Lewis Eldridge DAVIS
1874 - 1916 (42 years)-
Name Lewis Eldridge DAVIS Birth 10 May 1874 West Virginia 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation 1900 [3] teamster Census 1900, 1910 Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation 1910 [4] teamster in oil fields Death 23 Dec 1916 Weston, Lewis Co, WV [2, 5] Cause: exhaustion, acute mania - There are two conflicting records of this death, both in Lewis County.
(1) Lewis E. Davis, 42, laborer, married, died 23 Dec 1916 in hospital, cause of death exhaustion acute mania, informant C. Denham, physician.
DR p. 39, Line 30 : http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4933659&Type=Death
(2) Lewis E. Davis, 42, laborer, died 25 Dec 1917 in Westion, cause of death acute mania, informant Ira E. Davis (title/relationship not given).
DR p. 41, line 24 : http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=776627&Type=Death
Burial Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV [6] Person ID I80479 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 22 Jun 2024
Father Albert Alexander DAVIS, b. 29 Dec 1850, Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV d. 9 Feb 1912, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 61 years)Mother Virginia KELLEY, b. 14 Dec 1852 d. 5 Nov 1898, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 45 years)Family ID F20161 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Armeda Bell FORD, b. 13 Apr 1882, Doddridge Co, WV d. 30 Nov 1964, Salem, WV (Age 82 years)Marriage 2 Apr 1905 [1] Notes - 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 18, 1910:
Lee Davis, 34, teamster in oil fields, married 6 yrs; wife Bell, 29, married 6 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Lexie, 4; dau Eula, 2; servant Goldie Davis, 17, single, servant for private family. All born in West Virginia.
NOTE: Lewis E. Davis and Goldie Murl Davis were related in several ways, the closest being 1st cousins once removed, their grandfather/greatgrandfather being Nathan Gifford Davis.
Following the death in 1916 or 1917 of husband Lewis E. Davis, Armeda Bell Ford married widower Marion H. Johnson in 1919.
Children 1. Frances DAVIS, b. 2 Apr 1905 d. 2 Apr 1905 (Age 0 years) > 2. Elexis Louella DAVIS, b. 28 May 1906, Doddridge Co, WV + 3. Roxie Eulalia DAVIS, b. 1 Apr 1908, Newman (now Tarkiln at Rt 50), Doddridge Co, WV d. 5 Feb 1991 (Age 82 years)4. Elsie Florence DAVIS, b. 10 Jul 1912 Family ID F34423 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- There are two conflicting records of this death, both in Lewis County.
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Sources - [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 180.
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
- [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
- [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR p. 41, line 24 : http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=776627&Type=Death.
- [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).
- [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 180.