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Ruhama Bird STARKEY

Ruhama Bird STARKEY

Female 1868 - 1942  (74 years)

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  • Name Ruhama Bird STARKEY 
    Born 19 Oct 1868  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 23 Nov 1942  [1] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I54960  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2010 

    Father Jesse Washington STARKEY,   b. 22 Jun 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1909, Ivanhoe, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Margaret Jane HYDE,   b. 25 Sep 1829,   d. 11 Feb 1908  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F18526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Claude Duval DAVIS,   b. 6 Mar 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1949, Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 18 Apr 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Jun 27 1900:
      Clawd D. Davis, 27, b. Mar 1873, farm laborer, married 7 yrs; wife Ruhama B. Davis, 32, b. Oct 1867, mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Dailen, 5, b. May 1895; dau Honna, 1, b. Jun 1898.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Claud D. Davis, 37, teamster in oil fields, married 17 yrs; wife Ruhama B, 42, mother of 5 children (3 still living); son Dalen, 14; dau Hona, 11; dau Mava, 5.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Jan 9 1920:
      Claud D. Davis, 46, farmer; wife Ruhama B, 52.
      In the adjacent household were their son Dalen and his family:
      Dalan Davis, 24, carpenter (rig building); wife Beulah M, 24; son Graden F, 4; dau Ruth F, 3; dau Edith W (?), 1.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
      Clod D. Davis, 56, laborer at odd jobs; wife Rhuamma B, 62.
    Children 
     1. Leatha DAVIS,   b. 10 Mar 1894,   d. CA Sep 1894  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Dalen DAVIS,   b. 13 May 1895, Long Run (Industrial), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Honna DAVIS,   b. 15 Jun 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1913  (Age 14 years)
     4. Garland DAVIS,   d. IN INFANCY
    +5. Mava DAVIS,   b. 24 Nov 1904,   d. 27 Dec 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F22729  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. 187.

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

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