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Vietta Christene "Christy" LYON

Vietta Christene "Christy" LYON

Female 1853 - 1929  (75 years)

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  • Name Vietta Christene "Christy" LYON 
    Born 6 Jun 1853  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    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 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 9 Feb 1929  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I59011  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2018 

    Father Richard LYON,   b. 3 Aug 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1892, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Sarah Jane WEBB,   b. 10 Feb 1826,   d. 28 Dec 1903  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F24412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Franklin Maxwell DAVISSON,   b. 18 Aug 1838, Brown's Creek, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    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. [6]
    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

    Family 2 William Henry SWIGER,   b. CA 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1914, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 31 Oct 1907  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F24417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S5] Headstone.
      Name on headstone: Christy Lyons Davisson.

    5. [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.)

    6. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
      Identified as W. H. Swiger, 70, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs. V. Crissy Davisson, 56, of Doddridge Co. Married Oct 31 1907.