Salathiel DAVIS
1844 - 1880 (36 years)-
Name Salathiel DAVIS Birth 17 Jul 1844 Harrison Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1850, 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Residence 1868 Doddridge Co, WV [2] Medical Condition 1880 [3] consumption Census 1870, 1880 New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Death 30 Nov 1880 [1, 4] Burial Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV [4] Person ID I80695 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 25 Dec 2022
Father Amos DAVIS, b. 7 Aug 1814, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 3 Jan 1907 (Age 92 years)Mother Asenath DAVIS, b. 26 Sep 1811, Virginia (now West Virginia) Family ID F17560 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Almeda BACKUS, b. CA 1839, Harrison Co, (W)VA [5]Marriage 27 Aug 1868 Harrison Co, WV [2] Notes - 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on July 3, 1880:
Elizabeth Backus, 65, widowed, cannot read/write; dau Almeda Davis, 44, marital status not given, cannot read/write; son [sic] Albert Davis, 9; son [sic] Martin V. Davis, 6; dau [sic] Mary E. Davis, 4.
NOTE: The three young children were actually Elizabeth's grandchildren, children of Almeda and Salathiel Davis. In this census, Salathiel was enumerated in his parents' household in Doddridge County, giving his marital status as widowed and stating that he was suffering from consumption. He died five months later.
Children + 1. Albert Nelson DAVIS, b. CA 1871, Doddridge Co, WV > 2. Martin V. DAVIS, b. 29 Aug 1872, Doddridge Co, WV d. 21 Dec 1954 (Age 82 years)+ 3. Mary E. DAVIS, b. Sep 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Family ID F34528 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on July 3, 1880:
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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. 69.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
- [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
- [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)), Based on 1932 WPA reading. Marker not found or no longer readable.
- [S1567] Marriage record of son.
- [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. 69.