U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Digman, Jefferson Davis (1861-1945) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 378-379 Jefferson Davis Digman, born 1861 at the old Digman homestead on Laurel Creek, son of Samuel and Sarah (Sturm) Digman, was married October 18, 1883, to Laura Virginia, daughter of Francis C. and Elizabeth C. (Mouser) Snodgrass. Children, Zella Bryan, Granville Floyd; and Baby. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, a Democrat, and a farmer residing on Laurel Creek, where he owns 150 acres, mostly improved and underlaid with coal, His grandfather's name was Charles Digman. The mother of the subject of this sketch was born 1819, and is a daughter of Colonel Henry and Elizabeth (Stalnaker) Sturm, and was married on Sugar Creek, 1838. Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Gainer. Their children were Thomas Benton, Martha J., Susan, Elizabeth, Clarinda, John, Nancy Catherine, Charles Henry and Jefferson Davis. She has belonged to the Methodist Protestant Church 57 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV #3548 Full-name: Jefferson Davis Digman Birth: Aug. 14, 1861 in Barbour, W.Va. Death: Apr. 21, 1945 in Philippi, Barbour County, WV Marital-status: Widowed, Laura Digman Occupation: Farmer Father: Samuel Digman, born in W.Va. Mother: Sarrah Sturm, born in W.Va. Informant: Floyd Digman, of Philippi Cause-of-death: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Paralysis Burial: Family Cemetery near Philippi DEATH CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV #8524 Full-name: Laura Virginia Digman Birth: June 1, 1866 in W.Va. Death: July 12, 1942 in rural Moatsville, Barbour, WV Marital-status: Married, Jefferson Digman Father: Franklin Snodgrass, born in W.Va. Mother: Elizabeth Mouser, born in W.Va. Informant: Jefferson Digman of Moatsville, W.Va. Burial: Family Cemetery in Moatsville, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------