Doddridge County Roots


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Orva A. DAVIS

Orva A. DAVIS

Male 1883 -


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  • Name Orva A. DAVIS
    Birth 1 Jul 1883  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1920  Stephens Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation oil well driller  [2] 
    Residence Pampa, Gray Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I58701  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2012

    Father Jeriel "Job" DAVIS,   b. 4 Mar 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1935, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Almeda L. "Maud" MEEK,   b. 26 Jul 1858   d. 20 Sep 1927, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F16475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Una VANHORN,   b. Jan 1887, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 15 Apr 1906  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F24274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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. 197.

    2. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    3. [S643] Obituary of father.

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Ovie A. Davis, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co; and Unie Vanhorn, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Apr 15 1906. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 197, reports marriage date as Apr 1905.)