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Sarah C. DAVIS

Sarah C. DAVIS

Female 1852 - 1923  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Sarah C. DAVIS
    Birth Oct 1852  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age was given as 26 in 1880 Census and 45 in 1900 Census, with birth date Oct 1854. Death record and obituary state birth date as Oct 13 1851, but age 17 yr 1 mo in marriage record would put birth in about Oct 1852.
    Gender Female
    Census 1870, 1880  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 Dec 1923  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I71369  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2017

    Father John Anderson DAVIS,   b. CA 1835   d. 1908 (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Judith Pauline GIFFORD,   b. 10 Jul 1833, Shinnston, Harrison Co, W(VA) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1882, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F30294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip M. PLAUGER,   b. Aug 1848, Shenandoah Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1916, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)
    Marriage 4 Nov 1869  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Aug 30 1870:
      Philip M. Plauger, 31, farm laborer; Sarah C, 18.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated in Jun 1880:
      Philip M. Plogger (sic), 33, farmer; wife Sarah C, 26; son William A, 9; dau Ellen J, 6; dau Mary E, 3.
      In the adjacent household were Sarah's parents, John A. & Judith P. Davis and their remaining family.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District):
      Phillip M. Plauger, 55, b. Aug 1844, married 31 yrs; wife Sarah C. Plauger, 45, b. Oct 1854, mother of 3 children (all still living); son-in-law Ralph W. Woofter, 23, b. Aug 1876, married 2 yrs; dau Ellen J. Woofter, 25, b. Feb 1874, mother of one child (still living); grand-dau Beddie G. Woofter, 1, b. Mar 1899.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Apr 23 1910 at Middle Fork of Hughes River:
      Philip Plauger, 62, farmer, married 39 yrs; wife Sarah C, 56, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Ellen J. Woofter, 36, widowed; granddau Bessie Woofter, 11.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Jan 17 1920:
      Sarah C. Ploger, 67, widowed, occupation farming; dau Ellen Woofter, 46, widowed; granddau Bessie Woofter, 20, single.
    Children 
    +1. William Anderson PLAUGER,   b. 4 Sep 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1949, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +2. Ellen Jane PLAUGER,   b. 17 Feb 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1947 (Age 74 years)
    +3. Mary Etta PLAUGER,   b. 15 Jul 1876, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1947, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F30293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S2555] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 61.
      Identified as Philip M. Plauger, age 21 yr 3 mo, born in Shenandoah Co Va, res. Harrison Co, son of George & Catharine Plauger; and Sarah C. Davis, age 17 yr 1 mo, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of John A & Judith P Davis. Married Nov 4 1869 in Harrison County.