Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login  
Share Print Bookmark
Charles Grandison DAVIS

Charles Grandison DAVIS

Male 1822 - 1916  (~ 94 years)

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Charles Grandison DAVIS 
    Born Jan 1822  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 8 Mar 1916  [2, 3] 
    Buried Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • The name Grandison, often seen in 18th- and 19th-century male naming patterns, derives from the eponymous hero of the hugely popular English novel "Sir Charles Grandison" (1753/4) by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761).
    Person ID I9161  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2011 

    Father William F. "Flint Billy" DAVIS,   b. 15 Aug 1791, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1865  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Rachel HUGHES,   b. 2 May 1797, Wilkes Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1843  (Age 46 years) 
    Family ID F15561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Amanda Melvina HARPER,   b. 1829, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1866  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 29 Jan 1846  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Wilson G. DAVIS,   b. 30 Apr 1847,   d. 20 Mar 1920  (Age 72 years)
     2. Evandor L. DAVIS,   b. CA 1851
    +3. Mary Missouri DAVIS,   b. 8 Dec 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Susan Virginia DAVIS,   b. 8 Dec 1853
    +5. Columbus Asberry DAVIS,   b. 24 Dec 1854,   d. 1 May 1912  (Age 57 years)
     6. Filmore M. DAVIS,   b. CA 1856
    +7. Harriet C. DAVIS,   b. 26 Aug 1857
     8. George E. DAVIS,   b. CA 1859,   d. 9 Oct 1867  (Age ~ 8 years)
     9. Beauregard L. DAVIS,   b. CA Dec 1861,   d. 1 May 1862  (Age ~ 0 years)
     10. Henry E. DAVIS,   d. 21 May 1870
     11. (Infant) DAVIS,   b. CA Mar 1866,   d. 10 Jun 1866  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F15563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth F. RANDOLPH,   b. 25 Jan 1837,   d. 2 Feb 1918  (Age 81 years)  [5, 6] 
    Married 25 Jan 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Amanda C. DAVIS,   b. 11 Feb 1868,   d. 5 Jun 1930, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Chesley Gordon DAVIS,   b. 17 Mar 1869,   d. 8 Dec 1948, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Ida Agnes DAVIS,   b. 8 Sep 1870,   d. 28 Jun 1894  (Age 23 years)
    +4. Lewis Elsworth DAVIS,   b. Apr 1872, Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1947, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     5. Robert L. DAVIS,   b. CA 1874,   d. 12 Jan 1882  (Age ~ 8 years)
    +6. Flora Belle DAVIS,   b. 5 Nov 1875,   d. 10 Jun 1958, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     7. Darwin Maxwell DAVIS,   b. 10 Jul 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1952, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +8. Ina Alice DAVIS,   b. 2 Jul 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1908  (Age 28 years)
    +9. Edgar Alphonse DAVIS,   b. 26 Apr 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1938, Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F3297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).
      Conflicting birth dates of Jan 5 1822 and Jan 15 1822 are given on pages 48 and 19 respectively.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 48.

    4. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1590] Death record of daughter.