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Franklin Maxwell DAVISSON

Franklin Maxwell DAVISSON

Male 1838 - 1902  (63 years)

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  • Name Franklin Maxwell DAVISSON 
    Born 18 Aug 1838  Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 65 on headstone would put birth in about 1837. Death date is only the year 1902.
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co G & B, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [3] 
    Residence 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith, gunsmith  [2, 4, 5, 6] 
    Residence Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 1902  [1] 
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I59007  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph D. DAVISSON,   b. 25 Mar 1800, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1880  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Anne ROBINSON,   b. 27 Oct 1803,   d. 16 Apr 1869, Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F21802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann E. BEISHAM,   b. CA 1845, Berkeley Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1870  (Age ~ 25 years)  [1] 
    Married 31 Mar 1864  Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. William Joseph DAVISSON,   b. 26 Jun 1866, Victor, Iowa Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1927, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +2. Charles Edward DAVISSON,   b. 2 Dec 1869, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1937, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F24410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Vietta Christene "Christy" LYON,   b. 6 Jun 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1929, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 22/23 1880:
      F. M. Davison, 41. blacksmith; wife Vietta C. A., 28; son Willie J, 13; son Charles E, 11; dau Ida B, 6; dau Mary M, 3; son John W, 1 month (born in May).

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Frank M. Davisson, 61, b. Aug 1838, blacksmith, married 35 yrs; wife Vietta, 46, b. Jun 1854, married 35 yrs, mother of 10 children (8 still living); son Henry, 18, b. Jun 1881, single, day laborer; son Lloyd, 17, b. Sep 1882, day laborer; dau Ada, 13, b. Feb 1887; dau Flora, 11, b. Jan 1889; son Homer, 6, b. Jan 1894; dau Blanch, 3, b. Feb 1897.
      NOTE: Son Henry was also enumerated in this census as a boarder in the household of his married sister, Mary Martha Rush, in Monongah, Marion County.

      Franklin Davisson died in 1902. His wife Christy remarried William H. Swiger in 1907.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      William H. Swiger, 72, laborer (working out), married 3 yrs (3rd marriage); wife Christian, 55, married 3 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 10 children (8 still living); dau Flora M, 20, single, laborer in factory; son Homer, 16, laborer (working out); dau Blanche, 12; granddau Ethel Martin, 2.
      NOTE: Except for Ethel, all household members were listed with the surname Swiger. Flora, Homer and Blanche should have been entered as Davisson. [9]
    Children 
     1. Ida Byrd DAVISSON,   b. 18 Jan 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954  (Age 80 years)
    +2. Mary Martha DAVISSON,   b. 21 Feb 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1958, Somerset, Somerset Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Henry DAVISSON,   b. Jun 1881,   d. Bef 1929  (Age ~ 47 years)
    +4. Lloyd Wesley DAVISSON,   b. 30 Sep 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1964, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +5. Ada E. DAVISSON,   b. 1 Jan 1886,   d. 16 Jan 1945, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +6. Flora Etta DAVISSON,   b. 1 Sep 1890, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1932, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    +7. Homer J. DAVISSON,   b. 2 Jan 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1965, Glen Dale, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     8. Blanch DAVISSON,   b. Feb 1897
    Family ID F24411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 130.

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

    3. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    4. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    5. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 184.

    7. [S2487] Berkeley County Marriage Records, Martinsburg, WV, MR p. 6, line 280 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12486411&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Franklin M. Davisson, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph D. & Mary A. Davisson, occupation blacksmith; and Ann E. Beisham, 19, b. & res. in Berkeley Co, dau of John & Eliza Beisham. Married Mar 31 1864 in Martisburg, officiated by G. W. Hobbs.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 174, line 17 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791287&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Franklin M. Davisson, widowed, 26, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Mary Ann, occupation blacksmith; and Vietta C. Lyon, single, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Richard & Sarah Ann. Married Dec 25 1870 in Doddridge County, ceremony officiated by Jacob Yeater. (Note: Wife of Richard Lyon is identified as Sarah J. in 1860 Census.)

    9. [S1590] Death record of daughter.