| Name |
Martha Lillian MAXWELL |
| Born |
11 Feb 1904 |
Harrison Co, WV  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1910, 1920 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV |
| Residence |
1927 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3] |
| Census |
1930 |
Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV |
| Died |
18 Feb 1939 |
Stockbridge, Berkshire Co, MA [1] |
| Cause: struck by train (suicide) |
- Newspaper article, "The Baltimore Sun," February 20, 1939, in its entirety:
BODY OF MRS. J. H. DAVIS IS RETURNED TO HER HOME
MEMBER OF PROMINENT CLARKSBURG FAMILY APPARENTLY LEAPT IN FRONT OF TRAIN
Clarksburg, W.Va., Feb. 19 (AP) - The body of Mrs. J. Horner Davis 2nd, 35-year-old member of a prominent Clarksburg family, who was killed by a train near Stockbridge, Mass., was returned to the home of her mother, Mrs. W. Brent Maxwell, where funeral services will be held tomorrow.
She apparently jumped in front of the train yesterday after skating near the Riggs Foundation, a private hospital, where she had been under treatment for a nervous disorder, reported Dr. George S. Wickham of Lee, Mass., medical examiner.
Mrs. Davis was the wife of Charleston attorney, who has served in the House of Delegates and was the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Charleston four years ago.
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| Buried |
(MAUSOLEUM) |
Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [4] |
| Person ID |
I68564 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
2 Feb 2018 |
| Family |
James Hornor DAVIS, II, b. 29 Jan 1904, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV , d. 7 Aug 1963 (Age 59 years) |
| Married |
28 Sep 1927 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3] |
| Notes |
- 1930 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (City of Charleston), enumerated on Apr 9 1930 at 710 Swathmore Ave:
James H. Davis, 26, lawyer at Steptoe & Johnson firm; wife Martha M, 26; son James H, 1y 1m; servant Lelia Dowll (?), black female, 33, b. Va, married; servant (corrected from nurse) Esta Correther, white female, 46, b. WVa, divorced, nurse for private family.
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| Children |
| | 1. James Hornor DAVIS, III, b. 9 Oct 1928, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV , d. 4 Mar 2004, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co, WV (Age 75 years) |
| | 2. William Maxwell DAVIS, b. 21 Mar 1932, West Virginia , d. 2 Jul 2021, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV (Age 89 years) |
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| Family ID |
F50503 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1904 - 1939 (35 years)
