returned to Lost Creek to live." [2]
    Family ID F27358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Amelia M. RANDOLPH,   b. 1861, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1941 (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 19 Nov 1911  Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorce Y  [8]
    Documents
    54866_HiramNDavis_AmeliaRandolphDavis_MarriageRecord_19Nov1911.jpg    		54866_HiramNDavis_AmeliaRandolphDavis_MarriageRecord_19Nov1911.jpg
    Family ID F22692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    54866_DAVIS_HiramN_1833-1920_DeathCertificate.jpg    		54866_DAVIS_HiramN_1833-1920_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [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. 67.

    3. [S1786] Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001)).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S2238] Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 383.
      Identified as Hiram N. Davis, widower, 78, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joshua S. & Hannah Davis; and Mrs. Amelia Davis, widow, 51, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Madison & Samantha Randolph. Married Nov 19 1911 at Rockford, W.Va.

    8. [S1620] Death record of husband.