Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Richard J. DAVIS

Richard J. DAVIS

Male 1849 - 1925  (76 years)


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  • Name Richard J. DAVIS
    Birth 6 Jul 1849  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1848.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    day laborer 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2] 
    Death 24 Aug 1925  O'Neill, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I63751  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2018

    Father Lewis DAVIS,   b. 19 Sep 1811, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1886 (Age 74 years)
    Mother Harriet Ann DEAN,   b. 13 Jul 1821, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1902 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F21500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura A. DENNISON,   b. Apr 1852, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1926, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)  [4]
    Marriage 11 Sep 1870  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 26 1900:
      Richard Davis, 51, b. Sep 1848 in WVa (both parents b. Maryland), day laborer, married 30 yrs; wife Laura A, 48, b. Apr 1852 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), married 30 yrs, mother of 8 children (all still living); son James L, 22, b. Apr 1878, single; son Jasper N, 20, b. Apr 1880, single; dau Sarah A, 17, b. Apr 1883; dau Lucy, 14, b. Aug 1885; dau Cora M, 10, b. Jul 1889.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 23 1910:
      Richard Davis, 62, farmer, married 35 (sic) yrs; wife Laura, 52, married 36 (sic) yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); son Jasper N, 22, single, tool dresser in oil field; dau Cara (Cora ?) M, 18, single. servant for private family.

      In the 1920 Census, Richard and Laura were enumerated in West Union in the household of their daughter and son-in-law Mary & Asa W. Wilcox and their family.
    Children 
    +1. John L. DAVIS,   b. 27 Nov 1871, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1936, Chiefton Mines, Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +2. Thomas Martin DAVIS,   b. 4 May 1874, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1944, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +3. Mary Ann DAVIS,   b. 26 May 1877, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1925, Grasselli (now Anmoore), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +4. Jasper N. "Bud" DAVIS,   b. Apr 1880, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Sarah A. DAVIS,   b. Apr 1883, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Sep 1914 (Age ~ 31 years)
     6. Lucy DAVIS,   b. Aug 1885
    +7. Cora May DAVIS,   b. 14 Jul 1891, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1926, Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F26574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

    3. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.